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Hello fellow self employed professionals,

We are on a roll here at TLC! The count down is on before the start of our next Passion into Profit (PIP) program begins on May 5th. Today 20 committed, motivated, fearless coaches participated in our business Q&A conference call.

We covered some key business building principals. Listen here (please scroll part way down the page and note the call is listed on the right side of the page) and learn more about:

• How to position yourself as an expert.
• The steps you need to take to increase your confidence and belief in the value you have to offer.
• The four critical activities of a successful entrepreneur.
• The first thing you need to do when you decide to become an entrepreneur.
• Strategies and processes to effortlessly get the financial commitment from your IDEAL client.
• Steps to launch your speaking career.

If these points resonate with you, you may want to book a personal consultation with me to see if the PIP program is the next best step for you. Email us at info@passionintoprofitforcoaches.com

As an entrepreneur, the sky is the limit! Cheers to creating a life we love!

www.passionintoprofitforcoaches.com

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Last week I wrote on facebook:

“Doing a presentation today and bringing my little guy. Will he be fussy? What we risk reveals what we most value. Wish me luck! ”

(If you want a good chuckle click here to read the ongoing dialogue.)

It was a great day! If I have to say so myself, the presentation was a success and Lawrence, the Director of Erickson College, volunteered to “babysit” Kenny.

Kenny was in heaven as he took in all the knowledge, wisdom and loving energy that Lawrence had to share! ( Lawrence said Kenny is interested in being a coach, apparently he wants to focus on the “pre-verbal infant” niche! ).

Having my son be part of my professional adventures was a dream come true. As a new mompreneur, I envision my family by my side as I continue to share my gifts with the world.  Thank you Erickson College for helping me realize this and making it easy!

As always, I left the presentation inspired and grateful. Grateful that I get to do what I love, integrate my personal and professional priorities and have the opportunity to be a catalyst in helping others realize their dreams.

Through the Passion into Profit Program: A Customized Business Building Program for Coaches - I get to support coaches in making their dreams a reality on a regular basis! Inspired by Celestyna, fellow coach from Poland, we are launching another live Passion into Profit Program,  January 2011. Will you be joining us?

Read what Celestyna had to write and I hope you decide to join her on her quest in realizing her dream!

“Hello fellow coaches,

I am an Erickson trained coach. I have all the necessary skills and knowledge. I have done hundreds of training hours as well as at least 200 coaching hours. I bring benefits and enlightenment to my clients. They say that coaching with me is a profound experience that leads to many revelations and action steps in their lives.  I am good.

Why on earth don’t I have a stable coaching practice? Why don’t I have clients standing in a line waiting for a session with me?

Am I not a good coach?

No, I am excellent coach!! However, what I need to learn is how to grow my coaching business. I need to learn and put into practice all the tricks of the trade that will enable me to reveal all of my excellence. I need to reach out to clients that are out there. I need to have a business system that is consistent, proved, working and bears regular fruit.

If you do have the same feelings and thoughts, join me on the Passion into Profit Program created and facilitated by Teresia LaRocque, first Master Certified Coach in Canada and a business building specialist. I had a consultation with her and I know she who will rock your coaching career!

Why am I addressing this letter to you?

Because there is one more thing… I refuse to be alone in my learning.  I want to do Teresia’s Passion into Profit program – LIVE. We need 8 people to launch one before the New Year. I am committed to having a profitable coaching business in 2011, I know I can do it with Teresia’s help, the PIP program and most importantly I want to  work with a power team of coaches. A team of coaches, who are on the same page, who want to grow and learn and pass on their coaching knowledge and experience to clients. I believe in the power of joined effort and mutual inspiration.

So are you in? Will you join me in making 2011 the year to grow your coaching business?

Imagine you have all the state-of the art knowledge of marketing in your hand and you can use it in your life right away. You are held accountable by fellow coaches and you start to enjoy the financial and spiritual freedom of being a successful coach entrepreneur. Visit www.passionintoprofitforcoaches.com for more information or contact Teresia directly at info@passionintoprofitforcoaches.com – just write in the subject box – I am ready!

Just enroll now. Join me – the Time to grow is NOW!”

My best wishes,”
~ Celestyna D. Osiak
Trainer and coach

I would be honoured to partner with you in 2011 in turning your passion for coaching into a profitable business. I look forward to hearing from you!

Your catalyst in transforming your bottom line,

www.PassionIntoProfitForCoaches.com

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I have realized babies have a way of inspiring ones soul.  I love being a mom. During my baby leave I loved starting my mornings off knowing I have all the time in the world to connect, play and be with Kenny.  (To my wonderful surprise I fully embraced that my day evolved around his needs).  I loved that I had time to work out (with Kenny of course).  I treasured that Kenny and I spent a lot of quality time with family and friends and I loved working only when I felt inspired to.

Sooo that has lead me to asking myself this question: How can I triple my income, have more time to make a difference and maintain this lifestyle?

Hmmm… Powerful Question

For many having big financial goals brings up a lot of uncomfortable feelings. As I ponder this question, I notice some residue of limiting beliefs.  Creating a life of true abundance and success is unlikely until you clear the limiting beliefs that may be blocking it.

Beliefs are powerful. More powerful than you can imagine.  Basically, what you believe is what you will receive.  Moment to moment, the Law of Attraction is working to create exactly what you expect to see in your life. Your beliefs control your outer circumstances.  Take a moment right now and think about your beliefs pertaining to money and abundance.  Even better, look at your outer circumstances and ask yourself, “What beliefs had to have been in place for me to create these circumstances?” Yes we are fully responsible for whatever financial situation we find ourselves in.

Today I challenge you to decide on a big fat juicy financial goal. What do you want to make monthly? Yearly? Write it down. Ok now triple it! Yes triple it!

It is our birthright to step into our greatness and live a life of abundance.

Here are some common beliefs I continue to work through, and hear from many clients:

• I will have to give up what is important to me to reach my financial goals.
• I have to work really hard to make lots of money.
• It is difficult to make lots of money.
• I can’t have money and be spiritual.
• If I have money, I am greedy.
• If I want to be rich, I am selfish.
• People won’t like me if I have lots of money.
• Making lots of money is too much effort/too much work.
• I will be judged/criticized/shamed if I have lots of money.
• I don’t deserve to enjoy/possess the good/beautiful things in life.

Do any of these sound familiar? Once you become aware that you are holding negative or limiting beliefs about your ability to create a more abundant future, you can begin the work of clearing them out and forming more empowering, abundant beliefs.

Getting clear about money is crucial, as we can then focus on sharing our talents and achieving our life’s mission.

Clearing your limiting money beliefs doesn’t have to take forever. I invite you to join my team coach partner Cheryl Cran and I on October 21st 2:00pm (pacific time) for a powerful dialogue on “Cutting through the BS and Getting to the Abundant YES!”

Make this month your breakthrough month and go for what you REALLY want. “See” you on October 21st.

Do you want to I triple your income, have more time to make a difference, live an extraordinary lifestyle AND not do it alone?
Check out our unparalleled Triple M Mastermind Program

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“When I dare to be powerful- to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid”

~ Audre Lourde

In reflection of the last two weeks since Kenny was born, I am in awe of the journey I have been on since my water broke on June 30^th.  The experience of giving birth and the first  weeks of being the main caretaker of a newborn has been both overwhelming and one of the most transforming times of my life.  As many of you know becoming a mom has been a long and not so easy journey, and it did not stop at birth.  I will not bore you with all the details but after 17 hrs of labour I had to have a C-section (I hate when that happens). We were so close but yet so far.  I have always had a fear of giving birth.  I remember in my “tween” years finding out how baby’s entered the world and remember thinking I will never do that!  Hmm perhaps that was part of the block of getting pregnant.

When we were in the depth of fertility treatments 3 years ago, one of my best friends died 8 months after giving birth to beautiful twin girls.  Her death was not directly related to her giving birth, but on some level I had the two associated.  With all that said, labour was not so bad.  What made the experience manageable and tolerable were these 3 keys factors.

1. Keeping my focus on the ultimate vision: holding my baby in my arms and being a family.

2. Being in the moment: Taking one step at a time, dealing with each obstacle one by one. “One of my main mantra’s was “I know I can handle one contraction at a time.”

3. Having an amazing support team: Having my mother, Brian, my midwife and the outstanding support of the nurses and doctors at  BC womens hospital made a world of difference.

As we experience any life passage, the above keys can provide a solid foundation to help us to the best of our ability, gracefully navigate our way through.

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“A baby is an inestimable blessing”

~ Mark Twain ( 1835 -1910)

Warning: Gushing Mother

I am honoured to share with you that our new addition to our family Kenneth LaRocque Terada, arrived on July 2^nd at 7:44 a.m.  I can’t describe how much I have fallen in love with him and am in awe with how the love continues to grow each day.  I can literally spend hours just staring into his big dark brown eyes and talking with him.  Every facial expression sends a shiver of love through my body.  (Having a wild imagination of interpreting the little smile of him looking at me, saying I am so happy to be here with you, consciously ignoring that my midwife says the smile is really him having gas and the opening of his little mouth reaching out for a kiss, the stretch of the arms saying mom, give me a big hug ).  All I want to do is spend hours looking at him.  I catch myself in the morning, when I awake before he does, wanting to wake him up so we can play.  I have quickly realized some of the most valuable advice I was given was when he is sleeping mom needs to rest!

Who would of thought an overachiever who in the past has missed very few days without having her priority of a ‘to do’ list front and centre, would be content holding her baby, breastfeeding, changing diapers and napping throughout the day.

I can’t wait to be a witness to the rest of his life. It is truly my honor and a gift from God.  Every day I count my blessings. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Photos by Christine Millington

www.bcweddingphotography.com

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As a blossoming MOMpreneur you get creative!

One of my greatest passions as a coach is to give back and help fellow coaches build their business. I started my business in 1996 when very few people knew what success coaching was. Many times I was asked are you a coach of a sports team? No “what a fitness trainer does for your body I do for your mind” was my common response. I built my business very quickly, (a huge dose of passion and an innate knowing of business savvy ) I had a full practice in my first year and was making 75,000.00 annually. It was a natural next step to share what was working for me with other coaches.

We have been offering the Passion into Profit program : (PIP) a customized business building program for coaches, for more then a decade. Embarking on my “baby leave” we have decided to make the PIP home study program available – a great way to serve coaches who are eager and ready to take their business to the next level NOW. In addition a great passive income source for my business.

I just had two inspiring conversations with two coaches who purchased the PIP Home Study program! Visit www.passionintoprofitforcoaches.com to find out more.

Or email us at info@passionintoprofitforcoaches.com  to book your consultation to find out if it is the next best step for you.

As an entrepreneur there are many ways to serve our clients.  Identify your ideal client, be clear of their greatest needs and have many options of how to help them meet those needs!

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Being self employed there is no such thing as maternity leave, at least not paid maternity leave. Well….that is not entirely true, if you are savvy enough to set your business up to create passive income, you could have paid maternity leave.  When we decided to start a family I became very motivated to have a passive income stream.  As I prepare for taking two months off completely from my business to be fully present as a new mom, I am taking some time to review my financial situation.  I have not quite reached my passive financial goals, but what I have created makes a difference!

Is it time for you to focus on passive income? If you are self employed why not incorporate passive income into your business plan.  Let’s first look at what is Passive Income? Passive income is money that comes in after you have completed working to get it.  It is income from work you have already performed versus work you are currently doing. Therefore, a passive income stream is a continued flow of income from a completed task.

One obvious source of passive income that illustrates the idea behind a passive income stream is a savings account.  You open a savings account with a certain amount of money, and that money gains interest as it sits there.  You never have to deposit any more money in order for that initial amount to continue earning interest for you.  Obviously the more money you deposit into the account, the more money you will make on it.

With access to the World Wide Web it opens up many options of passive income streams you can include in your business model.

Here are a few.

1. Affiliate Programs – passive income is derived from setting up a web site that pre-sell companies’ products or having other companies sell your products.

2. Information Products – ebooks, CD’s, books, ecourse, etc

3. Advertising commissions – on your website, newsletters or ezines.

4. Pay Per Click Campaigns – you can make money instantly by setting up a Google AdWords campaign for your product or affiliate program.

5. Referrals – create a network of people that offer services or products related to your business, set up an alliance where you receive a commission every time you refer someone.

6. Create a membership site – if you are an expert in your field and can provide the resources, knowledge and support, you can charge a monthly fee to gain access to your membership site. Because you are an expert in your field, you can also recommend other products and services to your members, from which you earn commissions.

7. Have associates – having a team of people working for your company that you receive a percentage of their service fee. If you are a coach or a self employed professionals check out our Creating your own coaching company ebook on how to incorporate associates as part of your business.

These are just some ideas of possible passive income streams.  Get together and brainstorm with your mastermind team (you have a mastermind team – right? If not read our blogs on the power of being part of a mastermind team) and decide which passive stream would best compliment your business and enjoy the benefits of this extra income.

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It’s 26 days before my due date and I almost had my first MOMpreneur emotional meltdown!

My first experience of panic happened today (my midwife suggested that I may have many emotional meltdowns during my pregnancy – so far, so good – not one).  Today however I was very close to breaking that streak. My business is still keeping me pretty busy and my love of  getting together with friends and family continues to fill my down time.  For the last month I have had the intent to simplify my calendar and create some white space to prepare for baby’s arrival.  It’s just not happening.  In the back of my mind I have been thinking I am taking a week off before our due date and my mom will be here for extra help.  Today it hit me WHAT IF BABY COMES EARLY?  I AM NOT PREPARED!

In addition, I began experiencing the Braxton Hicks contractions on a regular basis – talk about making it real.

I read my weekly pregnancy update, http://tinyurl.com/262adq9 this morning.  It covers what I may be experiencing, the growth of the baby and what I should be doing and what I need to do.  (If you are pregnant, I highly encourage you to sign up for this; it is a weekly delight…….most of the time)

The “what I should be doing and what I need to do” got me a little frazzled. We still need to put the car seat in the car.  We are getting curtains for our master bedroom (baby will be sleeping there in her/his bassinet until he/she is ready for the crib).  I added about 5 things to an already long to do list and I have not yet packed my hospital bag!  Between coaching calls I immediately began packing the hospital bag as I thought this would give me an instant sense of control.

I could not finish packing as I realized I need to wash the baby’s clothes that we will bring her/him home in and if I am going to wash those clothes I might as well wash all the baby clothes – but first I need to go buy baby detergent!  My thought process continued..  I should only wash the second hand items and necessities, but not the stuff still in packages or items that still have tags attached, a friend  told me that they grow so fast I might end up having to return some things to buy bigger ones. But if I open everything and remove tags to wash them I’ll end up with a lot of stuff that was never worn. Yes I know, over thinking!  I began to get into a spin.

Being an entrepreneur I am familiar with this feeling of overwhelm and not being sure where to start.  I stopped, took a deep breath, and acted on some strategies that have helped in the past.

1. Call a friend and vent! (tip: do request that you only need an ear and not advice – boy do a lot of people have advice for new moms – yes, I know it is coming from love and care but it can definitely contribute to the emotional meltdown)

2. Write everything down – get the to do list out of your head and on paper

3. Look at your calendar and block in when and where you spend time on your to do list

4. Journal – write about what you are experiencing and what you need to do.

(At this time my journal is my blog – lucky you).

Overwhelm and ongoing to do lists are part of the entrepreneurial world as I am sure it will be as new mom.  No matter how much is going on, how much we are stretching out of our comfort zone, the above 4 steps can give us a sense of relief and control – at least for the time being until we need to go through the steps again!

I know that having a baby will increase my quality of life, and with that in mind, check our complimentary Quality of Life Assessment. Visit www.teresia.com to download your free copy.  Committed to supporting you in living a life you love!

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My friends threw me a wonderful baby shower – I am still overflowing with warm and fuzzies!

To be totally honest the thought of being the main focus of a baby shower was a bit out of my comfort zone. I felt uncomfortable about having an event all about me. (Hmm, well, I fully enjoyed it when Brian threw me a surprised 40^th birthday party and I have often arranged my own birthday celebrations –perhaps this celebration was just a tad too vulnerable.)  Also, the thought of a traditional shower where you play games such as “pin the sperm on the egg”,  “guess how many safety pins” and “wear a diaper on your  head,” is just not my cup of tea.  Not to mention not having any say in the organization of it was a bit of a stretch .

As the date grew nearer I leaned into trusting my friends and saying to myself “they know me well, they won’t make me do anything that is not me – will they?” I began to focus on what a wonderful opportunity to get together with some of the people I cherish most in my life and share this miracle of becoming a mom. Like my mastermind retreat, to have baby be part of an environment of such great energy and love, I knew would be a good thing. Also what an opportunity to “receive” which is not always easy – I know you can relate – receiving, especially for women is the not the easiest thing to do!

The night turned out to be everything I could of dreamed it to be. There was no pin the sperm on the egg, guess how many safety pins, or wearing a diaper on my head. There was laughter, heartfelt sentiments and intimate connections and conversations, and a room full of extraordinary women – my kind of night!

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The host, Christine a longtime friend of 27 years made me a cake in shape of a stroller, had everyone send her their “advice for me as I become a new mom” and took a picture of me with each friend and made a wonderful scrap book – I will treasure this gift forever.  During the evening a bracelet was made where each women picked a bead, one for me and one for baby and shared what they wished for me based on what they felt that bead represented. Too boot it has all my favorite colors!

The night flew by, so much to share, say and do that I did not have time to open my gifts.  In hindsight it was perfect!  The next day my love and I opened the gifts together.

It was like our first Christmas with baby! The first gift we opened was a jolly jumper – we both had a huge smile on our face – yes, soon we will have our baby jumping in this jolly jumper! Still hard to believe.

I felt I received so much from the sharing and connection at my shower, it has been overwhelming to have more gifts to receive, my friends have been VERY generous.  I loved each and every gift – yes even the practical gifts touched my heart! ( see previous blog)

As due date soon approaches (5 more weeks to go) I feel grateful for my friends, my support network and all the wonderful experiences I have in my life.

In spite of the daily heartburn, sore back, loosing my eyelashes and extra nasal fluid, the transition so far, from entrepreneur to mompreneur has been pretty darn good!

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I just received a parcel at my door and it was a diaper disposal pale from my best buddy Sonia from San Diego - I cried like a baby! Hormones? The reality that I am actually going to be a mom? Sonia’s thoughtfulness? (she cannot make my shower and already gave me a gift when I was with her at our mastermind retreat) I am sure all of the above!

Who would have thought a diaper machine would have a grown woman in tears?? My shower is tomorrow night – will onesies make me cry?

Need to put on my entrepreneur hat on now and go see a client and then out for dinner with a client from Ontario.

Thank goodness I mastered “state management” (we feel what we focus on)  when I worked with Tony Robbins.  I have a feeling this skill might come in handy when baby is here.

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