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How to Have A Life Well-Lived

Lynn Serafinn — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:47:14 +0000

“Imagine a life through which you managed to rise above the fears and concerns that always linger faithfully in the background, haunting us with their song of intended safety, always with the purpose of keeping the status quo. Imagine a life without those messages you tell your Self about what you can’t do, or those messages that diminish the brilliance of who you are in any way. You know the voice I mean.

“Imagine that you integrated those voices in such a way that they no longer gripped you but rather informed you about interesting and relevant conditions to pay attention to.

“And now, as you are no longer held in false constraints, you are free. Free to listen and respond to the wisdom of the moment. Free to wonder what is possible in creating more beauty and dreams. Free to respond to the yearning of your heart that knows that more is possible…”

These are the opening words of a most inspiring new book by Patrick Ryan called Awakened Wisdom – A Guide To Reclaiming Your Brilliance. The first chapter is called “A Life Well-Lived”, and as we read it, we cannot help but think to ourselves, “Yes! I want to know how to have that!”

In his book, Awakened Wisdom, Patrick Ryan says a life well-lived is an awakened life, in which we shift away from our “distorted self” and connect with our “Divine Essence”, and allow that wisdom to guide us.

But how precisely do we DO that?

Fortunately, Patrick Ryan gives us a formula: the Eight States of an Awakened Life”.

Patrick explains the “Eight States of an Awakened Life” in great detail in his book Awakened Wisdom. He says, for our awakening to unfold, we must come into a “good state” of relationship with our understanding, our intention, our words, our being, our purpose, our effort, our practice and our doing. And when we are in a “good state” with all these things, we are able to see life clearly, and our decisions and actions in life become purposeful, powerful and meaningful.

It sounds very inspiring, doesn’t it? It is. But what I really like about Patrick’s book is that it is also a practical manual. There are dozens of affirmations and practical exercises to help you learn and master each of the Eight States, to help you begin to create your own well-lived life. It’s great to see such a spiritual book come down-to-earth so we can actually apply the teachings within our daily lives.

Awakened Wisdom – A Guide To Reclaiming Your Brilliance comes out on Amazon on April 20th, 2010. To expand the giving and receiving of this wisdom I am giving away FOUR free audio mediations from my Garden of the Soul Workshop to everyone who buys Patrick’s wonderful book with the first 24 hours of its release. I’ve never offered these meditations before, as they have only ever been available to those who have attended my live Transformation workshops.

AND… In addition to my gift, there are over 40 other wonderful gifts being offered by mind-body-spirit teachers, authors, coaches and healers from around the planet when you purchase Awakened Wisdom – A Guide to Reclaiming Your Brilliance on April 20th.

AND… Patrick is giving away an EXTRA special gift of his own: An AWAKENED WISDOM VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE, a 2-day global event where you can learn the Eight States of an Awakened Life directly from Patrick himself after you have bought the book. I’m really lucky because I’ll be hosting that event!

To find out how you can buy this book on April 20th, claim your free admission to the Awakened Wisdom Virtual Experience, and receive over 40 other gifts, just click HERE

Or copy and paste this link in your browser:

http://www.awakenedwisdom.com/Public/Amazon/booklaunch/index.cfm

I hope you will join me in celebrating the launch of Patrick Ryan’s wonderful new book, Awakened Wisdom – A Guide To Reclaiming Your Brilliance.

When you’re on his site, be sure to sign up for a “launch reminder” on his website, and then mark your diary for April 20^th!

I wish you a life well-lived today, and every day.

BOOK REVIEW – Blast Off by @AllisonMaslan

Lynn Serafinn — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:15:11 +0000

Allison Maslan, author of Blast off!

Author and Coach Allison Maslan Helps You ‘Blast Off’ in 2010

by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

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These days, the market is flooded with self-help books. Unfortunately, all too many of them leave me feeling dull and lifeless, and they don’t really “help” very much. Half of the books I come across hit you over the head with “power talk” that makes you feel guilty for not being rich or for getting the occasional cold (I won’t mention names, but I have indeed tossed more than one self-help book across the room because of this!). The other half usually drown you in lofty “woo woo” language that never quite gets down to practical action. Frustrating! For a new self-help book to stand out from the crowd and become keeper in my library, it would need to be friendly, engaging, fun AND practical. In other words, it would actually have to HELP me help myself. In her new book Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality, author, coach and registered homeopath Allison Maslan, has achieved exactly that. Her book is a step-by-step programme to achieving some of the most challenging and important goals in life: career, relationship, health, fun/adventure, and of course financial security. In my own experience as a coach, I know that when people wish to make positive changes in their lives in any of these areas, they can frequently feel overwhelmed. I know that there are two keys to helping them get started: 1) make the challenge feel light and fun and 2) break the challenge into smaller, and not so daunting, chunks. Maslan uses both of these strategies in her book Blast Off! Her creative and colourful use of language (Daily Launch Tools, Weekly Flight Assessments, etc) and her easy break-downs of tasks and targets (Sun-up Scripts, Mini-Feats, etc) give Blast Off! a quality of lightness that helps readers believe they can and will achieve their goals and aspirations. But most importantly, Maslan keeps the reader focussed on the bigger picture: life purpose and the path of your whole life. Thus, unlike other books that might just focus on one aspect of life, like money, relationships or health, Blast Off! is a holistic handbook for creating the life you want to live. Written with a charm that immediately makes you feel at home, Allison avoids the downfalls of so many other self-help authors (no condescending “power talk”, no airy-fairy stuff). With Blast Off!, Allison Maslan has written an accessible, inviting and honest handbook, with a sweet, down-to-earth charm and practical action steps. The combination results in something that is both believable and useful. In other words, this is one self-help book that actually IS showing you how to help yourself. Blast Off!, along with the excellent organised companion Workbook, is kind of like having a life coach in a book. Certainly worth checking out to enhance your New Year’s resolutions in 2010.

Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality by Allison Maslan is coming to Amazon on 19 January 2010. I have joined up with over 20 other mind-body-spirit professionals to help celebrate the release of this special book. Together, we are giving away an array of very special gifts to everyone who purchases the book during its launch. To find out how you can receive these gifts, go to http://www.myblastoff.com/booklaunch.

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Reviews

Lynn Serafinn — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:39:46 +0000

What others are saying about The Garden of the Soul…

”Lynn beautifully weaves together fable and poetry with her personal journey of self-discovery. Through her lyrical style and brilliant imagination, she leads the reader on a magical adventure toward deeper understanding of the relationship between Self and the world.”

–Alan Seale, Transformation Coach
Author of Soul Mission, Life Vision and
The Manifestation Wheel
Rochester, New York
http://www.alanseale.com/

“The Garden of the Soul’ is rich in teaching metaphors and will speak to each of us according to where we are on our own path… Lynn is a brilliant and creative out-of-the-box thinker. Her impact is powerful…and her magic comes through each page of this book. Lynn offers us a message that is both simple and profound. Open up and receive her words and they will affect you in a most positive way.”

–Patrick Ryan, Coach
Author of The Eagle’s Call
Founder www.AwakenedWisdom.com
Vancouver, Canada

“While as spiritual as the works of Deepak Chopra, and as magical as the novels of Paolo Coelho, ‘The Garden of the Soul’ carries a unique identity within its genre. Reading this book took me on a journey through the entire gamut of human emotions, in all their lightness as well as all their intensity. Lynn is a master at beautifully and coherently weaving together prose and poetry, autobiography and fiction, fantasy and realism, drama and humour (and a lot more of the unexpected), all in service of sharing the wisdom of the Four Principles of the Garden of our Soul. With each amazing chapter of her life, Lynn brilliantly and ever so subtly allows for the blossoming and maturing of our own Soul and wisdom. This is a book I will be going back to again and again as a very powerful spiritual reference book, that is infinitely entertaining, moving and engaging all at the same time. I am certain that with each repeated reading, I will be discovering more gems in its nuances and within my own Soul. I absolutely love it!”

–Lina Nahhas, Social Researcher
Founder of “1 Urban Humanity” for the Middle East
Dubai, UAE

“Wonderful! 10 out of 10! An epic journey from the 1950s up to the present day –- with one woman’s personal journey of discovery. Engaging, intimate, open and profound, this collection of memoirs, fables and lyrical poetry will provide fertile ground so that your own ‘Garden’ can bloom. Keep this book on your bookshelf right next to ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’.”

–Simon Ireland-Davies
Director, Executive Coach
ID Coaching Limited, Liverpool
http://www.id-coaching.co.uk

“…[when I read the prologue 'the Very Good King'], I was moved to tears (good ones) and put into a spiritual mood that lasted most of the day (not something that normally lasts that long for me)… Since reading this story, whenever I am aware of my inner wounded child feeling insecure, I remind myself I am commanded to live according to my nature… nurtured by the Earth, kissed by the Sun, cooled by the Moon, nourished by the Rains…It’s a story I would love to retell and share!… “The Garden of the Soul is a book that will help you discover your Soul has a voice that can help you… learn how to treasure and leverage your natural spirit, realize the value of your own painful and delightful life stories and be inspired to appreciate Mother Nature’s lessons and the power of honoring your own nature.”

–Gail Sussman Miller,
Speaker, coach, teacher and writer
Inspired Choice, www.inspiredchoice.com
Chicago, Illinois, USA

“The Garden of the Soul is a truly breathtaking piece of prose…a book to treasure forever and read over and over again…Lynn’s writing style is hypnotic and deeply moving, her own soul laid bare to help us move forward and embrace our own garden of flowers deep within us. A profoundly beautiful experience, a real gem. Are you ready to become the hero of your own life? If so, grab your own copy of The Garden of the Soul.”

–Callie Carling
Therapist & trainer, London

“‘The Garden of the Soul’ helps you realise that you already have all the wisdom you need and the answers to your questions are found when you look inwards.”

–Fran Stockley
Nutritional Therapist
Herfordshire, UK
http://healthyfran.co.uk/

“Lynn has the gift of unfolding truths through the power and poetry of deceptively simple stories that resonate long after they are read.”

–Antony Parry
Writing Coach
Coach Words, London
http://www.coachwords.com/