True Balance Life Coaching

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.

“Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible / it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.” – Barbara De Angelis

Opening your heart to true love can be tricky if you don’t know how to love yourself. If you have harmful out-dated programming running though your head, you may have tricked yourself into believing you are not worthy of love. This is not true. No matter what may have transpired before this moment, no matter how much time you have spent dwelling in your disasters, you are beloved. You come from great love. So how is it possible that you could you not be the embodiment of great love? Learning to love yourself is an exhilarating, liberating experience. Self-love begins by summing up the courage to face the monsters under the bed, and learning how to savor the sweetness in your life anyway.

• What does unconditional love look like for you?

• What would it feel like to open your heart and trust your instincts.

• What might it be like to let go of the notion that you are not worthy of love.

• What does it mean to learn to love without an attachment to the outcome?

All of these questions lead back to you. You simply must give yourself permission to explore what each curiosity looks like for you. Take your time and answer each question from your heart.

Are you ready to enjoy a deeply satisfying love affair with yourself? Here are some fun and supportive suggestions to begin your loving journey.

Love Letters

Write a sweet love letter to yourself from your higher self. Find some beautiful stationery or a greeting card that suits you and go for it! Here is an example of how your letter may begin:

Dear Lover,

I think you are an extraordinary woman. Your kindness, generosity and beauty are beyond measure…

I often wonder if you can fathom how much I care for you…

Let the rest of the letter flow through until the letter is complete. Drop the letter in the mail and receive it a day or two later with a knowing smile. Your ability to accept and share healthy love begins with learning how to love yourself.

Attraction Inventory

What are you wildly attracted to? Make a list!

Here is a tally of things that light me up! The scent of Shoyeido Haku-un incense, the elegant shape of orchids, the way light dances through the trees, the music of Peter Gabriel, the poetry of Tagore and Rumi, capturing images of the sun setting on Lake Michigan, the canals of Bruges and China Town in San Francisco, the way my husband says “Hello Beautiful”, the Dalai Lama’s smile, and loads of unabashed laughter.

How about you?

To begin, key in on color, fragrance, texture and then move to music, literature, environments, and so on…

What can you learn about yourself through this sort of introspection?

What is it about your desires that relate to the qualities of the unique lover you are.

Did you know there is not another divine being alive who is just like you. You are special. You matter. You are worth every ounce of gentleness, love, comfort and self-care you can muster up.

Learning to love who you are is your choice. You decide you are lovable. You decide to be in love with being alive. It’s all about YOU.

How do I love thee? Please begin counting the ways…

Ask Yourself this: What I Love about ME?

Stop reading this column right now. Grab a pen and paper and write three or more things you love most about being who you are.

Now that you have made your list, think about the kinds of activities you can embrace to invite more love into your life. Here is an example of the things I do to foster my love affair with ME.

Loving ME means:

• Making time each day to schedule some time just for me. Whether writing in my journal, enjoying a cup of herbal tea, listening to uplifting music or reading an uplifting book or favorite blog. I honor myself by making my interests a priority.

• I will surrender when I’m overwhelmed or stressed out. I will ask for help and excuse myself form non-essential activities.

• I will get some fresh air and move my body every day in some way – even to walk a few blocks to the village post office for our mail. The benefits of breathing in fresh clean air and moving my body equal more energy, better sleep and remaining strong and flexible.

• I no longer allow people to suck the life out of me with complaints and negative energy. If a relationship becomes one-side or overly frantic, it’s time to gently remove myself from the scene.

• I easily take responsibility for poor choices and say I’m sorry. I know how to forgive myself and move on instead of waging a full-on war with myself. As a woman who puts her foot in her mouth a lot, I am learning to stop wallowing in guilt or shame for sharing my truth.

• I laugh at myself a lot!

Are you taking yourself too seriously these days? When was the last you laughed your ass off? The health benefits of laughter are far-ranging. Studies have shown that laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, and even increase immunity. Laughter provides a physical and emotional release. Want a good laugh? Check out this recording I made for a friend who was missing the sound of my big hearty laugh. Shann’s Laugh.

I coach several extraordinary women who are learning at the ages of 30, 40, 45 , 50+ how to love, accept and laugh at themselves – just as they are; powerful women who have been taught to put family, friends and work ahead of their own health, happiness and peacefulness.

Witnessing and supporting them with their self-loving transformation is an extraordinary blessing.

You deserve to enjoy a lifelong love affair with the person you share most of your time with while you are here. Who is that person you ask? Why silly, it’s YOU!

You have a magical new year before you; a clean slate to discover how you want to live, love and laugh – from this moment forward. Cheers to a fresh opportunity to open your heart and allow for more LOVE.

Today I am celebrating the fourth anniversary of True Balance Life Coaching and the day of my birth. This auspicious moment in time has me thinking a lot about my passion for life coaching.

On special occasions like this I like to think about how grateful I am, and how I can express that gratitude.  Today I want to offer you a gift to thank you for being a part of the True Balance community.

Until midnight tonight, I will be offering a pay what you can day for life coaching with me at True Balance.

• If you want a session for half-price, make me an offer.
• If you want three sessions for the regular price, but you need a payment plan, make me an offer.
• If you want to offer an exchange of talents and services, make me an offer.

I don’t want cash to keep you from getting the support you want to follow your passion.

All you have to do is post a comment with your offer.

Once you do that, I’ll send you a Paypal invoice. It’s easy!  (I reserve the option to refuse any ridiculous or insulting offers)

Important: I am only offering this option to five people; and you must respond by midnight tonight.

All right, I’m off to celebrate this special day with a massage and lunch with a friend!

Thanks again for being a part of such an incredible community. You Rock!

Yours in Liberation,

Shann