Standing Out from the Crowd

What is it that makes you different from anyone else?  Is it your way of walking, your eyes, your voice?  Are you really good at something that others find to be difficult?  

Most of us would find it hard to stand on one leg for any length of time.  Yet for the flamingo, that's just the way it is.  Bending and turning, nodding and swooping of necks, are so easy while in this position.

What seems hard to do at first may become easy with practice.
Your life and your way of being are not like others, in the details, the things that make you who you are.  The experiences you have are a source of insight and of strength for you as you create your life from day to day. You are an expert at doing what makes your life work. 

That expertise wants to grow, and to help you grow.   Your message is important. You know things that nobody else knows!  That knowing deserves to be expressed, so the world can learn the things you have learned. 

My work here on the land is an example of this.  As I watch the things I planted grow into maturity, and outgrow what I thought was possible, it has been a great lesson in persevering, and in letting go of my own ideas of what can happen.  Nature creates with astonishing vigor!  Somewhere along the way I became an expert at mountain living, by trial and error, by practice, by use of my imagination.  And the landscape now attracts many visitors who add to the depth of the experience in so many ways.  And the mountains continue to give me lessons in adaptation, in beauty, in listening.

What is your expertise?  Have you ever thought of writing about it?  Picking up a paint brush?  Playing some music?  Let's make it happen!  It may seem hard to start, or to begin again if you have a gap in time to bridge. What would it be like if it was easy?  You are a naturally creative being, with so many things to offer.
This is the time! Get the flow going!  Let's talk about what you want to express, and what that expression can accomplish.

Talk about writing and projects with Betty

Give yourself the support to help you keep being inspired, as you gain your momentum, open up your flow, and complete your message.

Stand out from the crowd!

All the best,

Betty

Your Choice to Recognize Yourself

Making the choice to recognize yourself is the best gift you can give to the world.  You have a unique set of gifts, strengths, and quirks.  Seeing how precious you truly are, how you can live your best life, you can rise above whatever challenges you may face, knowing you have what it takes. 

It is the very things that make you uncomfortable about yourself that can often be your greatest strengths.  The times you felt you had made mistakes offer opportunities for insights that couldn't happen if you "always did it right".  How would you ever learn if you always knew what to do?  Learning how to move on from the place where you feel you are not enough, you realize that you are more than enough.   

Every day, stop for a moment and notice how far you have come, and give yourself credit for overcoming the challenges along the way.  Each one of them helped to create the person you are now, and to refine the message you carry.  Your life and your experience have purpose and meaning beyond what you know.


Your message is important.  The experiences you have are a precious gift that you can give to the world when you open up and express your truth.  Write your story, make your painting, play your music.  You are a unique expression of the Spirit.  The world is hungry for the wisdom you have learned, things that nobody else knows.  When you open up and share that with the world, it gives your life greater vibrancy, and a sense of purpose stays with you.

It's not always easy to get started.  It took me years before I finally wrote the book that was begging me to be written.  I waited till it was just too painful to wait any longer.   I know the struggle of feeling you don't have the time, the space, the courage...

I will help you to find the time, the space, the courage. 

Contact me today!



It's all about using what you have today, who you are today, to create more of the future that YOU want. 

When you look in the mirror, smile.  And have a beautiful day.

Best wishes,

Betty

About me:

For over forty years, I have lived in the back country of Big Sur, gathering experience to share with you.

My service orientation drives my successful food distribution business, and is key in the high quality of my fashion items, known for their originality and quality.  

As part of my life’s vision, I have served on various boards and community organizations for many years, including the school board that established an independent school district in this area.  Currently, I serve on the Executive Committee of the Planning Process for the California Coastal Trail, Big Sur section.  In June of 2015 I joined the Big Sur Multi Agency Advisory Council as local representative.  As the founder of Monterey Area Writers, Photographers and Artists Meetup, I work to bring new opportunities to creative people in the area.

I am a member of the Professional Women's Network of Monterey, and a VIP member of the National Association of Professional Women. My business is honored by the Better Business Bureau, with a rating of A+.  I am listed in the registry of Continental Who's Who.

 

The Virtues of Weeds

The Virtues of Weeds

For most gardeners, and most people, weeds are a source of annoyance, messing up the pretty picture of the neat garden and appearing in the most inconvenient ways at the worst times.  They take up space that we want filled with something else, and they use up nutrients could have been used could have used by plants we would rather see.  The photo above shows the large assortment of plants which now grow in my yard, which was once a clay packed surface in which nothing grew.  As you can see, some of them are ones I want, and others are not.

Weeds are more than a nuisance, however.  Weeds show us important things about life.  They show us how the unexpected and unknown, even unwelcome, things that pop up, may be showing us the way forward.

They are an illustration of the power of nature to adapt to changing conditions, and to create new and unexpected situations.  They pop up in the most inhospitable places, using their talents to take hold and extract nutrients from soil that appears to be utterly useless.  They fill empty spaces with shapes that have their own rules of structure, not like those that we wish to impose on locations.  Weeds are the most efficient gatherers of nutrients, which is why they grow so fast.

More about how to change what you don't want into what you DO want 

Most people don’t know that weeds also extract from the soil exactly the things that, when metabolized by them, will increase the soil’s balance and also its fertility.  When I was starting out my gardens here in Big Sur, I was often short of fertilizer.  I discovered that by pulling up weeds and burying them upside down, in shallow trenches, which I then enriched with small amounts of nitrogen, I could create soil in a very quick and efficient way.  I would plant on top of the covered trench, using a small amount of soil, and by the time the plants reached the buried weeds, they were broken down into pre-soil, ready to be absorbed and digested by the roots.  Worms had arrived to help with the work of converting the nutrients.  Food grew quickly, and with far less effort than by using other methods.

Our way on Earth is like a garden.  When you look at the value of the weeds in your life, and find ways to uproot them and convert them into the things you want, you have tapped into an unlimited source of energy.  So, plant your garden, and when the weeds show up, look at them in a new way.   

They are here to show you what is needed, and to help you create it.  Their energy is arriving for you to make use of, to help you make the transformations that will bring you to the life you desire.

Contact me for a free consultation  about how to make the most of where you are today to create a better tomorrow.

I want to help you to use the value of your experience to create more enjoyment, inspiration and meaning in your life.