If you live in the United States, I hope you are enjoying a Rockin’ 4th of July weekend!

In honor of America’s Liberation celebration, I want to do my part to help you make the rest of 2011 a great year!

You are invited to enter to win a scholarship for the brand spanking new Shann Vander Leek Signature Coaching System valued at $3,750! This contest opens up the door for one-on-one coaching with me for a full year – at 1/2 price.

Are you a powerful woman who is ready to get focused, accelerate life on your terms and enjoy more balance in your life? Nothing fires me up more than supporting someone like you! I am offering a scholarship for my signature coaching system to the woman who writes the most compelling essay about why she is ready to partner with a professional life coach and dramatically change her life over the next 12 months.

If opening the door to reinventing your life on your terms sounds good, you will want to read more about this generous offer below.

Liberation Celebration Essay Contest

I love to support powerful professional women through the process of metamorphic change..

The Shann Vander Leek Coaching System is a program designed for bright and powerful professional  women who do too much. Women who feel that their personal wells are running dry. Women who are ready to make a monumental transition – to orchestrate a lasting change and make a difference in the world.

These women are over-achievers, often Type A superheroes who have become out of touch with their bodies and divine feminine nature after years of kicking ass and taking names. Women who have been fearless in business; who are bold, brilliant, and ready to thrive on their own terms.

Sound like you or someone you know? Please read on…

The Shann Vander Leek Signature Coaching System will:

 
• Help you clarify your life’s purpose and passion.
• Help you understand the stages of a significant transition.
• Create an abundant future aligned with who you really are.
• Remove self induced obstacles including fear and doubt.
• Lead you back to caring for your mind, body and soul.
• Offer tools, resources and practices to help you succeed faster.
• Improve how you manage your time and create more balance in your life.

 

Details of Coaching Scholarship Offer:

All you have to do to enter the contest is write a 300-500 word essay sharing your story and why you are the best candidate to win a full year of world-class transition coaching for 1/2 price. It’s easy! If you’ve been considering working with a coach to dramatically improve your life, this is a great opportunity to do so at 1/2 great price!

How does it work? If you are the winning entry, you will will a $3,750 scholarship which represent 50% of the investment for a full year of one-on-one coaching.

Are you ready to enter the contest? All you need to do is visit the new Shann Vander Leek website, fill out the essay form and submit your essay.  I look forward to reading your entries!

Bonus Jewels for your entry:

YES! I want to enter to win a $3,750 scholarship!

*All Liberation Celebration entrants must be willing and capable to invest $ 312.50 per month for 12 months which represents 50% of the value of the Shann Vander Leek Coaching System. Your scholarship covers the rest of you investment! Your first Installment will be due on August 8th, 2011. Questions? Call me! 231-668-9850 or Skypelein: Shannolann

**Not quite ready to go for it? You are welcome to schedule a 30 minute complimentary coaching session at any time. Click HERE to be transported to my Coaching Page and scroll 1/2 way down the page.

Do you want to know the secrets of living a full, joyful and inspired life?

Your life on your terms perhaps?

My friend Linda Joy, the best selling publisher of A Juicy Joyful Life and Aspire Magazine, has gathered 25 Luminaries to share their ‘Inspired Living Secrets’ in a FREE Telesummit to reveal the secrets to living an inspired life.

I am excited to be in the company of  Marcia Wieder, Dr. Joel Rubino, Tama Kieves, Eva Gregory, Alisa Vitti, Susun Weed, Gabrielle Bernstein, Laura Hollick, and many more inspirational visionaries.

Please join us and accelerate your Inspired Life on Your Terms! I will be sharing my secrets on July 7th, plus I’ll be listening in to the other interviews to learn their powerful secrets.

Do you want to know the secret to living a rich inspired life?

Sign up for the complimentary

REGISTER NOW!

Inspired Living Secrets Telesummit

 

I can’t wait to be part of this incredible experience with you. Can’t make it “Live”? No problem. All of the calls will be recorded and distributed to everyone who registers for the event.

BIG LOVE!

 

Recently I have been thinking a lot about the difference between high expectations and open invitations.

The definition of an Expectation is:

“A strong belief that something will happen in the future.”

The definition of an Invitation is:

“The action of inviting someone to go somewhere or do something.” This someone can be yourself.

When you combine the two you can see that you now have “The action of inviting someone to go somewhere or do something that will happen in the future.”  You are now inviting someone to support you in the pursuit of your current project, with the complete understanding that  an honorable agreement translates to showing up to the best of their (your) ability.

Many of the powerful executive women drawn to my life coaching business have uber high expectations of themselves and others. Toss is a heaping cup of impatience and a dollop of determination, they often find themselves creating a recipe for disaster. Often disappointed in themselves and others for the lack of a perfect outcome the recipe ends up in the rubbish.

I get it. Requiring people and things to bend to my will is something I can relate to.

When you set the bar of your expectations as high as the heavens , your ego can eliminate those who are not worthy. This becomes an interesting way to get lost in an abyss of discomfort and disappointment. Expectations of perfection breeds insecurity in ourselves and can lead to blaming others for not stepping up to the mark.

Over achievers often find themselves in this quandary. Can you relate?

When you replace your expectations with invitations , you can support yourself and your circle of influence to show up in the best light.

Think about how you might change your language to be supportive and encouraging.

To Your Friends

I invite you to be mindful, honest and reciprocate loving kindness.

To Your Employees

I invite you to be present, focused and get the job done to the best of your ability.

To Your Clients

I invite you to show up and communicate clearly that which you wish to discover.

To Yourself

I invite my self to be patient whilst I make incremental improvements in my relationship with myself and others.

Snapping your fingers and expecting your every wish come true is ridiculous. Even Veruca Salt’s character in Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory eventually got her due when she was measured a bad egg after years of demanding that she get every thing she wanted. I can here Veruca saying “Daddy, if I don’t get what I want, I will make your life a living hell. How dare you ignore my expectations of you!” Spoiled Rotten Behavior.

Offering open invitations instead of demanding unrealistic expectations may be a healthier place to operate from.

Admittedly, I love getting my way. I love winning. I love to be loved. I love to be in concert with brilliant people. Who doesn’t?

The difference for me now is that I choose to show up with an offering and can live with being denied. After all, it’s not ALL about me. It is about knowing what I wish to create and inviting my peers and my big S self to show up.

• What would happen if you replaced your expectations with invitations?

• How have you been burned by expecting yourself to be perfect?

• How does being extremely hard on yourself play out for you?

• Have you ever expected too much of your loved ones, employees or co-workers? How did that work out for you?