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Connect with Your Biggest Cheerleader

May 9, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome Leave a Comment

Something that I have discovered in my 12 years of self-employment: you must have SO much belief in yourself if you are going to continue to move forward and stay in business.

However, when you are a heart centered, spirit centered business owner, being a cheerleader for yourself can get tricky. Here are the stumbling blocks I ran into:

Will I be just all EGO if I become my greatest cheerleader?
Isn’t it vain?
Will I be brash and obnoxious?
Will I be laughed at because I’m so confident about something no one else knows or understands yet?
Am I simply fooling myself?
Am I just setting myself up for heartbreak?
How can I really know there are people out there for me?

When these questions are bouncing around, it’s so easy to slip into fear. Doubt. Loneliness.

They also keep you from following the rhythm of creating — from drawing in inspiration to allowing it to germinate to finally bringing it to the world.

So what is the answer? How do you generate the belief?

Ah. That’s actually a trick question!

What I have discovered is that it isn’t so much generating the belief, but rather tapping into the greatest possible cheerleader you could ever have: Source.

You contain Source within your physical body. You are OF Source. So, how can Source see you as anything other than perfect and divinely inspired?

You are OF Source. So, how can your desires and purpose have anything but the complete love and support of Source?

If you are anything like me, it’s easy to look around at the lack in your life (and the world in general) and say…really?

The ah-ha comes when you realize the lack in your life and the lack of your belief in yourself are symptoms of the same problem: disconnection.

When you allow yourself to become fully aware of your connection, you feel the love and appreciation Source has of you and your gifts. When your belief in yourself flows from this love and appreciation, you never have to worry about being brash. Or Ego driven. Or setting yourself up for heartbreak.

Tune in. Regularly. And allow the love and appreciation that Source has for you to fill you. Now you have complete access to the biggest, most supportive cheerleader you will ever have and that will keep your business alive for as long as you desire.

Jennifer Bloome is the Fertile Business Midwife. Jennifer helps people identify and heal the blocks that are keeping them from the prosperous, fertile, Soul-satisfying life and business they desire. Ready to transform? Visit JenniferBloome.com to set up your complimentary Belief Discovery Session to begin to identify and heal your personal blocks that are keeping you from your own prosperous life.

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Action Gets All the Glory

April 25, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome Leave a Comment

It’s like in soccer: the person who scores the goal gets to do the victory slide on their knees and tends to receive the glory. However, if you know anything about the game, you know everyone on the team, from the defense on forward, was integral in putting the ball in position to be scored. To be sure, the last player needs to know how to “finish,” a skill in and of itself, but a goal takes the whole team.

Taking action in your business or life is the same way; action is the final step, the step when we finally get to see results. However, if you want results that match all your values, action is only the final step.

Too often, when we want different results in our business, we jump into a new project, a new activity. In this case, we make action the first step, not the last. Usually, in these kinds of action steps, action is being driven by fear (fear that we won’t have enough). Action out of fear never ends well; I’ve put in enough personal experience in this one to be definite about that statement.

My invitation to you today is to tune into the part of you that wants to take immediate action. What is the motivation? What underlying belief or emotion are you trying to satisfy with action?

Next, I invite you to step out of thinking about physical action, to step out of using your mind to figure out “what’s next” and instead, tap into your deeper intuition with the following imagery exercise.

Close your eyes and take several deep breaths. Imagine for a moment you are standing on a topographical map of your ideal business, a business that fulfills you in all ways.

Your map may be full of images, words, or symbols. Simply allow whatever image speaks to you, to come to mind. You don’t even have to know what that image means to you right now, just allow it to form.

First, notice where you are on your map. What’s around you? What’s pulling you? What do you hear? What do you see? What do you feel like needs to be done?

Now you notice you are beginning to be lifted up until you find yourself gently floating over the top of your map. From this view, what do you notice? What draws your attention? What paths are highlighted?

Finally, ask, “What is the next action I should take?” Perhaps it’s a specific activity. Perhaps it’s more time for reflection and connection. Trust what comes and then set an intention to follow these steps.

As you allow your intuition, your connection with the wise part of you, to inform your physical action steps, your final outcome will thrill you, and you will have all the evidence you need to see the real story behind the glory of action.

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Conscious Prosperity Evidence

April 16, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome 2 Comments

I’ve been hearing wonderful stories from clients and participants in the Conscious Prosperity Community (read more about our community here); stories about the evidence that is showing up for them as they work on creating all forms of prosperity throughout their business and life.

Sometimes this evidence comes in the form of a new client, or an unexpected check.

Sometimes this evidence comes in the form of a new dominant feeling or vibration: joy, contentment, excitement, purpose.

Sometimes this evidence comes in the form of more time. More love. More balance.

All of the evidence points to consciously creating a business that is in alignment with values and purpose…and I’m loving hearing all of it! Since hearing other people’s evidence can be so helpful when you are looking for your own, I’ve created this blog post to invite each of you to share your own successes.

Share about your shift in vibration, your shift in emotion, wonderous new clients, speaking engagements, decisions you’ve been able to make that support the life you want to live, relationships that are coming (or going) – all of these are evidence of conscious prosperity.

Share what comes up for you when you read other people’s posts – kudos for them, questions about how they shifted their vibration, how you are going to implement new techniques or habits in your life.

Looking forward to the conversation!

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How Authentic is Your Voice?

April 11, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome 4 Comments

What is the most important quality you need to embrace in order to have a fertile, prosperous business?

When I first started in business, I would probably have answered that question with something that related to a business skill. What I’ve learned, though, in my last 11 years in business is the most important quality is authenticity.

What do I mean by authenticity?

To me, authenticity is about having an intimate understanding and love of your gifts, talents, connection to your purpose and the Divine, and having the courage to speak from that place.

This is not a task for the faint of heart!

Speaking from a place of authenticity creates a sense of vulnerability. You are putting YOU out there for all to see.

This is why I included the word “love” in the description. To be able to speak authentically, you must have a deep love and belief in your own value. This deep love and belief will sustain you when you inevitably run into someone who perhaps doesn’t agree with your viewpoint.

The gift of stepping into authenticity is a huge one: you now stand in a vibration that attracts to you those people whom you are meant to serve. You stand in a vibration that draws those ideal clients who are eager to work with you. You stand in a vibration that allows prosperity to flow in many, many fun ways.

How authentic is your voice?

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What is Growing From The Seeds You Are Planting?

March 28, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome 2 Comments

In this time of renewal, of laying seeds that will nurture you for years to come, in this spring energy, I have to ask: in what kind of soil are you planting your seeds of connection with your potential clients?

Are your seeds planted in a bed of soil nourished by your deep connection to your own Source, by your focus on your purpose, by love, by expectancy?

Or, are the seeds planted in a bed of soil depleted by yearning, need, and fear? Clearly, over time, we’ve seen that fear in marketing works. People do buy.

However, what I’m learning, seeing, and feeling is this is no longer sustainable. It takes you far away from joy in your own life, away from your deeper purpose here on the planet, away from true prosperity. Plus, the world is changing.

So how do you make the shift away from using fear within your own marketing? Heal your own fears, so you yourself can step into a deeper connection with Source. The deeper trust you need and want will always be provided, a deeper love of yourself and your value.

When you stand in a place of love for yourself and your gifts, in a place of truly trusting the Universe to work with you, the business that unfolds for you will be Soul-satisfying, engaging, overflowing, and prosperity in all areas of your life will be magnificent.

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The Rabbit Hole of Fear

March 14, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome Leave a Comment

Have you noticed that even in the meta-physical world, opposing viewpoints are more the norm than the exception?

For example: visualization. Some say to be super specific and see all the details. Others tell you to focus in the realm of feelings and let Source bring you more than you could ever imagine for yourself.

Handling fear has the same seeming contradictions. Viewpoints range from “the only way to erase fear is through action” to “never act when you are in a place of fear.”

I tend to resonate more on the end of the spectrum, which includes not acting from a place of fear. The business I generate when I act from a place of fear…not pretty! Yet, I would never have gotten as far in my business if I hadn’t completed a few actions that had me quaking inside.

From the number of conversations I have with colleagues and clients, I know I’m not alone. Fear is definitely an emotion that is present for those of us running our own businesses.

So, what’s the answer?

Not all fear is created equal; therefore, there isn’t just one source. Therefore, there isn’t one simple answer.

Sometimes, the source of fear is Ego, screaming loudly, telling us we are in immediate danger. Ego never wants change. Ego likes things to stay the same (even if the current events are miserable). Same is safe.

Sometimes, fear is our intuition, telling us something is off; we are chasing something that we really don’t want or need.

Sometimes fear is our greatest tool, helping us uncover the old false beliefs that are continuing to run our lives.

The only way to know the source of your fear is to step back into stillness. To connect with Source, Universe, God, Goddess. To come back to your intuition.

This is the first action step to take whenever fear is present. This connection will help you see the Truth of the fear you are feeling and give you exactly what you need to know in order to move forward.

There is much more about fear to discuss. For now, I’d love to share this Rumi poem I happened across today:

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to.

Don’t try to see through the distances.
That’s not for human beings.

Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move.

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

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Do You Walk Your Talk?

February 29, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome 2 Comments

Last week I found myself completely stuck in a very uncomfortable vibration. I could feel the edges of a transformation that has been unfolding for a while, and yet, it seemed the more I could imagine it, the more stuck in the old I become.

Try as I might, none of the tools I use to shift either my vibration or my clients’ vibration were working. Quite frankly, it made things worse because I started to question myself. I advise my clients against this every time, but I was so caught up in the physical reality, it felt like I couldn’t help but go there.

So, I was in the middle of absolutely ranting about how frustrated I was and all of a sudden Source handed me an image.

I was standing out on a hilltop and “over there” was the most beautiful life I could imagine. The life showed up as nature images, but I could see it was exactly what I wanted to unfold for me.

Standing between me, and this life that was so beautiful, and so present, but so definitely “over there” was a Plexiglas panel extending as far as I could see.

This felt rather torturous in the moment, because I could almost smell the beauty of the “over there” life.

In the image, I’m ranting and raving and shoving at this Plexiglas wall, willing it to move. Demanding that it move.

In the middle of the rant, I hear Source lovingly chuckle at me (and I’m not happy about it). Source tells me to “let go.”

That didn’t go over super well, I continued to push.

At some point I decided to “give up the ghost” and stop pushing. I had to because I was exhausted.

As soon as I gave up and released my desperate pushing, an amazing thing happened. A ‘hidden’ door popped open towards me in the middle of the Plexiglas.

I had been in the “right” place, simply “pushing” a door that needed to be pulled. All the resistance in the world was only going to serve the purpose of keeping that door more firmly shut. No ranting and raving was going to make that door work against the principles.

Almost immediately, a sense of peace washed over me.

In the midst of the struggle, in the midst of being hyper aware of what I didn’t have, I was given exactly what I needed to make the shift in vibration. Immediate relief followed as well as receiving two inspired action steps to take to create the transformation I was seeking.

I followed through on both of them; one gave immediate results, the other is still in process.

What was more important than even the physical evidence was the absolute knowing that Source has my back. Even when lack appears so solidly real, within it are the seeds for exactly what I need. Those seeds can take root as soon as the vibration shifts. Every. Single. Time.

What Plexiglas walls have you erected in your own life?

Where can you let go so that what is “over there” can manifest in your daily experience?

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Tired of Spinning Your Wheels?

February 15, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome Leave a Comment

There’s no sugar coating the Truth: it’s your vibration in the moment that matters to your prosperity.

That Truth actually carries both sweet and bitter. When you look around, you know you’ve created what’s here. Yup, I know, that awareness brings a certain amount of frustration. Of sadness. Of fear that you’ll never be ‘good enough’ or vibrate ‘well enough’ to make any changes. Yes, I feel it too in certain areas of my life.

At the same time, this Truth holds so much power. And promise. And hope.

The trick, if there is such a thing, is to be aware of your vibration in the moment — not every moment of every day. That would be overwhelming.

Check in throughout the day. Ask yourself, where is my vibration?

If you, “Created from my thoughts in this moment…what would I be creating more of?”

Joy or fear?
Faith or doubt?
Abundance or lack?
Busyness or centeredness?
Service or servitude?

Where are you — right now in this very moment? This is the only moment that counts.

If you find yourself creating out of an emotion that you know you don’t want more of, that’s the time to shift. Do whatever you need to do, right then, in that moment, no excuses, to shift.

What happens when you can’t shift the vibration simply by wanting to shift? You use a tool, you use a coach, you release the old beliefs that keep that vibration in place, you go out in nature, you dance, you sing loudly, you clean up the gunk from your chakras… So many options, really.

So often, we wait until we can “do it right.” Or we think that because we’re feeling so low, so sad, so hopeless, that it isn’t possible to shift. Those are the times that you MUST shift. Otherwise, life will stay the same.

There’s no perfect way to do this.

There’s only the perfect moment: now.

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In Your Dance with the Divine, Have You Tied the Divine’s Hands?

January 18, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome 4 Comments

What does the phrase “co-creation” mean to you?

When using this phrase in conjunction with spiritual teachings, it means creating together with the Divine. This is an amazing gift available to us here on Planet Earth. We have the absolute power of the Divine available to us in every moment; the Divine literally ‘has our backs’ in every moment of every day.

If you are going to be a co-creator with the Divine, be in partnership with the Divine, there is only one rule: you have to let the Divine in. You have to let the Universe truly be your partner.

In partnerships, you each have distinct roles, right?

In co-creation with the Divine, your job is to focus on what you want and then follow through on the Inspired Actions that come.

The Divine’s job is to move the powers of the Universe to make that happen for you.

Sounds simple, right?

Well, honestly, if it were that simple, we’d all have everything we want.

Here’s one issue I see getting in the way. I’ve seen it in myself and I’ve seen it in my clients: we want to control the entire relationship.

Sometimes it comes down to trust.

Sometimes it comes down to having a skewed understanding of the Divine.

Sometimes it comes down to impatience.

Sometimes it comes down to the old stories that we hold about ourselves.

Sometimes it comes down to the value we see (or don’t see) in ourselves.

Sometimes it comes down to fear.

Regardless of what the underlying reason is, the result is that we push away the Divine. We hold so tightly to what we want, trying so hard to control what happens in our lives and businesses, we push out the Divine.

And, the Divine let’s us do it. We’re running the show. If that’s the co-creative experience we want, then the Divine says, “So Be It.” And it is done.

But this makes life hard. And joy-less. And we aren’t able to be in our purpose as effectively.

Take a moment and consider how you handle your role as a co-creator.

What can you let go of today, in this very moment, to allow the Divine a more powerful role in this co-creative relationship?

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Enhance Your Intentions

January 4, 2012 By Jennifer Bloome Leave a Comment

No matter what your intentions are for 2012, I have one suggestion to add to your list, so you may step more fully into a Fertile Business (which includes a joyful day to day life too).

Make 2012 the year of moving from what you know in your mind, what you know intellectually, to drawing that knowledge deep within you and living from it, rather than just thinking about it.

We all carry so much knowledge within our heads. Yet, when we want something different in our lives, we seek out new knowledge instead of deepening into what we already know.

In order to do this, there may be a little ‘clean-up’ work to do:

Releasing old beliefs that have kept you from stepping fully into what you know in your heart and soul to be true.
Committing to making a choice about how you want to feel over and over again.
Being willing to write a new story for yourself — past and present.
Committing to being gentle with yourself.
Trusting in your own divinity.

What is one piece of knowledge, one piece of Truth, you know intellectually that you are ready to step into fully and completely, right now?

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