Random Thoughts from December 2021

What a YEAR this has been!!!!!!  Goodness me, I'm on pins and needles with all that I want to share with you today so grab your mug or glass of bubbly if you're out partying (lets face it this email is WORTH it to stop drop and roll for) and lets get this show on the road!!!



(Ok I totally don't want to see you walk into a pole ... it would be funny ... and I would laugh ... but I don't want to see you do it.  STOP before you start scrolling here cause I'm CHATTY today!)
COFFEE (or champagne) TALK

Ok ... I had something TOTALLY different to tell you about this month but ... just as I was sitting down with my glass of champagne after a full belly of fondu cheese and baguette.  

(Side note:  WHYYYYYYYY did I have to eat all of that??????)  

Anyway ... I got the most AMAZING message about the New Years Eve Feng Shui Vision Board workshop that I did in 2020 from Kimberly!!! 

Kimberly:  "So I was talking to husband today about how important that zoom was last year that I did with you in New Year’s Eve! Wanted to thank you and wanted to let you know!  It’s so strange how my year ended up! That night was significant!  

"I just started my business, in the middle of a pandemic (non essential) I put 100,000 in my money box…." (the top left corner of her vision board is WEALTH as per feng shui standards).

"I am a single person owned business from nothing, I hit over 100k this year"

SAY WHAT!?!?!?!  HOW FREAKIN AWESOME THAT SHE SET  A GOAL OF 100K AND SHE ACHIEVED IT IN A YEAR!!!!  I'm so danged excited for her.  :)  

We chatted quickly about redoing that vision board with a new, elevated goal.  I can't wait to hear from her on NYE 2022!!!!!

p.s.  I uploaded that exact same Vision Board workshop into THE VAULT so you can all access the replay!!!   CLICK HERE



FENG SHUI TIP OF THE MONTH

In today's Feng Shui Friday video, I talked about my ONE WORD for the year as opposed to the Resolutions that I used to make.  This year my word is going to be CELEBRATE and one of my goals is to really focus on celebrating every milestone for myself and for my clients.  I think we SHOULD celebrate and yet for a lot of years I didn't ... I focused on my next goal or ... I focused on the fact that I was just shy of achieving what I had set out to do.  Blah.  That's not fun at all NOR are we working with the Universe to manifest more when we aren't celebrating and grateful.  

Now the key to this ONE WORD resolution thing is to have it in the forefront of your mind for the entire year.  You know ... it's like setting the vibe for the full 365 days.  

How do we that???

By using our SPACE!!  So for me ... I'm going to be using two champagne flute Christmas decorations and I'm going to be hanging them in my office on my Vision Board.  The shoe is a bonus cause it's "my thing".  

You could also place the actual word in your space somewhere too ... whatever you like and make it as personal as you'd like!!!  (Here's an example of my year when GRATEFUL was my one word!)


WHAT (or who) INSPIRES ME:

Lately I've been inspired by random videos I've seen of Steve Harvey.  I'm not sure if this dude is everywhere on Instagram or if the Universe is intentionally putting him in my path, but he is speaking to my soul I swear.  



In one particular video he said:  

Pay a little extra money to fly first class.
What it does is it conditions your mind.
Once you get in first class,
and you see how wide the seats are,
everybody gets a washcloth, a menu,
you get to decide what you want,
all the drinks are free ..
once you sit in first class ONE time,
the next time you get on a plane, 
its very difficult to walk past those seats,
and then your mind starts thinking of ways
to get back to first class
...and guess what?
That's what you start attracting in your life.
and you start behaving and producing stuff to get you back into first class
That's how you move up.
Buy yourself one really expensive outfit.
Just see how it feels.
It changes your life.
It then causes your mind to subconsiously produce thoughts to get another one
the next thing you know you attract the thing you need to produce the outcome that you want.  

I gotta say this is EXACTLY how I felt when I opened that first bottle of Dom Perignon champagne in October.  There was something SO next level about it ... it was an inner knowing that I cannot explain.  I'm determined to celebrate with my private clients at THEIR goal achievements like this too.  

IT'S.  SO.  FABULOUS.

COOL SHIT:

This month I saw a CBC video that showed an Indigenous artist from Northern Alberta who was asked to hand paint 150 hockey sticks to be awarded for player of the game for the World Junior Hockey Championships.  I had not heard of him before but I was instantly intrigued by it.  Jason Carter is known as one of Canada's most exciting and accomplished contemporary Aboriginal visual artists.  His work is SO fun and his story reminded me of how when we follow our gifts ... the doors of opportunity can open up so much wider than we ever could imagine!!!   



Jason went to NAIT for a year of graphic arts and then completed a two year digital media program.   Seven years ago he decided he wanted to try his hand at carving.  His sister gave him a piece as a Christmas gift but his story about it is the best thing.  He made his first carving using a screwdriver and wrench as tools, but it was enough to inspire him to pursue that medium with a vigour that has become his trademark.

“I have discovered so much through carving, about not just the stone, but myself. The stone is often frustrating in that you run into deposits that make it impossible to carve and you have to work your way around the stone, often changing your initial vision for the piece. Or after much fine detail work, the stone will break and then you try again, and again it breaks, and after a few more attempts you’re in this standoff with the stone thinking ‘what is this stone trying to teach me?’”

Seriously ... how can you not be inspired by that????    You can check him out here:  http://www.jasoncarter.ca 





IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

Oh my GOSH!!!  I'm having so much fun in my newest 9 month container!!  This month was all about the Wisdom Self-Knowedge gua.  I go live weekly, we share a lot ... and I certainly had some super cool things happen as far as gaining CLARITY which is exactly what I wanted to attract!!!

While the Christmas season sometimes isn't ideal for redesigning ... Christmas trees in the way and all ... at times circumstances make us shift gears and that is just what SARAH did!!!!  After some bedroom shifting for her youngest, she created the most amazing spare bedroom (you know the feng shui is good when your kids wanna hang out in the room!!!)

This room happened to be located in her Helpful People area ... check out below for her comments on what happened!!!

Sarah:  "So my entrance ( career/ life path/ journey) items are still stuck somewhere perhaps on a ship off BC??? So I’m stuck a bit there until that item comes lol. However we had some life shifts and I all the sudden have a spare room! My spare room was painted, and the carpets steam cleaned and I put in a new bed and some beautiful bedding and even decorated it for Christmas…. I asked Sandra what area this part of my house was in, and it was helpful people…. When she told me that I instantly said “ I wish I could turn a certain teacher into a helpful person!” And we both laughed.

So the back story here is that my son is in Grade 8 and has dyslexia, we have some teachers that are amazing and some that really don’t understand the struggle and due to the stress he sees someone to help him cope.

Anyway the VERY next day after my room was all freshly completed my son met with his Therapist, she was sprung to action and wished to contact the school in regards to my Sons situation in two of his classes… there were things I’d requested multiple times that they kind of skirted around and due to her writing a letter, we received word that my Son would receive every request! EVERY SINGLE ONE! I can’t tell you how floored I was at quickly the “Helpful person” revealed themselves and not from where I thought it would come … but in the messages to Sandra when discussing my NEW space, I even told Sandra if I could pick somewhere for a helpful person to show up it would be to help me with my Son… I got EXACTLY that! It shocked me completely."  

THIS is what's so fun about feng shui.  ;)

WHAT'S COMIN UP?

PODCASTS!!

In January ... I am cohosting my very OWN podcast with my Feng Shui Instructor from 2010!!!  It's CRAZY how things work out ... so let me tell you the backstory!

I had posted something about Feng Shui on my personal facebook page and Leigh Kubin (aka master certified life coach, weight loss coach and my prior Feng Shui Instructor) saw the post and reached out.  SERIOUSLY I had not messaged with her since 2010.  She immediately knew that her friend and podcast host Christine McCarron would love me and so she connected the two of us so that I could be interviewed.  You can listen to that episode by clicking the link below!

   Click to listen!!

The next day Leigh messaged me again.  She was buzzing from our conversation the day prior and said she had been wanting to do a podcast of her own for years but after chatting with me she KNEW ... her intuition said that WE were to do one together.

Now ... truthfully ... this came out of left field for me ... I am scared to commit to things like this at times and let's face it ... I knew not much about her!!  

We had ONE phone call and I knew ... this was going to be life changing for so many people that we HAD to do it!!!  Since that moment everything has just sort of fallen into place so effortlessly!  

The podcast will be launching on your favourite podcast platforms in January (watch out for my posts on social media).  We have prerecorded 7 episodes so far and will be releasing a new one every single Thursday!!!   It's called ... THE HAPPY HALF HOUR and I'm so obsessed with it.




This is like being at the bar for happy hour ... sitting next to the two coolest chicks ... who invite you into their conversations about life and the realizations they have as they go along.  Since Leigh is from Texas and I'm from Alberta our lives are kinda different (like ... for Christmas Day she makes GUMBO!!!!) but I swear we are so much the same.  It makes for the most incredible conversations that give you things to think about on your journey to more happiness.  

SEE????  I could freakin talk about it for hours.

Also ... just an aside ... there is NO WAY that I could have done all of this or BEEN all of this if I were working at my day job so in case you are wondering ... quitting that government job was the BEST thing that happened in 2021.  I'm just getting started. 

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TASTY SHIT!

Well it's been a number of days of tasty shit, capped off with 38 lbs of fondu cheese ... and I'm feeling the pull to eat stuff that doesn't make me tired and also doesn't make my pants tighter.  You KNOW there is an issue when your lululemons start to fit snug.  EEEK.

This is one of my favourite salads from my Beachbody Days (it's from the Ultimate Reset).  It's light, refreshing and I don't feel gross after eating it.  Feel free to add some chicken along side it or a wonderful lunch, or add some sweet potato and a protein for dinner!



Asian Cabbage Salad

• 3 tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 1-1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh ginger root
• 2 tbsp Bragg Liquid Aminos
• 1/2 head Nappa cabbage, shredded (approx 4 cups)
• 1/2 medium carrot, shredded
• 1/4 medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced (on an angle if you feel like being fancy)
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
• Himalayan salt to taste (optional) 

Our Tips n Tweaks:

I have made this so many times and often it's last minute which means, lots of times I've needed substitutions.  This is what I've found:

- you can easily substitute the fresh lime juice with lemon juice
- the sesame oil is a MUST ... if you don't have it ... don't make this salad lol
- you can substitute the Braggs Lique Aminos with soya sauce but I feel like its way better with Braggs.  
- if you are the kinda chick who thinks cilantro tastes like soap, then you can totally use fresh parsley.  I love cilantro so I'm disappointed if I don't have it
- I've never added Himalayan salt and quite honestly the Braggs is pretty salty - I'd skip it and have your guests add it on if they want to!
- I always shred my cabbage but I see that this one is in chunks ... does it REALLY matter???  No ... do what you like and switch it up next time!

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Well that's it for random stuff from December 2021!!    Once again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you SO much to all of you who regularly email me, recommend my group, my courses, my coaching or this newsletter to your friends and colleagues, your biz besties and your family.  I appreciate every one of you and every message that I receive.  

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Sandra Priestley 
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