Rockin' Life With Colleen Crain

Day 4 of the Power of Baby Steps We started the week thinking about all the little things we do every day and how those things make up our lives. It’s not the big events or sweeping changes. It’s those every day, in the moment choices we make and actions we take that are our lives. For the most part, the same can be said about our health. It’s not the big plans to suddenly overhaul our exercise habits or our resolve to never consume refined sugar or flour again that transforms us into fit, healthy, energetic people. It’s actually much easier and at the same time much harder to become a healthier, more fit, more energetic person. It’s easier because it’s about the little things we can easily do every day. It’s harder because those little daily choices and actions don’t seem all that significant in the moment but they are. So let’s talk about some little actions we can take, that over time will transform us -- slowly but probably faster than you might imagin

  We’re talking Baby Steps to Financial Freedom with the Help of my Friend Chris Rosendahl, Financial Coach. The steps to financial freedom that we are going to discuss are designed for anyone. It’s possible for a person with an average income to achieve financial freedom and it can be done using baby steps. People who have been in dire financial circumstances have used them successfully. You may remember my interview the Iron Jen and how she and her family conquered over 200,000 in debt in 4 years while experiencing job loss, surgeries, serious illness and an unexpected new baby.  Jen and her family used these very steps. Chris Rosendahl of Rosendahl Financial Coaching generously shares an overview of the baby steps that have worked for countless people. Step 1 Pull together $1000.00 and put it in the bank for emergencies – emergencies only Step 2 Cut up the credit cards and pay off all debt using a debt snowball. Step 3 Expand your emergency fund to cover 3 to 6 months of expense

Ellen McDowell, the founder of Ellen McDowell – Your Social Butterfly, shares her journey from job loss to becoming Your Social Butterfly. She is a Master Certified Constant Contact Solution Provider and Authorized Local Expert for Constant Contact, Board member of the LaCapitale Chapter ABWA, a Certified Professional Speaker, and proud Chapter Co-Leader for the Baton Rouge Women’s Prosperity Network and author. Click Here to visit Ellen's website Click Here for information about the Women's Prosperity Network   Click Here to order your copy of Journey to the Stage Love my Freedom Journal! Click Here to get yours    

Day 2 of the Power of Baby Steps Was getting your house organized and in order one of your new year’s resolutions? Maybe not this year but at some point many of us made a vow to finally get things in order.  We went out and bought a bunch of pretty organizing tools, maybe some baskets and bins or some great home organizing system.  We were determined to make a grand change, get all of our belongings organized once and for all.  Then life would be easier. Ah then the reality of sweeping change set in. We either got overwhelmed and didn’t finish the task at all or we made it beautiful for about a month or a week and somehow all of the disorder found its way back out of place. A few months ago, I interviewed an amazing lady who came up with a way to dig her way out of what she calls stacks of stuff that filled her house so that she had to walk through paths in her house. You may have guessed (since we’re talking the power of baby steps) that her transformation was not one big gra

Day 1 of The Power of Baby Steps! You’ve probably heard sayings like Life is what happens while we’re busy making plans or life is what happens when we’re waiting for life to happen. Life is made up of our moments and days. We might wait to win the lottery. We might wait for that big break, that perfect diet, the one answer that will solve all of our problems and make us healthy, wealthy, wise, and happy. That big break may come but it won’t be the real source of our change or success. It will just be an event in our lives. Our lives whether they are what we want them to be or not are the little things we do every day or every week. It’s those little baby steps that build upon themselves that make all of the difference in who we are, what we accomplish and how we live. I remember sitting in orientation for nursing school. A panel of professors took turns explaining what we would learn and accomplish during our first semester – what we would be expected to know and those thi

Day 4 of the Week of Empowerment: Rephrase Your Life! Someone recently said to me that she’s no longer trying to LOSE weight. She had decided to release it instead. That way her mind wouldn’t go looking for the lost weight and try to gain it back.  I think that’s a great idea. I’m really curious to see how this works out for her. I don’t know if it will work but I do know the things we say to ourselves over and over again have a profound impact. We’ve been talking this week about the stories we tell ourselves and how they shape us. Often we are completely unaware of what we’re telling ourselves. We may not even notice how often we utter things like. I’m just a bad money manager. I’m no good with money. For the life of me, I can’t figure out relationships. I just can’t make a relationship work. I’m too shy. I can’t talk to people. It’s impossible for me to express myself to other people. I’m doomed to be fat. I can&r

Day 3 of the Week of Empowerment. You Are Not Your Story We hear it all the time. Everybody has a story and it’s true. Everybody does have a story. But what we must realize is that we are not our stories. We are not the things that happen to us or around us. In yesterday’s interview, Monique Moliere Piper talked about this.  For most of her childhood, she grew up in poverty in the middle of a dangerous and violent neighborhood and those dangers touched her family and caused injury and pain. But Monique said “Where I am is NOT who I am.” Just because the voices around us or more importantly inside of us seem to say that we are in our circumstances because of who we are doesn’t make it true.  Yes it can be hard to separate ourselves from our stories or circumstances.  If we tell ourselves that we were rejected because we are unlovable or incapable, then every rejection becomes about our perception of ourselves as unlovable or incapable. Really, that rejection is just

Monique Moliere Piper is a Certified Professional Coach Speaker and has been nicknamed the Thrive Specialist. She has taught women across the United States how to achieve greater success by getting their lives out of default and into divine design. Monique is the author of “Dance in the Sun: Being the Authentic You” and CEO of On Purpose Coaching, providing Life and Business Coaching services to women. Helping ladies create lives they love is her life’s calling. She understands the unique challenges women face when wanting to gain clarity to create and accomplish “big girl” goals. Monique helps women to get clear, strategic, and most importantly execute. Her clients learn to stop talking about ideas and manifest idids. The oldest of eight, and raised by a single mother, she knows first hand that mindset + on purpose action= results. Her inspirational speeches ignite an instant “get it done” fire under her audiences. Monique's Fab 5 Success is a formula -- Not a

  I share how I allowed a childhood trauma to keep me in fear, even terror at times and how I’m rewriting my story to focus on my miraculous survival and God’s constant loving and empowering presence in my life. For most of my life I didn’t even realize I was telling myself a story except the narrative of what happened but I was unaware of the messages within my narrative To change the stories we tell ourselves or the beliefs that limit us and maybe even terrify us, we first have to be aware of the stories and messages we’re already telling ourselves. We have to recognize the messages we’re sending ourselves about ourselves. When we discover those beliefs we can begin to tell ourselves a new story with a true message. http://rockinlife.co Find me on facebook  or Twitter  

Day 1 of Write Your Own Story We’re starting off Season 2 with a week of empowerment.  We’re exploring how we define our own lives and how we can redefine them and rewrite our own stories if we choose to. We cannot change our pasts and we may not be able to control the things that happen around us and sometimes to us but we can control how we respond.  Steven Covey author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, refers to this as response ability (two words) – the ability to respond or to take responsibility for ourselves. Whether our difficulties are a result of our own choices or some unfortunate circumstances we couldn’t avoid because of our age, strength, condition or other factor, we still have response ability. We get to write or rewrite our own stories and design your own lives from the perspective of our values and since of worth as a Child of God. So what can we do today to begin to take control of our own story – to create the life we want. That is what we

Day 3 of Relationships and Feeling Connected Addressing one common threat to relationships Click Here to Sign Up for the Rockin' Life Newsletter Support Rockin' Life and Get your FREE audio book by visiting our sponsor, Audible Click HERE for your FREE audio book

Levi Wampler put everything he had into his lifelong dream business then watched it fail.  That very failure gave him a new dream, a new business, and new success.  He shares his story and his wisdom with us and lays out a plan for what to do after we fail. Click Here for the Flourish with Failure website Click Here for the Rockin' Life website Support Rockin' Life by visiting our Sponsor, Audible, and receive your FREE audio book. Click Here to get your FREE audio book

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Day 4 of Rest and Relaxation. Some tips and ideas for creating a relaxing space for a break in a portion of a room or even in a public area. If you found value, please share this episode with a friend. Click Here to Visit the Rockin' Life Website and leave a comment To support Rockin' Life and get your FREE audio book for our sponsor, Audible, Click Here

Day 3 of Rest and Relaxation. Does it seem there's not a minute in the day for rest and relaxation?  Today we look at ways to fit it into our minutes Click Here to Visit the Rockin' Life Wesite Get You FREE audio book from our sponsor, Audible! CLICK HERE

Success coach, and author Vidal Cisneros, Jr talks to us about his story featured in the latest Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today, he 's happy after overcoming alcohol addiction, divorce, marriage betrayal, incarceration, and bankruptcy. Click Here to visit Vidal Cisneros, Jr.'s website and receive the free gift he offered Click Here to Visit the Rockin' Life website Click Here to Get Your Free Audio Book from our Sponsor, Audible    

Day 2 of Rest, Relaxation, and Sleep.  Tips and strategies to help us get the rest we need. Visit the Rockin' Life website http://www.rockinlife.co Support Rockin' Life and get a FREE audio book from our sponsor, Audible Click Here for Your FREE audio book

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