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We just completed our www.triplemmastermind.com retreat and I have once again witnessed the benefits of collaborating with a team of smart, successful people – it can be life-changing! If you are self employed being part of a mastermind team can be one of the best strategic moves you can make.

When a Mastermind group reaches that perfect level of synergy; ideas, encouragement, and insights multiply.

There are, however, important standards that must be established in order to nurture a productive and empowering mastermind environment.

3 essential rules to get the most from a mastermind group:

1. Commit. It sounds simple, yet it isn’t unusual for a person to join a group with good intentions, then they miss meetings or show up late, unprepared. When you commit to a Mastermind group, take it seriously. Before each meeting get clear of where you need support, and where you can help others. Attend all the meetings, and be there on time.

2. Respect Confidentiality. Commit to a confidentiality agreement from the start. This encourages trust, honesty, authenticity, vulnerability and opens the door to creative synergy where new ideas can flourish.

3. Accountability. Accountability is one of the cornerstone principles in mastermind groups. Accountability is all about helping others to reach their goals through purposeful, sustainable action. Setting up an accountability structure can take great ideas to tangible results.

The power of a Mastermind group cannot be understated. All the great teachers of success from Napoleon Hill to Anthony Robbins have talked about the benefits of using a mastermind team to make better decisions and get more results with less effort. But always remember: a mastermind group is only as valuable as the level of commitment, confidentiality and accountability of each member.

If you are wanting to start your own mastermind team check out our ebook The Magic of the Mastermind.

The Magic of the Mastermind is the most complete guide available to forming and managing your own mastermind group -your personal board of advisors! Written from the voice of my own mastermind group of coaches, this book includes tips, strategies and insights on what makes a group truly successful.

To find out more about our next live www.TripleMmastermind.com retreat email us info@triplemmastermind.com

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Through our personal and professional experience in working with women, we see the connections among women are the most potentially transforming forces on the planet!

Join us on October 14/15 2011 for 2 days of massive masterminding with highly successful women to bust through barriers and create new levels of success.

To find out more visit www.triplemmastermind.com

“Mastermind alliance, joint venture, business partners, cooperation… Call it what you want, you need a mastermind alliance with others to be successful.”
~ Napolean Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Check out Cheryl’s Interview with Fanny Kiefer from Studio 4 on the benefits of being part of a mastermind.

Email us at info@triplemmastermind.com to book a personal consultation to find out if this is the next best step for you.

Committed to supporting women in being their best and creating the success they deserve,

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Wow! That is the kind of day we had at www.thewowevent.com. The experience of being in a room full of like minded women, who are committed to being their best and up to big stuff leaves you feeling energized and excited about the possibilities of your life! I was honored to be asked to wrap up the day and help the audience embrace and capture their WOW moments of the day.

It was great to hear the shifts, perspectives and insights that happened for the participants throughout the day. What I know for sure is when you put yourself in an empowering environment it stirs your soul and enhances your belief and commitment that you really can live the life you truly desire.

Thank you to Christine Awram, founder of the WOW conference for making this experience possible.

My friend and colleague Cheryl Cran, professional keynote speaker, author and consultant was also a speaker at the WOW event and we formally launched www.Triplemmastermind.com. We had an overwhelming response. There is no doubt that the trend for self employed women is letting go of the lone ranger mentality and gifting ourselves with outstanding support!

You have a dream, you have a sense of what you can create, you have already created many successes. You are able to manifest what you want, AND right now you can feel the energy to step forward and to really create big results. You don’t want to postpone, delay or put off your big goals any longer. You want to move ahead as quickly as you can and you know you can’t do it alone. So what could you create with the right support?

Imagine having an hour with Tina Fey what could she tell you that would help you move forward quickly. What if you had half a day with Oprah? Or what could you create with half a day with not one but two highly successful entrepreneurs with connections to PR, Speakers Bureaus, Coach Universities, and Book publishers?

The Triple M Mastermind is starting in June 2011 and it will be a small group of 12 likeminded women. This unprecedented program includes meeting with Cheryl and I for half a day a month where we focus on 2 women, their goals, their business stretches and the group masterminds in an online forum for a month until the next half day session. The program is a 6 month commitment and promises to leverage each participant’s success.

We also offer one day strategy programs for those women who want to get a full day focused on them, their business, their life and their big goals. This can include building a coaching practice, building the speaking business, marketing the business, PR strategies, social media strategies, website strategies and more.

We have worked with a number of women who have gone on to create incredible results and we have amazing testimonials from over the moon clients.

We have 2 spots open for the Triple M Mastermind consults- if you are already successful, if you are ready to break through to a new level, if you know you can’t do this next step alone – then sign up now for a consultation to see if this program is for you.

Email us at info@triplemmastermind.com to sign up today!

P.S Come join me at the Wow monthly event – this month I will be sharing my 3 tips on ensuring your business is serving your life and you’re not being a servant to your business.

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I just got back from a wonderful holiday in Ottawa, introducing baby Kenny to relatives and friends- it was sooo much fun!

Nope, that's not Santa - it's Gramps!

Usually at this time of year I would still be in holiday mode BUT this year, I am full of excitement and anticipation of the upcoming LIVE Passion into Profit program  (PIP) starting January 4th and still having conversations with committed, courageous coaches about the possibilities of turning their passion and talent of coaching into profitable businesses.

I wanted to send out one last invite. If you are sitting on the fence and have an inkling the PIP program may be exactly what you need to make your dreams a reality, I invite you to book a personal consultation with me to decide if the Passion into Profit program is the next best step for you. I have carved out time on Thursday afternoon ( December 23rd) to speak with potential PIPers – then office doors are closed for Christmas! 

Send an email to info@passionintoprofitforcoaches.com and type “Yes I want to talk to Teresia!” in the subject box. We will then contact you and book a personal consultation to see if it’s the next best step for you and your business. 

In the spirit of the holidays,  I have decided to extend the bonus offer until December 23rd

When you sign up for our LIVE Passion into Profit program you will receive a very special bonus: Interviews of my MasterMind Team on the strategies, process and marketing activities they used to build six figure businesses (Valued at $249!) really priceless!

As I often say why reinvent the wheel?

I look forward to partnering with you and making 2011 your best year yet!

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As I prepare to facilitate a live Passion into Profit program, I have the great fortune to have many inspiring conversations with fellow coaches. During these conversations, I have noticed a common theme, something I call the “lone ranger mentality”.

If you are an entrepreneur who has a big vision for your business and is committed to living your best life, doing it alone is not an option. As an entrepreneur, the most strategic step you can take is to let go of the Lone Ranger mindset and start borrowing (or hiring) extra brainpower. When your business is on the line, collaboration isn’t optional – it’s mission critical!

Unfortunately many self-employed professionals suffer from the lone ranger mentality. Can you relate?

There is a good chance you have heard me talk about the concept of environments. When we think of our environment, most of us reflect on the physical space around us. Sixteen years ago, when I first started my coaching business, I learned that the word “environment” could mean so much more.

One of our most important environments in life is made of the relationships we surround ourselves with – our inner circle of people. This includes family, friends, colleagues, coworkers, staff, mentors, and anyone else you interact with on a regular basis. When you’re self-employed, having an environment of people in your life who are there to support you to be successful (I call this kind of support – strategic support) is a critical component of having a strong business foundation.

Strategic support can be formal (i.e. mastermind groups, teachers, coach, accountant) or informal (i.e. a smart and friendly colleague).  Strategic Support comes from people with more experience or a different perspective or area of expertise than you have. Strategic support helps you shorten your learning curve, find resources, and create faster, better results.

What would your life be like if you had a sharp, committed like minded positive group standing behind you every step of the way?  I wondered that myself. The idea of being surrounded and supported by people who believe in me was incredibly compelling, so in the beginning of my coaching career, I consciously set out to create strategic support in my life. I immediately hired my own coach, and soon thereafter I assembled a mastermind team. Creating my very own mastermind team was one of the best business decisions I ever made.  Today every program that I design includes the invaluable component of masterminding.

Many entrepreneurs are coming to recognize that the Lone Ranger mentality is a hard, slow path. Instead of trying to accomplish things on their own, they are seeing the value of mastermind and leaning on the brilliance of other people.

Do you have 3-10 savvy people you could call for a quick brainstorm on any given day? This kind of support can make all the difference when you’re up against a wall. Instead of staring at a computer screen, you can pick up the phone, get the motivation you need and solve problems in a moment. A strong business leverages these resources.

It is important to be independent, self reliant, and that you can trust and know you can do whatever you set your mind to AND think of people who have experienced great success or have contributed to the world or your community, they didn’t do it alone. While you need to know that you can depend on yourself, if you continue to do everything yourself you will limit the level of contribution and difference you can make in the world.  To really serve your family, your community, your customers, you have to have support!

Don’t be fooled, to get strategic support in your life and ask for help is a crucial skill to master.  If one doesn’t learn how to get support, your weakness will prevent you from being as successful as you were meant to be. The quality of our environments and relationships has a lot to do with our level of happiness, satisfaction and success.

Is it time for you to let go of the lone ranger mentality and take your strategic support to the next level?

Here are some steps you can take immediately:

• Make a list of people you already know that could be part of your strategic team and simply call them to talk about this new level of relationship.
• Ask one of your coaching buddy’s to be your accountability partner.
• Join a program like the Passion into profit program or TripleMMastermind program.
• Start your own mastermind team (Check out our ebook, The Magic of a Mastermind. Written from the voice of my very own mastermind team, this book includes tips, strategies and insights on what makes a group truly successful.)
• Hire a coach.

Give yourself the gift of cultivating an environment that will unconditionally support you to step into your greatness.

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I don’t know about you but I’m already thinking about of what I want to create in 2011. I catch myself thinking ’what do I need to do to prepare and put in place so I can experience all that my heart desires in 2011?’  Here at TLC, we are ramping up for an abundant year! How about you?

Were you part of our call On October 21st on “Cutting Through the BS and Getting to the Abundant YES”?

We talked about:

1. Noticing your thoughts and beliefs around ‘receiving’- practice getting better at receiving – surprisingly for most of us it is not the easiest thing to do!
2. Cutting through your own BS – you must do the work and be held accountable to the roadblocks you put in your own way.
3. Take action – you have to plan and take action towards what you want and you can’t do it alone.   

If you missed the call you can listen to the recording at www.triplemmastermind.com (scroll half way down the right hand column)

Want to be part of something bigger then yourself in 2011? The Triple “M” Mastermind – Mind, Money and a Life of Meaning is a program that is designed for high performing women who are looking to achieve more with less effort, leverage their time, opportunities, resources, and be part of an environment of like minded women who are committed to living their best life. For more information on The Triple “M” Mastermind Program send us an email at mastermind@teresia.com and put in the subject box “I am interested” 

If you would like to learn how to create your own Mastermind Team, check out our ebook on the Magic of the Mastermind. Please click here. 

Coaching you to achieve your definition of “having it all”,

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I often have mixed emotions when our mastermind retreats come to an end.

To have 3 days of being immersed in an environment of unconditional support, appreciation, possibility thinking and a constant undertone of fun, one does not want to leave, on the other hand I am also excited to go back to my day to day life and integrate all that I have experienced and learned.

We wrapped up our retreat with an exercise of “Sharing what we wish for our fellow members”. We each sat in the “hotseat” and received what each member wished for us to create, experience or be by our next mastermind retreat. We also shared what we wanted for ourselves between now and the next mastermind retreat.

Having a strong completion and wrapping up the retreat is an important step for every profound experience.  

Our wrap up not only allowed us to have the experience of hearing what each member saw in us and what is important for us in the next year but to unite us a group of supporting each other in our highest intention for the next 12 months.

My wish myself for this next year is to (all under the umbrella of effortless, ease and joy) experience an effortless birth , an effortless transition of becoming a mom and to embrace the day to moments, gifts, challenges that motherhood has to offer. In addition come from a deep place of trust that my business will unfold in the most perfect way.

As I carry into my day to day life the experience of our retreat, I embrace a deep appreciation of the experience and the members of my team.  My bigger wish for all fellow entrepreneurs is that you create a similar environment in your life and ride the wave of all the benefits it has to offer!

To find out how you too can experience or create the experiece of having the support of like-minded individuals as you grow into living the life you love, visit Triple M Mastermind.

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As I reflect on all the hotseats I am inspired by the themes that have emerged.  Perhaps in the future I will write an article on these topics but for now I would like to give you the “Coles notes.”

1.  What is your Hell Yes? 

What is next for you?  What is your next growing edge?  Where do you need to go to truly live a life you love? What could you do that would add a whole new level of excitement and fullfilment to your life?  It can a big Hell Yes or a small Hell Yes – as long as it is a Hell Yes for you. What would your life be like if you always had a Hell Yes?  My next Hell Yes is to step into motherhood as graceful and positive and embrace living my personal priorities first and trust that my business will look after itself.

2.  Honouring Yourself.

Many of us find ourselves in relationships where we may be compromising our integrity, values or deepest needs. This happens for many different reasons; our need to avoid conflict,  low self esteem, lack of self value, unhealed wounds from out past.  To live a life where in each moment we are honouring ourselves is a tall order but one that serves not only ourselves but those we love.  

During this discussion here are a few key points that stood out for me.

• To honour yourself you need to decide to bring all of you to the relationship.  Your needs, fears, and requests
• Tell your truth, share your interpretations of the truth.  Share your truth in a loving, compassionate way.  The intention behind the truth is important
• Take care of yourself
• Taking on a healthy responsibility is one of the most important step you can take for your self esteem and your relationship.
• When we are not honouring ourselves we can find ourselves playing out one of these three roles  a)1. Victim ( poor me) b) Rescuer – poor you c) Persecutor (f__k  you)

It is a fine line not to fall into one of these three roles, when we do, it can be a trigger we are not honouring ourselves.  When this happens take a deep belly breath, access the inner courage to share your truth and remember we are not responsible for how the other person feels.

 When it comes to creating healthy supportive relationships consider these points: 

* If a relationship is a lot of work perhaps it is the wrong relationship

* If you are not having fun something is off

* “If someone is awake pursue them, if someone is semi awake and they are pursuing you let them, if someone is asleep leave them alone”

3.  Eliminating self sabotaging behaviours

As we supported each other in stepping up to our next Hell Yes it was interesting to identify the self sabotaging patterns that would appear.  From many years of coaching I have come to realize each time we stretch out of our comfort zone, and go for our dreams, there is an opportunity to peel another layer off our self sabotaging behaviours.  I have also come to realize that these behaviours may never go away, instead we become conscious of them, manage them more effectively, and hopefully each time they show up in our life, their influence is less.  I was inspired to be part of a group that is so aware of their limiting behaviours and open to the support to overcome them.  

 4. Centre of Authenticity  

As the weekend continued it became clear how each of us wanted to make a difference as a coach was linked to where we needed to go next in our life.  Ever hear the saying what you teach is what you most need to learn?  For example, at this time in my life I am getting clear of my definition of having it all and living it.  I want this for all working moms.   Therefore my tag line is coaching you to achieve your definition of having it all.

I will take these themes and integrate them into the next 6 mths of my life.  I know they will all be helpful in one way or another as I make my transition from entrepreneur to mompreneur.  The great thing is I know I am not alone on this journey – I have my mastermind team to check in with on our weekly phone calls!

Are you ready to join a mastermind or build your own?  I hope that my insights have helped you see what a mastermind can do for you and your business.  If you are ready to delve deeper into the possibility of a mastermind, my book “Magic of the Mastermind“ will help you on your way.

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This afternoon I am excited to share with you in the best way I can the magic of our mastermind.

As we move through each “hotseat” I am in awe of the level of support, inspiration, authenticity, unity amongst our group.  It is challenging to communicate the depth of what we experience as a mastermind.  It is beyond words to describe the experience of being part of a group that creates an environment that allows for personal transformation.

One way I can attempt to describe it is can be referred to as the “third mind”.  The third mind evolves when a group reaches a certain level of coherence and unity, it then starts to experience a remarkable shift. Something that feels like a group intuition develops and takes on a life of its own.

Here are couple of things that is present in our mastermind that allows this third mind to surface:

• Before each hotseat we begin by getting centered.  A member facilitates a closed eyed process where we are guided to let go of any thoughts, issues or distractions that may be keeping us from being in the moment.  We unite as a group and align with the intention of fully serving the member who will be in the hotseat.
• There is a huge level of trust and respect within the group.
• We all value authenticity and know the power of vulnerability.
• Each member has permission to “risk” and act on their intuition which may challenge or confront the member in the hotseat.
• We all hold the space of love and hold each other to their highest potential.

Once you’ve experienced the “third mind” phenomenon, you’ll be as excited as I am about being part of a mastermind.  It is truly amazing where it can take you.  Each entrepreneur owes it to themselves to have this expereince be part of their life. 

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Another productive day of masterminding is occurring and as I mentioned in my previous blog, health and fitness is my number one value as I move into being a mompreneur.

Following that one is:

Quality time with Brian. (Sharing, connection, growth, fun)  I have read and heard that in many situations the father can feel left out or not a priority anymore when baby joins the family.  Many men have this fear, some are conscious of it and some are not.  Go figure - mom is exhausted, stretched out of her comfort zone doing her best to adapt to the changes and needs of this precious soul.  It is natural for a mom to bond and have a connection with baby, but to maintain this with daddy may not always come easy.

It is important to me to continue to cultivate a loving relationship between Brian and I.  I know that great relationships take commitment and effort.

Quality time with our child (connection, sharing, nurturing, fun, mentorship)

Quality time with my girlfriends (connection, sharing, growth, fun)

The day before I left for our mastermind retreat I had an ultrasound appointment.  Brian could not make the appointment; I decided to make it a girl’s event. It was very special to have three of my closests girlfriends there, after we went for dinner.  When I got home I realized how filled up I was to have shared this time with friends.  I get the same feeling when I am with my mastermind team.  When I am a mom, quality time with friends is a must!  Can I follow through?

The above priorities fulfill my values of connection, sharing, growth, and fun.  (Later I will share my insights around my values of inspiration and leadership and how they fit into my business priorities.)

Part of my reinvention from entrepreneur to mommpreneur is to truly step into designing my ideal life first and having my business it into that.  This concept is something I have been coaching on for years.  

As an entrepreneur, with no children I did not feel I needed to  be fully diligent with this concept – as my time was my time and  in every moment I felt I had choice of how I could spend my tim – I rarely felt like I was sacrificing what was important to me.

Becoming a mom I believe it will not be the same experience.  As I have coached many working moms to do so, it is important now for me to claim my personal priorities as number one.  I know it is a stretch.  It is easier said and done.  I love what I do in my business; my business has been my identity for many years.  Success, achievement and making a difference are important to me and have been a main driver for many years.

Can I really put the above priorities first and feel at peace with that? What will happen to my business when I act accordingly to these priorities?

Well I am ready to find out. This is my ideal life. This is what is important to me. I am ready to walk my talk!

I wrote this blog on a short lunch break on day 2. I am behind on sharing my insights with you. I have so many to share!

Well off to be part of another extraordinary conversations as we begin our afternoon of hotseats.

Talk soon!

If you are ready to truly leverage the power of the mastermind and want to be part of an already established, elite, paid mastermind, facilitated by two established business owners and experts in their own field, Teresia LaRocque MCC and Cheryl Cran, CSP, check out the Triple M Mastermind Program: Mind Money and a Life of Meaning.

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