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VD (Valentine’s Day) Inoculation

by Karen Keller

Did Valentine’s Day feel like a disease to you? Something to get away from ? What is VD anyway? It is the one day out of the year when greeting cards, jewelry and chocolate stocks go up in value. Why? Because people buy, literally, into the hype about ‘this is the day of love’ nonsense.

Valentine’s Day takes a toll on women. What about the woman who is single, in a loveless relationship, or recovering from domestic violence? Divorce rates are high. Women are staying single longer, putting career (and financial freedom) before romance.

Valentine’s Day is another reminder that the world is arranged for and celebrates couples.

Women need to influence the celebration of love the other 364 days of the year. We are tired of the fake sentiments that we are supposed to fall for or over – depending on your slant of view.

I think it’s about having the power, real power to take charge of your life. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said this, “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” And this applies to love.

Karen Keller’s 5 Jewels To Conquer VD Burnout:

1. Compose your own mindset.   What was the conversation in your head on VD? Make it one of peaceful memories not anxiety-laden sentiments. Set the intention to experience the wonder of you. Stay confident that that’s where you’re meant to be on that particular day.

2. Believe in you.   What do your beliefs tell you? Challenge assumptions that do not support your choice to be where you are. Tune into yourself to become powerful. If your belief about Valentine’s Day is one of “If I don’t have a date or get flowers I must be flawed” then you set yourself up to make this a belief – opening the door to behave as flawed. Your belief can influence perfection in positioning yourself for success.

3. Move beyond tradition.   Call your best girlfriends or your mother or daughter and make a new custom of celebrating the love you have for the women in your life. There is much to celebrate. I did this with my daughter on Valentine’s Day one year – she was 15. We got dressed up, put a little bling on, and went out to dinner. We had a blast! She learned how to take charge of her own happiness and sense of definition.

4. Become Marie Curie.  Women are great innovators. Creation is always happening. We are naturally made that way. Our imagination guarantees our ability to come up with great ideas. Create a unique special way that you would love to celebrate VD and then DO IT!

When it comes to Valentine’s Day, imagine all possibilities; you’ll find romance – if you want to, you’ll be introduced to the essence of you. Women are in charge of what they want to innovate.

5. Trust your Intuition or ‘inner fluency.’ Women have complete access – 24 hours a day – to their intuition. How well do you know what you want? How good are you at inviting things you don’t want?

Any power you need over Valentine’s Day is at your disposal. The success of your inner fluency is to the exact degree that the beliefs you hold in your heart, the thought you think, the words you say and the actions you take line up.

As long as you wear these 5 Jewels you will love yourself. Valentine’s Day is a time to recognize and acknowledge the power and richness that is you. Whether you are involved with someone, or you are single, experience these 5 jewels to celebrate a great day for love – everyday.

What’s your take on VD? Tell me in 2 sentences.

Comfort Zone Relocation

by Karen Keller

What is it that propels women into zones of great accomplishment from zones of pleasant safe comfort? I call it – comfort zone relocation!

Lisa Weber, 46, the daughter of a New Jersey taxi driver who was president of Individual Business for MetLife Inc., one of the world’s largest providers of insurance and financial services – a hulking enterprise with $19 billion in revenues and some $1.5 billion in operating profits – has definitely set the bar for moving out of her comfort zone.

Weber hesitated in 1998, fearful she had no sales background, when asked by Rob Henrickson, MetLife’s CEO, to take a role in operations. She could have stayed in a position that required little risk, no need for competition, and few reasons for assertion.

Did that stop her? [Read More]

10 Women Who Influenced Me Most

by Karen Keller

Behind every woman is a great…woman. Here’s mine.

1. Margaret Thatcher – Britain’s first female prime minister made her first bid for public office only two years after graduating college. Seemingly disenchanted on the future of women in politics, Thatcher once said, “I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime,” during a 1973 television appearance. The “Iron Lady” proved herself wrong a year later by becoming a dominant force in her political party using courage, insight and the power of persuasion. Her campaign readiness quote, “I have a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves,” led to historical success. The woman inspired me to march out of step. If Margaret Thatcher could claim her place in the world, than so would I.

Behind every great woman is a…great woman. Here’s mine.

Why The Pope Could’ve Written, “A Girl’s Gotta Have Influence”

by Karen Keller

In his Christmas Eve homily, Pope Benedict XVI hit the influential nail on its head when he said, “Conflict in the world stems from the fact that we are locked into our own interests and our desires. For most people, the things of God are not given priority . . . . And so the great majority of us tend to postpone them.” He went on to say, “a path for discovering and appreciating God exists for everyone. It is a path marked with signs.”

Wow! This is what I’m saying about soul influence. (Not that I compare myself to the Pope… we don’t even dress alike.)

But the idea that the path is marked with signs is intriguing . . . and real. Those signs come from the whisperings of a woman’s soul.

Does it matter if you don’t listen to the calling of your soul?

What’s Soul Got to Do With It?

by Karen Keller

The secret to influence is soul.

We often forget that there’s a divine intelligence, an all-knowing, creative intelligence, that I call the Grand Overall Designer (GOD) that is showing us the way.

That still small whisper is like a radio station we can tune into 24 hours a day.

What we don’t listen to, we can’t express.

God pours soul messages direct to our hearts. These messages are felt as emotions, dreams, visualizations, hunches and feelings.

Because each and every one is designed for good, this love is not only unconditional, it’s infinite. It cannot be thwarted, changed, altered, negated or stopped by human rationalizations, or old fashion ego (insane) thinking.

God’s love is the peace that surpasses all human imagination. We don’t make up these messages, we access them. (Sort of like downloading files from the Internet.)

Check it out. This truth is at the core of every religion.

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