In this episode, I share the details of my recent Greece trip, a long time dream of mine, while it's still fresh in my mind. I talk about:

• the human connection that fills me up and has been missing in my life for the past 18 months, since the Covid pandemic changed the world.
• the amazing people I met.
• the incredible experience of the retreat, the 5 star hotel and the island.
• the satisfaction I got from conquering a growing fear that I didn't even realize was in me until I began to prepare for the long trip.

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This week's episode is inspired by an upcoming free training I'm doing this coming week. (To sign up, go to https://notyouraveragegrandma.com/spark). 

I'm excited to share Sparketypes with my audience and offer this training since it's something I do with my students in the Second Half S.P.A.R.K. School™ and it's very powerful information to have. 

What you'll get as part of this FREE training:

• The results of your Sparketypes assessment that reveal the work/activity that, when doing, most fulfills you, as well as the work/activity that most drains you.
• A 90-minute training that explains the different Sparketypes, why they provide such important value, and how they’ll help you get lit up and excited about life.
• A workbook with exercises that will guide you in identifying and implementing “sparked” activities immediately in your life.

Learning my Sparketypes made such a huge difference in my life when I first came across them almost 3 years...

Listen in to this week's episode as I share how I've activated so much abundance in my life with travel. I just love how travel experiences make me feel! And having those memories forever adds even more abundance into my life.

If you've been sequestered, like me, in your home from the Covid pandemic for what feels like an eternity, maybe this episode will get you thinking about booking that bucket list trip you've always dreamed of.

I recorded this episode, a couple of days before embarking on my own bucket list trip to Greece. As I was preparing for this trip, I thought it would be fun to take a walk down memory lane and share a few experiences from some of my favorite trips, along with the 4 biggest reasons I love to travel:

1. going to places I've never been and experiencing them for the first time.

2. seeing how other people live, immersing myself in their cultures, and learning about the foods they eat.

3. connecting with family and friends through shared travel experiences.

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In today's episode I share the 9 things I love most about Fall and why it's my favorite time of year. I don't know about you but during the Fall season, abundance comes so much more easily to me!!! 

And excuse the side stories but some of my favorite things about Fall come from childhood memories and traditions. You'll definitely learn more about me in this episode!

Listen in and send me a message on social media (links below) to let me know which of the 9 makes you feel most abundant.

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Today's episode was inspired by the October 9th excerpt from the "Simple Abundance" book called "Coping with Stress" because it caused me to be aware that I've been feeling a bit stressed lately. And going back through the list today really helped me.

The 47 de-stressing suggestions I share are listed below, with the ones that personally resonated to me marked with an asterisk. I suggest you pull out the ones that resonate with you to help you de-stress in times of need.

1. Cultivate gratitude.
2. Turn your phone off.
3. Carve out an hour a day for solitude.*
4. Begin and end the day with prayer, reflection, or silence.
5. Keep it simple.
6. Keep your house picked up.
7. Don't over schedule.*
8. Strive for realistic deadlines.
9. Never make a promise you can't keep.
10. Allow an extra half-hour for everything you do.*
11. Create quiet surroundings at home and at work.
12. Go to bed at nine o’clock twice a week.*
13. Always carry something interesting to read.
14. Breathe - deeply and often.
15. Move - walk, dance, run, find...

Today I share the importance of human connection and a couple of examples of how it has brought abundance into my life this year.

This topic was inspired by a Disney movie I watched with my 3 year old grandson, who resisted watching it but then sat through it mesmerized the whole time! If you haven't seen "Soul," I highly recommend it.

I think the message of the movie is even more impactful after having gone through the pandemic as human connection was pulled from us suddenly and for a long period of time.

What humans have you lost touch with who you would like to reconnect with?

My hope is that this episode will inspire you to take action and CONNECT! If you receive this episode as a nudge from the universe and take inspired action to make a human connection, please reach out and let me know how it felt because I know it will bring more abundance into your life!

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I recorded this episode on my back deck and I felt like my vibe was unusually high because of that... You see, I LOVE Fall. It's my absolute most favorite season and it is BEAUTIFUL in Virginia right now.

What I've learned over the past couple of years from doing such deep soul sparking work on myself and helping others is that when you align with what you love, it raises your vibrational frequency and hence your mood. 

In this episode, I talk about how we need to keep challenging our mind and body because the more we do that, the happier (and more abundant) we feel. I think it's one of the most important things we must do as we age to keep our brains and bodies vital.

I also share a few of the things I've recently done over the past few weeks to challenge MY mind and body so you have some examples. It doesn't have to be too complicated. Simply expose yourself to new things!

Stop doing the same boring things over and over and over that a) don't challenge you and b)...

In this episode, I talk about a couple of fun surprises... the relaunch of my Abundance quiz where you can find out the level of abundance you are operating from AND a new course I just developed, "How to Live The Abundant Life You Desire," that teaches the 6 principles of simple abundance.

The only way to get access to the course is if you take the quiz because the course is meant as a next step, if you find you are lower on the abundance scale.

Through the lessons provided in the course and the exercises provided with each lesson, you'll learn how to level up and operate from a deeper state of abundance and in so doing, truly have a better life as a result.

I forgot to mention on this episode that the course also comes with a Facebook Group where you can connect with other like-minded humans and get support as you go through the course. That way you are not alone as you embark on this amazing abundaventure!

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In this episode, I share my experience with the simple abundance principle of Order through improvements to my workspace.

I also talk about my home office's evolution over the past 2 years and how I rarely used it for various reasons and how it feels now to have it set up in a way that  brings me such abundant feelings as soon as I walk into it.

I definitely understand the principle of Order after my workspace refresh!!!

Where would more order in your life bring more abundance?

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In this episode, I talk about how I was trying to decide on whether or not to get a new car and realized I was coming from a lack mindset instead of an abundant one. I walk you through how, once I realized I was doing this and stepped into abundance, so much more abundance was returned to me - more than I had ever anticipated!

I also share all of the things I've learned and love about my new Tesla and the experiences I've gotten that I would have missed out on if I had stayed in my lack mindset and hung on to my 9 year old SUV.

- the crazy different experience of trading in my car, of purchasing a Tesla, and of financing it - all of which are extremely different from the way I've done these things in the past!

- the adjustment of going from a gas to electric car,

- the confidence I've gained from learning something that is totally different from what I've done for almost 50 years,

- the fun and pleasure I'm getting from having my Tesla and how happy it makes me feel every time I...