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Make Your Life Easier in One Easy Step

Carlota — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:04:27 +0000

Hi-i!

I came across a wonderful discussion group called “Easy World” (founded by Julia Rogers Hamrick) on the Powerful Intentions forum.

The Powerful Intentions forum is a *FREE* place to express your intentions for manifesting fabulous life and getting the Law of Attraction to work for you.

In this forum, anyone can post questions on how to attract abundance, love, happiness, health, money, peace, doo-dads, positive relationships with family members, ideal career and better paying jobs, etc.

A few of you may know that I spend most of my free time on this forum; everyone is so helpful, welcoming and quick to help who ever is in need.

It is so easy to lift up your spirits and escape your merciless inner critic when you have a forum of friends that are enthusiastic, warm, open, and allow you to be yourself (warts and all, LOL!).

Anyway, back to Easy World…

One of the discussions I’m participating in is “Daily Dose Of The Magic Words!” where everyone can join in and say:

“I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

I read line after line of people saying this phrase, sometimes with a personal visualization of how they are now living in “Easy World” and what it looks like for them.

I then found myself saying,

“I live in easy world where writing my next blog post is easy. It’s easy for me to come up with a topic, and the words just flow easily onto my wordpress editor. Even finding an image to go with the blog post is easy, I find the perfect image quickly.”

…You see, I was actually procrastinating writing my next blog post and was poking around on the Powerful Intentions forum instead.

After reading the “Easy World” discussion, an idea for a blog post suddenly came to mind, and I left the forum to quickly write a blog post…45 minutes after reading “I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

Do you have anything going on in your life that you find “difficult” to do, be, have, attract, or create?

Come join me in Easy World by commenting below this post with your version of:

“I choose to live in Easy World where everything is easy!”

What does Criticism Have to Do with the Law of Attraction?!

Carlota — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:40:22 +0000

Yes, many of you have been wondering and here is the moment you’ve all been waiting for!!

Thank you for waiting patiently as I get around to answering this question…

The best way I knew how to structure my answer is to to discuss it in relation to a specific “thing” that many of us are working on attracting: Abundance.

I just published the answer on GoArticles.com.

Here is a short summary:

“The Law of Attractionis always working. Is it working in your favor or against you? A major limiting belief that blocks people from attracting abundance is criticism. This article provides 3 tips to kick criticism out of your life!”

You can access it here (please VOTE on it while you’re at it!*):

3 Tips For the Law of Attraction: By Kicking Criticism Out of Your Life!

*When you read this article, please support my work by clicking on the “Vote” button at the top right corner of my article’s page. I will deeply appreciate it .

I’d love to hear what you think of it, and I welcome any comments you have…

xoxo, Carlota

Here’s to sqooshing YOUR inner critic!

A true story about Escaping Criticism

Carlota — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:27:40 +0000

Do you know what your tipping point is?

When will you escape from being a self-criticizer to a creator?

This is a true story of my tipping point: How I came to a deep understanding of criticism’s role in this world, and how I used it to escape criticism.

Three years ago, I had a coffee shop in this suburban town called Lakewood, Colorado. It was a really vibrant shop with many shades of the creative color orange.

I had so many ideas for hosting meetups there. Every time I had a brilliant idea I quickly told my sister and everyone else around me. One of my ideas was to host a free showing of the movie The Secret, and customers could enjoy a cup of coffee or tea while watching it.

I ran this idea by my friends and family. Most were supportive, except for one, who said “I don’t know, Carlota, this is Lakewood and I’m not sure that many people would be open to a movie like that.”

At that point in my life I hadn’t done much work on self-acceptance and listening to my inner guide, so I had the habit of gobbling up discouragement.

So, you guessed it, I went around in circles of doubt, self-criticism, eating up discouragement and…Didn’t end up hosting a single event for months.

For some reason I got inspired to see a psychic reader (I prefer the term “Life Coach”, but whatever, LOL!) In the session I asked her what sort of events to host at the coffee shop that would bring in dozens more customers.

I named off a few of my ideas and she told me my lesson in this life is to strengthen my intuition.

My response? I started to explain why I felt those ideas wouldn’t work. I said things like, “But I’m not sure Lakewood is ready for something like The Secret. What if instead of bringing in more business, I end up driving away existing customers?”

Then she said, “STOP. Take a deep breath. You have a choice. You can only do one thing at a time. You can either criticize yourself or create. Which do you want to do?”

I sat there pondering her theory and then asked, “But I can criticize while I create…can’t I? It seems I’ve done this all my life…”

“No, you can not.” She said. “At any given moment, you can only do one thing at a time. You can either listen to other people’s criticism, or you can create. You can criticize yourself about a hypothetical creation, or you can create. In any case, you won’t have anything real to criticize if you haven’t created anything yet.“

ah Hah! I finally understood it. Those who criticize, are not in that moment creating. Those who are fully immersed in the act of creating, are in that moment, not criticizing.

What are your thoughts on this theory? If it resonates with you, where in your life have you witnessed this truth?

P.S., I did end up hosting The Secret event. And the amazing thing is, I had a full house that night, and 90% of these people didn’t come to see The Secret, but were energetically attracted to the small crowd who did. The Law of Attraction works in astonishing ways, doesn’t it? You never know what will happen in your life, until you step out of criticism and into creation.

Here’s to sqooshing YOUR inner critic!

Love,

Carlota

Prosperity Prayer

Carlota — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:48:38 +0000

Speaking positive affirmations out loud can turn your focus away from criticizing yourself and/or internalizing other people’s criticisms of you.

In order for us all to attract more prosperity in our lives, we must affirm that it is already ours, and by doing so we are sqooshing out our inner critic’s blurts (the ones that tell us we can’t attract more prosperity).

Joe Vitale (of The Secret) sent out this powerful prosperity prayer in his newsletter:

“I posted this prayer on my blog a few days ago
and so many people loved it that I thought I
would share it with you here, too. It was sent to
me by Will Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World, who said it was the greatest consciousness
conditioner available to attract prosperity.
Here it is…

~Prosperity Prayer~

(Read Aloud Every Day for 30 days)

I am the source of all wealth. I am rich with creative
ideas. My mind abounds with new, original, inspired
thoughts. What I have to offer is unique, and the world
desires it.

My value is beyond reckoning. What the world needs
and desires, I am ready to produce and give. What the
world needs and desires, I recognize and fulfill. The
bounty of my mind is without hindrance or limit. Nothing
can stand in the way of my inspired creativeness.

The overflowing power of God life energy overcomes
every obstacle, & pours out into the world, blessing &
prospering everyone, & everything through me.

I radiate blessings, I radiate creativity, I radiate
prosperity, I radiate loving service. I radiate Joy,
Beauty, Peace,Wisdom & Power. Humanity seeks
me and rewards me. I am beloved of the world.
I am wanted wherever I go.

I am appreciated. What I have to offer is greatly desired.
What I have to offer brings a rich reward. Through my vision
the world is blessed. Through my clear thinking & steadfast
purpose, wonderful new values come into expression.

My vision is as the vision of the mighty ones. My faith is
as the faith of the undefeatable. My power to accomplish
is unlimited. I, in my uttermost God Source, am all wealth,
all power, all productivity. I hereby declare my financial
free-dom, NOW and henceforth forever!

Love,

joe

PS — Please forward this email to all those you feel
would welcome this prayer. Thank you.

Note: My blog is at http://blog.mrfire.com/
Follow me on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/mrfire

After seeing this prayer in more than 3 places, I’ve decided to take it more seriously and spend the next 30 days saying it out loud. (At least once a day)

I will be posting updates in the comments below.
Anyone want to join me?
Please come back here and share any miracles that have happened to you during these next 30 days!

How to Properly Give Yourself Credit for Your Accomplishments

Carlota — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:51:32 +0000

I once had a Law of Attraction mentor who I met with once a week. My intention in working with her was to attract double the number of clients for the hotel I was marketing.

To start off our session, she would ask “How are you today?”

And my response for several weeks were different variations of “Oh, I could be doing better. I’m disappointed that I didn’t [do this, do that]. And I spent so long working on [this mailing piece] instead of something more productive like [driving traffic to our new website]. I know criticizing my work delays attracting what I want…but I can’t seem to stop criticizing myself for criticizing myself!”

She listened to my negative self-talk for several weeks about why I couldn’t seem to quickly attract double the number of clients we currently had, and would suggest different tools for countering my self-judgments and feelings of “not doing and being good enough.”

It wasn’t until one week she gave me a certain homework assignment.

It was SO simple that I didn’t believe it would work!

After one week of spending 5 minutes doing this homework assignment, I saw incredible changes: My outlook on life was brighter, I felt more authentically confident, I was more accepting of myself, I enjoyed my job more, and best of all, I had sqooshed some inner criticism and self-judgment that was preventing me from attracting what I wanted.

Now, I’m passing this technique along to you, free of charge :

Every day, take 5 minutes to write down 5 things you appreciate of yourself. This list can include anything: Things you accomplished in the past or just recently, things you like about yourself, things you are proud you did or are currently doing, something you said to someone that really made their day, etc.

To kick-start this, here is my list of 5 things I appreciate myself for today:

Being friends with 2 people for over a decade!
Juicing my fruit and veggies 3x a week this month.
Finished writing my ebook today, “59 Powerful Affirmations to Sqoosh Your Inner Critic!”
Helped a friend boost her confidence and self-image.
Complimented my sister on her cooking talents.

Did you like this homework assignment? Do you feel it can become a part of your daily “sqoosh your inner critic” routine?

Anything else you’d like to add to this conversation? Remember to add your comments below!

Making your Negative Script Positive can be as Simple as Playing it Backwards!

Carlota — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:57:09 +0000

Just wanted to share a very cool video on how a negative script that you might’ve been playing in your mind can be reversed!!

I first saw it on the Joyful Days blog, “How does your life script read?”

Click here to view the embedded video.

What do you think of this video? (Remember to leave me feedback so I know what to post more of!)

I was quite depressed by the forward version of it. Goes to show what your own limiting beliefs can do to you!

I decided to make a little ditty of my own:

When you get criticized

Stop Creating

And don’t

Keep Trying

When others disapprove

Let go of your personal power

And don’t

Continue manifesting your Dreams

I definitely feel better about the backwards version of it:

Continue manifesting your Dreams

And don’t

Let go of your personal power

When others disapprove

Keep trying

And don’t

Stop creating

When you get Criticized

If you come up with your own negative-to-positive script, please share it with us in the “Leave a Reply” box!

How to Stop Regret from Blocking Your Prosperity

Carlota — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:19:13 +0000

Limiting Belief

I wish I hadn’t invested all that money in a business that didn’t turn a profit!

Positive Affirmation

Even though I regret investing a lot of money in a business that failed, I deeply and completely accept myself…And I’m willing to let go of the regret and trust that one day this experience will benefit me in ways that I cannot yet foresee.

***

A few days ago I woke up remembering an unpleasant dream I just had. In the dream I was having an awful argument with one of the employees from a former business I used to own. Triggered by this dream, I was flooded with all the things I felt “went wrong” with this old business as I went about my day.

Needless to say, it slowed me down when working on my current business, because I was filled with thoughts of “If only I had been smarter about the employees I hired…” And the worst one of all, was “I wish I had bought an existing coffee shop instead of building my own from scratch…then I wouldn’t be feeling the financial repercussions of it today!”

According to the Law of Attraction, listening to my Inner Critic ramble off regrets and preoccupying myself with these criticizing thoughts will block more prosperity from coming into my life.

Or at the least, will slow down the speed at which I receive the financial prosperity I desire.

Perhaps it’s because I’m focusing my energy and thoughts towards what didn’t work out for me (things that happened in the past) and taking this stance comes from a place of “lack” versus “prosperity“.

It could also be because, by having these regrets (and in doing so, continually reliving the past) I’m not appreciating the things I learned from those experiences. Nor am I being grateful for the things that did work out.

So anyway, when I was getting ready to end my evening with a positive thought for the day, I felt drawn to pick up an old book I hadn’t read in years: Creating True Prosperity (Gawain, Shakti)

I opened the book to a random page and thankfully due to the Law of Synchronicity (not sure if this is an actual “Law” but it ought to be) I read the following passage:

“If you have recently experienced a financial misjudgment or “mistake”, think about it as well-spent tuition in your school of life. Open yourself to receive the greatest learning you can from the experience. Remember that money is a great teacher, and if you are a dedicated student, the tuition you spend will be returned to you many times over.”

To be reminded of this was definitely healing on one level of my psyche.

It also brought up other memories of where I had been regretful of choosing the Computer Science major in college over another (yes, totally irrelevant to my career now as a writer). But it turns out, that I learned a thing or two about tweaking CSS code for this blog, and thankfully so or I would be spending $1000’s more on hiring someone to make my blog pretty and functional!

What do you think of the passage I quoted? I’d love to hear how things from your past have helped you today in ways that you didn’t foresee…

Drop a comment or send me an email!

How to Reconnect to Your Personal Power

Carlota — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:50:32 +0000

Sometimes when I feel upset and hopeless about my life (especially after having an argument with someone in my family or something I wanted to attract into my life hasn’t happened yet) I watch this empowering, inspiring video and I immediately start to unhook myself from the negative thoughts of my Inner Critic.

Sometimes the combination of music, words, and visuals can heal you faster than just using one medium to captivate your senses in order for transformation to happen.

The two voices in this video are Esther Hicks and Michael Beckwith, two visionary teachers of The Law of Attraction. When you feel down and out, watch this movie and before you know it, you will be back into your personal power again!

How to Stick to a New Goal on Your New Year’s Resolutions List

Carlota — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:57:48 +0000

Limiting Belief

It’s going to take me forever to reach my goal! Lets face it, I’m not good at this. I might as well quit now.

Playback Affirmation

Even though it’s taking me FOREVER to get good at this thing, I deeply and completely love and accept myself…And I’m willing to allow myself the time and space to learn and practice.

As we roll into the New Year, some of us may be beginning something new as one of our New Year’s Resolutions. This could be for example, starting a new fitness program as part of a weight loss goal, signing up for a dance class, learning how to create a financial budget, or launching a new business…

Whatever your new project is that you want to start (or have already started) it has become important to you to stick with it in order to manifest your desired outcome. But what if you have a track record for dropping out when you’ve only just begun?

We’ve all experienced discouraging thoughts when starting a new class, new job, or new project: “Why is it taking me so long to do it like the Pros?” Who says, you’re Inner Critic?

In order to stick with our New Year’s Resolutions, we must allow ourselves to be beginners.

This means accepting where you are in this “time-space reality” as Esther Hicks says in The Teachings of Abraham: The Master Course CD Program, 11-CD set

It’s okay that the painting isn’t a Monet, the hip circles look more like deep stretches, your budget was broken on the 2nd day, you lost 2 lbs but gained 3 back.

As one of my life coaches reminded me when I reverted back to my old patterns of negative thinking, “Up to this point you had a lot of practice criticizing and being hard on yourself. Now, you are a student of the Law of Attraction. And learning to praise yourself is still a new concept–Allow yourself to be a beginner. Allow yourself to be a student.”

And she was right. As I learned to let go of my limiting beliefs (and expectations) of where I thought I should be on the progress scale and simply allowed myself to be a beginner, I learned faster and made progress without so much struggle.

So, the “masterpiece” will come; you will reach your financial goals; you’ll be able to fit into your favorite jeans again. But in the meantime, allow yourself to be a beginner. Allow yourself the time and space to learn how to do those things on your List–without your Inner Critic’s uninspiring criticism.

Perfectionism and What You Really Mean By Saying “I can’t”

Carlota — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:34:20 +0000

Limiting Belief

I can’t write a hundred blog posts!

Positive Affirmation

Even though I can’t write a hundred blog posts, because if I can’t be perfect at it then why bother, I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway. I’m willing to let go of my need to be perfect. I choose to move forward and share my writing with others who may benefit from it, just the way it is.

One of the desires I want to manifest for myself is to have 100 blog posts up on SqooshYourCritic.

That means I will have written anywhere between 100 to 200 pages of words. That’s equivalent to the length of a few ebooks or at least one published book.

So far I have published 15 blog posts (not including the positive affirmations posted on my “Asides” mini-blog located on the right hand sidebar).

Today I was frustrated with this concept of knowing I can write more articles than I’ve actually produced, so what’s the hold up?

I’ve been working on writing a review for The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity [10th Anniversary Edition], and found Cameron’s blurb on taking risks and perfectionism:

“QUESTION: What would I do if I didn’t have to do it perfectly?

ANSWER: A great deal more than I am.”

I laughed out loud about this and admitted I have some work to do regarding perfectionism, an addiction I’m still in rehab for.

Julia Cameron explains in her book that,

“In order to risk, we must jettison our accepted limits. We must break through ‘I can’t because…’ Usually, when we say we can’t do something, what we mean is that we won’t do something unless we can guarantee that we’ll do it perfectly. With that as an unspoken demand, a great many things remain outside our sphere of possibility.”

So this week I’m going to repeat the positive affirmation I wrote at the top of this post and take it easy on the rewrites

Feel free to tweak the affirmation to work for you.

I’ve also been listing off reasons why I believe I need to constantly edit while I write. I think that bringing these fears into the light will help me sort through which ones have been blown out of proportion by irrationality and a wandering mind that is sometimes attracted to drama.

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