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Complete this sentence:

I’ll be happy when_________.

I bet you didn’t have to think very hard or for very long to come up with something. Yep, our instinct that we’ll be able to be happy when we fall in love, when we lose 15 lbs., when we move to the city of our dreams, when we make six figures, or when we find inner peace is hard-wired.

Though seductive, the idea that we’ll be happy when something happens outside of us is totally backwards.

The way it really works is that we find ways to tap into our inner happy and then our life actually begins to look and feel the way we’ve always wanted it to. It’s an inside job.

We’ve all been trained to get our duckies in a row. Find the guy. Get the house. Have a baby. (Ideally by the age of 30.) Join the PTA. Lose your belly fat. Have lovely landscaping. And nice window treatments while you’re at it. Dress well – not too sexy, not too matronly. Give back. Do work you love. Make excellent money. Travel. Be well read and educated but not too opinionated. Check off the boxes and then you’ll be happy.

We’ve all been sold a bill of goods, a hill of beans, a load of crap. Happy is here and now if we choose it.

Deep, lasting happiness can be yours at any time, but it can only come from one place…

From within YOU.

Sure, our circumstances trigger our fleeting Happiness. But circumstances are not SUSTAINABLE because they are totally out of our control.

We HAVE TO source Happiness from something we have total control over…our thoughts, feelings and actions!

That’s why I wanted to fill you in on this FREE interview series I’m doing with Bec Robbins called Secrets to Lasting Happiness. The Secrets you’ll learn here are INVALUABLE in sourcing that LASTING Happiness. Also included in the series are

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Even if you’ve mastered ‘fleeting Happiness’ in your life, you will not want to miss this because it will totally take you to that deeper level of Happiness you’ve always craved.

I had so much fun doing the interview with Bec and I know you’ll love the series! You’ll also get to hear from some of my other friends including Tanya Geisler, Barbara Carrelas, Lissa Rankin, Dyana Valentine, Molly Mahar, and Hiro Boga.

You and everyone around you deserve to tap into your endless, inner source of happy. Happy is your birthright.

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In honor of the recently, dearly departed songstress Donna Summer, I’m sending you some disco love today to remind you that tomorrow, Friday, May 25th at 3pm EST, is the last dance, last chance to:

1. Watch and get all the amazing FREE content and value from Marie Forleo’s B-School launch video series
2. Enroll in B-School

Marie is a dear friend of mine and has helped me and countless other women (and a few good men) expand their businesses far beyond their wildest imaginations. If you’ve got an idea, a product, a service, or some other nugget of brilliance cooking inside you that you want to get out to the world, now is the time. Tomorrow is your last chance to enroll in Rich, Happy and Hot B-School so head on over to get your spot in the class of 2012.

Check in with yourself and see if it feels right to you.

And then if you need some more info, here are 5 reasons to enroll:

1. Marie knows what she’s talking about and she’s a great teacher. She has a 7 figure virtual business that allows her to go anywhere, do anything, and love her life. It’s a good idea to learn from someone who has what you want. She does.

2. The network of B-School participants is off the hook amazing. I’ve received so much value from being a part of the B-School community. Business collaborations have been formed, we’ve had a ball cross promoting, I have a go-to community for recommendations for any service provider I might need, and I have a place to go to ask all my questions. This is priceless.

3. When you enroll in B-School through my link below you get exclusive access to a 4-part group coaching series I’m leading about how to set up your online business for financial freedom as opposed to burn out. Most women business owners I know set themselves up for burnout. I don’t want you to suffer the same fate and I’m going to teach you how to avoid it. There’s no other way to get access to this training I’m offering other than enrolling in B-School through my link.

4. You get lifetime access to B-School. Marie is one of the most generous people I know. Once a B-Schooler, always a B-Schooler. This will be my 3rd time through the program, but I only had to pay for it once. Crazy, amazing value. You can go back to this material for the rest of your life AND you can learn at your own pace.

5. Marie may never offer B-School in this format again. She’s always changing things up and tweaking her offerings so if you ever want to get the information offered in B-School, the time is now. Get it while the getting is good. Now is your moment.

And of course, if it’s not right for you, that’s okay too. But be sure to catch the brilliant content in the free video series either way by clicking HERE. These videos will only be available through Friday, May 25th at 3pm EST, as well.

If it feels right, CLICK HERE to enroll in B-School now. I’ll email you next week with your private, exclusive invitation to join the amazing women who’ve already enrolled through me in our 4-part group coaching series to learn how to build your business for freedom, not burnout.

So let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, this last dance tonight

Click here to enroll in B-School.

Click here to catch the free video training series before it’s gone.

Here’s something I hear from women A LOT:

I have a dream and a mission. I have something I’m really passionate about that I want to get out into the world. But I’m overwhelmed and I have no idea where to start. I want to create financial freedom for myself AND do work that I love AND make the world a better place. Help!

I’ve been really blessed to be able to turn work that I love into a business that provides financial freedom for me and is changing the world for the better. And each woman who gets this same chance, to be happy, free, fulfilled, and of service, has a HUGE impact on her own family, her own community, and the world at large.

“But I’m sitting here in front of my computer with only an idea, a blog, and a glimmer of hope and I don’t know how to build a successful business. I don’t even know where to begin!”, you may say.

Well, my answer to you is get thee over to Marie Forleo’s site to watch her three free videos specifically designed for women who want to make it big online and have great lives to boot! Marie created these as part of her launch of Rich, Happy and Hot B-School, a course for women who want to learn how to rock their online businesses.

The free video series is so packed with so much valuable content I had someone say to me the other day: “If Marie is giving away so much great stuff for free, what will she have left to teach in her course?” My answer was: “TONS. You have no idea how much great stuff Marie has to give. There’s so much more where that came from.”

In the videos you’ll learn:

• Why women are particularly suited to succeeding with online businesses
• 13 keys to makin’ it online – simple and brilliant
• How graduates of the program have overcome their fears and are now running their own successful businesses
• Plus, a whole lot more …

Incorporating what I’ve learned from Marie, both personally and professionally, has made a hug impact on my life.

I can attribute my 100% plus increase in revenue last year to working with Marie.

Guess what? I’ve got something really fun up my sleeve for you if you decide that RHH B-School is right for you!

Total bonus for you:

As a thank you for being one of my loyal subscribers, I’m offering anyone who enrolls in B-School by clicking through the link here in this email an exclusive spot in a group coaching series I’m leading during B-School. In four sessions I’ll take you through the most important steps you need to take in order to create financial freedom for yourself. So often women start businesses and end up chained to them, working harder than they’ve ever worked before with less free time than they’ve ever had, feeling totally burned out. I want to help you prevent this old, self-employed model for you. I’ll do some laser coaching for each person in the group on their business model and give them a few tweaks they could make to move towards financial freedom and away from burn-out. As a financial freedom expert I’m going to get up close and personal with you and your business and support you in making it financial-freedom-friendly. You want a business that allows you to live a life that really works for you. This is what I’ll help you create.

I usually don’t offer any sort of coaching and I can’t say that I’ll ever offer this again, so if something in you is saying that B-School with some extra TLC and coaching from yours truly would be just the ticket, CLICK HERE to access Marie’s free videos and to get on the list for B-School.

Marie and I are both dedicated to supporting women in being wildly successful, incredibly happy, and totally of service. Marie designed B-School to give women the practical tools to do exactly this.

If you’re not in a place to make an investment in B-School, head over and get access to the free videos anyway. You can thank me later.

P.S. If you want a chance to work with Marie for free, watch all the way to the end of the “Behind The Scenes” video for a chance to win a scholarship to B-School.

P.P.S. Enrollment in B-School begins Friday. If you want to secure your spot in my 4-session group coaching then make sure to CLICK HERE to access the free training videos and get on the list for B-School. Then, when you enroll on Friday I’ll get a little message and I’ll reach out to you after May 25th with details for our coaching group. You don’t want to make the same mistakes many women make when setting up their online businesses that prevent them from creating financial freedom. I want you to be able to wake up whenever the heck you want, live anywhere in the world, spend time with the people you love most, and do what makes you the happiest. B-School combined with my coaching group will give you the tools to have all of that and more. Click here for instant access.

I consider Marie Forleo a friend, a mentor, a way-shower, and a damn good time to be around. Spending time with Marie personally, learning from her through her weekly show MarieTV, her event Rich, Happy and Hot Live, and her online course Rich, Happy and Hot B-School has had a profound impact on both my personal and business lives.

I increased my business revenue by over 100% after taking B-School. And I’ve also learned some great relationship tips that from her that have played a big part in keeping things with my man hunky dory. She’s wise, she’s sassy, she’s loving, and she knows her sh*t.

I caught up with Marie last week on a trip to NYC and today I’m sharing her fabulosity with you via Glimpse TV. Today Marie is launching a never before seen, free video series for women who want to learn how to market better and sell more online. (Click HERE to get instant access to the free content.) She gives a sneak preview of her new content TV episode below. In the episode you’ll also learn:

• how being a control freak can actually serve you
• the exact place to start when you’re putting a business idea into action
• the one practice Marie does to ensure both spiritual and business growth

In this episode Marie also reveals a $200K business mistake she made pretty recently that she rarely talks about. Tune in to find out what it was, what she learned from it, and how you can avoid making the same mistake in your business.

If you want to learn to make money AND change the world with your online business (whether you have one yet or not) CLICK HERE to get access to Marie’s free, life-changing content. Here’s some of what you’ll learn in her first video:

• Why women, in particular, are wired to succeed in the digital era (men, don’t think this lets you off the hook, there are lessons here for you too)
• The shocking changes that’ll take place online in the next few years (if you have an online presence, you need to know this!)
• Marie’s step-by-step 6 Pillar roadmap to online success with a PDF worksheet included

To check out Half The Sky, the book Marie mentioned in the Glimpse TV episode, click HERE.

Check out MarieTV on YouTube by clicking HERE.

Tweetables from the video (click on each one to automatically tweet it!):

As you pray move your feet. ~@katenorthrup on #glimpsetv w/ @marieforleo http://bit.ly/Iokxb4

When women are economically empowered the whole world wins. ~@marieforleo w/ @katenorthrup on #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/Iokxb4

I believe everyone’s website should be the best unpaid sales person, bringing in $ 24/7. ~@marieforleo on #glimpsetv w/ @katenorthrup http://bit.ly/Iokxb4

Communication is the heartbeat of a happy life. ~@katenorthrup w/ @marieforleo on #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/Iokxb4

When you’re practicing modern marketing, the best parts of your humanity come out. ~@marieforleo on #glimpsetv w/ @katenorthrup http://bit.ly/Iokxb4

Don’t forget to head over to Marie’s site for instant access to her free video training by clicking HERE. This content will be more valuable to you and make you more money than some of the other things you’ve paid for. Trust me on this.

How do you feel about marketing?

What was your biggest business mistake and what did you learn from it?

What did you learn from Marie in this Glimpse TV episode and how are you going to put it into action?

Leave a comment!

P.S.  If you’re at all interested in video marketing, you have to see what Marie does in these videos. She’s just raised the bar for our entire industry – worth it to take a look for this reason alone. http://www.enrollinbschool.com

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KC Baker and I first met when we worked together in Team Northrup starting in 2005. This well spoken, poised, champion for women has been a dear friend of mine for seven years. And today I’m so thrilled to share the work that she’s doing in the world with you guys via Glimpse TV. I’ve seen KC through many iterations of her personal and business life since I’ve known her. What all of her pursuits have had in common is that she’s deeply committed to supporting women in bringing their highest selves into the world AND that she’s a total rock start entrepreneur.

Within the last year KC launched The School For The Well Spoken Woman, a place where women on a mission can come to learn how to rock their message AND delivery.

Because if you’ve got something to say but you don’t know how to say it powerfully and in a compelling way, your mission will be thwarted from the beginning. But if you combine your mission in the world with poise, confidence, grace, presence, and superb communication skills, then people will really be able to hear what you have to say and you’ll make a far greater impact.

I’m sure you’ve heard it before: most people fear public speaking more than they fear death.

So KC certainly has plenty of people to support in moving through their discomfort and fear towards grace and power. As a prep for her upcoming events, Speak Up For Your Business (an 8-week speech writing course that I’m thrilled to be part of the faculty for) and The School For The Well Spoken Woman LIVE, KC is rolling out a free video training series covering the following juicy topics and more:

• the secret that all charismatic public speakers use to captivate their audiences
• the single most important perspective shift to turn your fear of public speaking into grace
• the one question to ask yourself that will make writing your next talk EASY and have it turn out EPIC

Sign up by clicking here to receive KC’s free Secrets to Confident, Graceful Public Speaking video training course. You’ll also have a chance to apply for her upcoming programs. Speak Up For Your Business begins May 12th and The School For The Well Spoken Woman LIVE is happening in San Francisco and NYC (you pick your location) in July.

KC is doing such critical work in the world. I’m overjoyed that The School For The Well Spoken Woman exists because helping women clarify and turn up the volume on their voices couldn’t be a more compelling mission. I’ll never forget doing Team Northrup presentations with KC back in 2005 and being struck by how much grace, elegance, presence, and power she had as a public speaker back then. So let me tell you, this woman knows her stuff!

Back in February KC flew across the country to snowy Wainscott, NY to snuggle up with Mike and me for a week because she got a download in her meditation one day that this would be the perfect thing to do. We cooked, we talked, we walked on the beach, we all wrote around the fire, and of course, we filmed Glimpse TV

Watch our episode below to find out:

• KC’s perspective on what is going to move us forward as a species
• how to stop what KC calls “innocent narcissism” from preventing you from speaking succes
• and how to use your breasts to enhance your impact as a speaker and a change-maker (I’m serious and it’s not what you think!)

If you want to crank up the volume on your voice and your message in the world, this is an extraordinary time to be alive. ~@KCBaker w/ @KateNorthrup on #glimpsetv (CLICK HERE TO TWEET THIS TWEETABLE)

Watch KC’s TEDx talk that I mentioned in the Glimpse TV episode below:

Sign up for KC’s free Secrets to Confident, Graceful Public Speaking video training course by clicking here.

I’m so thrilled to be a part of Speak Up For Your Business and to be joining KC, Barbara Stanny, my mom, Dr. Christiane Northrup as a guest speaker. This 8-week course is also included when you enroll in The School For The Well Spoken Woman LIVE so check that out by clicking here.

 What message do you want to get out into the world? What are you on a mission to say? What freaks you out the most about speaking in public? Leave a comment here!

One day back in January I went to the post office and awaiting me was one of the most exciting packages I’ve ever received. You see, ever since the day I first read about her alter ego Candace Candalabra on White Hot Truth I was obsessed with Danielle LaPorte. And my major online crush has turned into a very dear, nourishing friendship. The package was from Ms. LaPorte and I was so over the moon excited that I immediately started to cry. And then I squealed with sheer glee. (See photo for evidence of glee.)

I devoured the book. Reading it every morning became my spiritual practice.

Then I read it by the fireplace because I figured it would help to ignite fires within my soul too. It did.

Then I read it in Hooters because, really, that place could use a little extra soul to go with all the boobs. Plus, the color on the cover kind of matches the shorts that the Hooters girls have to wear. (Note the shorts and rack on the girl to the right of the book.)

This book is the antidote to self doubt. The Fire Starter Sessions had my cells tingling from the first page. Every word, idea, and invocation has been curated to evoke our deepest hunger and deepest knowing. Part wake up call, part affirmation, part love letter, The Fire Starter Sessions will get you hot and bothered. This book is the ignition for the creative work still unborn on this planet that the world is so desperate for. Get the book and be reminded of your genius.

At Danielle’s launch party in NYC on Wednesday night she said:

“Your success is directly proportional to the quality of the relationships in your life.” ~Danielle LaPorte

(CLICK HERE to Tweet this quote)

There is a sea change happening here, people. Danielle is part of a new model that includes commitment to love, generosity, and spiritual actualization not in addition to business success, but as necessary ingredients for it. I was deeply aware and viscerally delighted by the fact that I was surrounded on Wednesday night by people committed to this same reality.

The night was glowy, love-filled, and beyond spectacular – thanks to the tone set by the guest of honor.

Here are some more photos from the evening for your viewing pleasure and to show you how you can expect to feel when you receive your copy!

ORDER IT NOW SO YOU CAN FEEL THE WAY WE ALL FEEL IN THESE PICTURES!

Also included at the bottom of this post is my Glimpse TV episode with Danielle from back in October. It is one of my most favorite and one of the most commented on and re-shared episodes in Glimpse TV history. If you have yet to see it, scroll to the bottom and enjoy!

My sister Ann and I totally psyched about getting our copies of The Fire Starter Sessions.

My friend Ms. Rich Happy and Hot herself, Marie Forleo, enjoying the hell out of celebrating Danielle.

My man Mike and I enthusiastically displaying our new copy of The Fire Starter Sessions.

Launch party co-hosts Marie Forleo, Gabrielle Bernstein, and Kris Carr kicking off the evening love fest telling Danielle how much they adore her and her work. How gorgeous are they?! How breathtaking is it to see super successful women cheering one another on?!

My man Mike, who drove from Pennylvania to be at the party, and the gorgeous Ms. LaPorte.

And finally, as Danielle, dubbed it: a love sandwich

Get your copy of The Fire Starter Sessions by clicking HERE. Permission to thrive, love letter, and antidote to self-doubt rolled into one.

And last but certainly not least…Glimpse TV featuring the Divine Ms. Danielle Laporte:

I’m starting my own Camp Fire, a Fire Starter Sessions group, in Portland, ME in May. If you live in Maine or know anyone who does, leave a comment below so I can start wrangling the Fire Starters Down East.

Leave a comment and tell me what lights your fire and your favorite quote from the book so far if you have it!

I received a beautiful email in January from a woman named Erin Giles on a mission. She asked me to write an essay on freedom to contribute to a book she’s putting together to free women and girls. The book was inspired by a film called Nefarious: Merchant of Souls about the human sex trafficking industry. When Erin saw the film her heart broke open and she knew she had to do something to end this inhumanity.

I was moved by her passion and my own desire to help. I’m one of 60 contributors who wrote about love, knowledge, & freedom. (Guess which one I wrote about?)

Erin is spearheading a campaign to raise enough money to print, bind, and ship the books to prepare for End Sex Trafficking Day on September 26th, 2012 when the book launches. There are 15 more days in her campaign.

Donate $25 for love. Donate $25 for knowledge. Donate $25 for freedom.

Watch the video below for a 2.5 minute video on how this book will free women:

Here’s a little taste of my essay to whet your appetite:

Tell the truth. Say it with love. Say it even if you’re scared. Say it because you’re
scared. And then prepare yourself for true freedom.

Help Erin, the other contributors, and me remind the world that women are not for sale.

Click here to donate now.

If this is a cause that speaks to your heart, share this post on Twitter and Facebook, share the video about it, and please vote with your dollars.

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnKhrVZ6tk&feature=youtu.be

Link to donate: http://www.endsextraffickingday.com/

The day after I’d left Austin, TX this fall on the final leg of The Freedom Tour from Scottsdale, AZ to Wainscott, NY (where I currently reside – there’s been some confusion about that so I’m clearin’ it up) I got a very sweet, very cool email from a woman named Carrie Contey. She said such lovely things to me that I couldn’t help but head over to her website and find out what this woman was all about.

I was delighted to take in not only Carrie’s gorgeously designed online presence (yay Jennifer Elsner of Viewers Like You) but also the fact that she’s a parenting expert. I was immediately drawn in by her contagious smile and her unusual, yet refreshing perspective on parenthood, and really, humanhood:

By guiding, supporting and inspiring her clients to live the life they are here to live, Carrie‚ encourages living with a wide open and courageous heart.

How awesome to guide people to be amazing parents through guiding them to be amazing human beings? It makes perfect sense, yet I’d never thought of it that way before. Granted, this is most likely because I don’t have kids yet. However, I bet I think about parenting more than the average woman who doesn’t have kids, except Carrie perhaps, because I’m so clear that being a mama is on my future path.

Because I’m so enthusiastic about kids and because being a super present mama was the reason I began pursuing financial freedom I was really psyched to talk to Carrie more. We had the most delightful and insightful conversation just before the holidays that we captured for you on Skype. We chatted about:

• conscious parenting
• the whole reason I started my business in the first place
• how kids are actually here to grow YOU more than you’re here to grow them
• what to do when you’re a mom and you find yourself not liking it very much
• how to resource yourself and why
• Carrie’s Evolve 2012 program where she’ll guide you in rewiring your brain, nice and slow
• a HOT parenting tip you can try immediately (that I’m going to be using with my boyfriend and everyone else in my life) that will make your life easier as soon as you implement it!

Tune in and leave a comment to let us know about your own parenting foibles and tips, how you consciously are becoming better at humanhood, and anything else you want to share!

Click HERE to find out more about having Carrie as your personal trainer for your emotional health this year in her Evolve program.

More Carrie:

Personal training for your emotional health: Evolve 2012

Site: www.carriecontey.com

Twitter: @carrieconteyphd

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And here’s the Evolve 2012 trailer…I found it very inspiring. Perhaps you will too!

2011 was quite a year. I changed almost everything that it’s possible to change in one’s life. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks reflecting and digesting. After some back and forth I decided to share some of the best of 2011, things I learned, and my plans for 2012 with you. I do this not so much because I think my life is inherently that interesting to you, but more to inspire you to digest your own year and to consciously create the next one.

I find that when I skip the digestion step of everything that’s happened, I get cranky. I forget my blessings, I start finding myself wrong, and things kind of go bland. But when I take the time to notice all the good (and some of the challenges, as well) that I’ve just experienced, life gets back to its usual sparkly sheen.

In no particular order, here are the significant things that happened in 2011:

• I got rid of most of my stuff and left my home in NYC and hit the road on The Freedom Tour. (34,000+ miles by car, 30,000+ by plane, over 60 beds, hundreds of hours spent looking out the car window)
• I fell in love.
• I started and ended a business partnership with grace and love.
• I ended another business partnership that was a little tougher to unravel with just as much grace and love.
• I learned to say no far more often and with far less angst.
• I bought my first car.
• I sold my first apartment.
• I reached a level of financial abundance and consciousness I’ve never achieved before. (This manifested as making, giving, and saving more money.)
• I explored what freedom is and is not to me.
• I spoke in 18 cities in North America to hundreds of different people.
• I spent time with people, like my aunt and uncle Penny and Phil and my Granny, who I haven’t ever spent as much quality time with.
• I got a book deal.
• I individuated from my mom financially, business-wise, and emotionally. We are both all the better for it.
• I realized how much open space there is in this country. Having lived on the tiny island of Manhattan for 6 years this awareness calmed me down in a way I found surprising and refreshing.
• I gave myself a demotion and stepped down as the CEO of Team Northrup so that I can now focus on running my own show instead of other people’s. I’m now the co-creator which feels much more expansive.
• I was invited to become a part of Hay House’s new Ignite initiative, which is focusing on attracting a new generation of authors, speakers, and audience members.
• I started and maintained a 6 days a week meditation practice.
• I started teaching yoga at Yoga Shanti.
• I received profound support from friends and family on The Freedom Tour as Mike and I traversed the country. Thank you to all of you. You know who you are.
• I made new friends.
• I got better at doing nothing.

Some things that didn’t go as well as I had thought they would:

• I thought The Freedom Tour would be better for building my Team Northrup business but given my lack of strategic planning around this and my burn out early on in the trip, it wasn’t. That’s okay. It was really amazing for a lot of other reasons.
• I wanted to document The Freedom Tour more. I had visions of daily videos, more pictures, more updates, and more transmitting my adventures to my readers. But instead, I enjoyed a lot of adventures and precious moments that went undocumented. And because I was there in the experience instead of capturing it for the future I suppose this is really a good thing.
• I wanted to do more connecting with people I didn’t know on my travels. I had visions of tweetups, donation yoga classes, and meeting people at coffee shops to talk about freedom. That kind of conversation only happened once and I wrote about it here. It was enlightening, but not exactly what I had imagined. It turns out I’m scared to talk to strangers and sometimes I have social anxiety. Another lesson in learning that sometimes it’s okay, and even necessary, to do less.
• During The Freedom Tour I didn’t take that great care of my body and I ended the year with about ten extra pounds on me. Ooops! A reminder to prioritize self-care in 2012.

Luckily, far outnumbering the things that didn’t turn out the way I thought they would were wonderful things I hadn’t even thought to think up (like falling in love and getting a book deal!) So, overall the year ended significantly on the upside.

Taking everything I learned from 2011, I spent some time focusing on how I’d like to create 2012. I still have some more refining to do (using some of the tools recommended below). But I’m sharing my 2012 creation plan with you now, even though it’s not complete, because the idea that I could create the perfect 2012 plan and control how the year goes is not only absurd, it’s also exhausting.

Here are my 2012 intentions/goals/desires/creations:

• Tighten up my brand to clarify and expand upon my message of financial consciousness as an inroad to spiritual and emotional freedom.
• Write my first book.
• Launch my 2012 Mentoring Program.
• Take a tropical vacation with Mike.
• Follow my inner compass as my default setting instead of checking outside myself to see if I’m ok.
• Launch two or more digital products.
• Rock the stage at the Hay House I Can Do It Ignite events.
• Increase my USANA business revenue by 100%.
• Spend more time alone and more time doing nothing.
• Get better at asking for what I need/want.
• Continue to say no more often and with more grace.
• Dance more.
• Intentionally align with organizations that uplift and serve women such as Women For Women International.
• Prioritize self-care.
• Create The Freedom Family. (More on this soon and NO, I’m not planning on getting pregnant this year.)

Tools for 2012 Creation

Something I’m adding to my planning of the year this year that I’ve never done before is assigning measurable goals to each intention and then tracking them through the year. This is inspired by Chris Guillebeau’s Annual Review. I’ll also be scheduling specific events, actions, and goals into my calendar and breaking them into action steps using my new Getting Things Done system a-la David Allen.

Lastly, as I’m going through my intentions/desires/goals for 2012 I’ll be creating a list of things that I’ll be delegating to the universe. For example, if my goal is to enroll twelve people in my mentoring program, I may write down that I’ll be personally responsible for attracting six of them, and I’ll ask the universe to attract the other six. This will act as a reminder to myself that I’m not responsible for everything, that synchronicity and magic abounds, and that there’s help for me (and you) available at all times if I’m simply willing to ask.

If you’re wanting to some guidance in your 2011 review and 2012 creation, I recommend the following resources:

• Creating Your Magical Year by Molly Mahar (Molly interviewed me about how I wrap up the year and plan out the next one and I gave her some juicy, honest answers including sharing the family New Year’s Eve ritual we started when I was six. Click the green and yellow button on the right to get access to it.)
• Marie Forleo’s Free Planning Tool To Set & Reach Your Business Goals
• Chris Guillebeau’s How to Conduct Your Own Annual Review

What were some of your best moments of 2011?

What did you learn last year?

What are you thrilled to announce that you’ll be creating in 2012?

What do you think about doing a year in review and planning out your year in general?

Leave a comment!

Glimpse TV has been rocking the airwaves since June 2010 and yet, somehow, I’ve never interviewed my mother…until today! She’s not only an amazing mama, she’s also a NY Times best-selling author, has had several very successful PBS shows, and has been a guest on Oprah 10 times! But, Glimpse TV really is the big time so I had to wait to have her on the show until I really felt she had proven that she has what it takes to be a guest

Seriously, though, I think my mom is my biggest fan and I’m pretty sure I’m hers.

Our relationship isn’t perfect, but as far as mothers and daughters go I think we’ve got it pretty good. She’s paved the way for my sister and me, not to mention millions of other women, to be more free. Not only do I have my mom to thank for giving me life,  I also have her to thank for putting me on the path to financial freedom early on when she first handed me Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad, Poor Dad(If you haven’t done so already, buy this book and read it. Life. Changer.) So if it weren’t for her in more ways than one, The Freedom Tour wouldn’t ever have existed.

Here’s my favorite thing to do with my mom: LAUGH! Laugh so hard that we can’t breathe. Laugh so hard that we pee our pants. Laugh so hard that our faces hurt. Laugh so hard that we fall down.

Watch the video below if you want to laugh your face off with us. If you don’t giggle like crazy at the story we tell together I think you should double check to see if you have a pulse. Tune in to this very special episode of Glimpse TV to find out:

• how to take an incredible picture with a real smile every time,
• what my mom means when she says she was “born funny”,
• how to break the mother-daughter chain of pain,
• how family members keep one another stuck and how to get yourself unstuck,
• the scientific reason why we are so desperate to please our mothers,
• and, of course, hysterical laughter!

For more of my mom, aka Dr. Christiane Northrup:

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Her books: Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom; Mother-Daughter Wisdom, and The Wisdom of Menopause (newly updated and revised!)

Spread the love and tweet about this episode of Glimpse TV:

I think as we get older we get funnier.~@coachoncall to @drchrisnorthrup via @katenorthrup #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

If it’s worth taking seriously, it’s worth making fun of. @drchrisnorthrup to @katenorthrup #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

@DrChrisNorthrup’s fail-proof tip for looking good in every picture you take: #glimpsetv w/ @katenorthrup http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

Scientific reason we want 2 please our mothers + what 2 do about it: #glimpsetv w/ @DrChrisNorthrup and @katenorthrup http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

Something happened to me this year and I got unscared. ~@DrChrisNorthrup to @katenorthrup #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

Fear is excitement w/o the breath. ~Robert Heller via @katenorthrup to @DrChrisNorthrup #glimpsetv http://bit.ly/sbsGB2

What in your life are you taking seriously that you might try making fun of after hearing from my mom? When do you feel most free? Other thoughts and comments welcome. Leave them below!