A Secret of the Ages

The other weekend mum and I went to Toronto to attend a day long seminar based on The Secret. There were five motivational speakers (plus one very funny comedian as the host) who were fabulous motivational speakers in their own right.

Now I have to admit to you, I only had heard about The Secret, I was not fully aware of exactly what it was. I knew it was about something to help you make your life better; it was some sort of positive thinking guide, motivation smack dab in your face.

Now, mum took the notes, so forgive my rusty memory. However, my favourite speaker went by the name Lisa....her last name is now forgotten by me. (I should really work on my memory skills). She was fabulous. No other way to say it. Her main point was that if you believe you can achieve it, you can. You have to work towards your goals, but more importantly, you have to know where you are right now before you can get there. It's like you have a map of your life, but before you get to your destination~before you even hop in the car, you have to know your starting point. Know yourself, believe in yourself and be yourself. I really liked that.

The other four speakers were very good too. Though there was a focus on money a bit too much for my taste. It varied by the speaker. While one seemed to pass along the message that money = happiness, and happiness = money, another noted that happiness is found in all aspects of life ~ family, friends, career, health, financial gain. But the overall message was good. If you work hard, put yourself out there, and keep a positive perspective, it will come back to you. While it may not come back back in the way you hope, it will still come back.

I was raised by the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. I was also raised to be a positive person and have faith that life will all work itself out the way it is supposed to. To me, a lot of the things they said was just common sense. On one hand, I struggle to wonder why more people don't know this 'secret' of life, why it is not naturally ingrained in them. But then on the other hand, all I have to do is look around the room I sit in all day, and see how everyone is so busy busy busy with what is going on right then, that they don't take the time for their inner self, they don't take the time breathe, they don't take the time to achieve. And right there, I can understand why it takes someone standing on a stage saying these simple ideas to make them think about it, and make them want to apply it in their own lives.

While it doesn't seem there there would be much to unravel for us to find the secret in our lives, I guess in reality, it would take us all some time to find a good seat where we can examine what lies inside first. We can't all expect miracles overnight, but at least we can all find a happy thought everyday to help.


We all have to pick and choose what we hear and what we want to retain. It is like anything in life. While I may not have agreed with all that was being painted on the stage before me, if I took a step back to look at the bigger picture, and put that message in my heart, I felt like I had left that room with something special.

And that makes me smile.

And the Adventure is....

So now you might be wondering just what it is we are doing. Not that I am going to give the eggs away in the basket to you, but I'll give you a hint.

We are building a company based on Universal Laws. We are hosting and organizing workshops and seminars, as well as working towards running a Professional Life Coach training academy.

What are the Universal Laws, you ask? They are 'laws' that are constant and applicable to all people in the world, no matter what. Things like the Law of Attraction--you attract people, places and things into your life to help you find your way through it emotionally, spiritually, physically and intellectually. Or the Law of Equality--Your true needs, desires, wants, dreams and such are just as important and equal to those of everyone else in existence; all people are equal.

Universal Laws are simple truths that allow all of us to achieve greatness if we can just accept them and work with them.

Your next question...what is a professional life coach? My personal explanation is that a life coach is like your own guidance counsellor--except that it is you who makes the ultimate decisions, not them. You could be faced with personal or professional issues that you want help with, and a life coach assists you by asking you the right questions, and getting you to come up with your own answers. You state what your goals are, and you figure out how to achieve them.

Who wouldn't want to be a part of that? A part of a business whose goal it is to add peace and comfort, and even success, to the world?

(Well, Ontario for now. The world later.)

I'll keep you posted!

A new beginning

Today is my first blog about a new adventure I am taking with my mother. Together, we are joining forces and building a new business. It is one that I feel will have an impact, and one that is very achievable.

We have founded Fresh Ideas & Co., an organization that will have many paths to follow. We are beginning by hosting workshops and seminars, and building towards creating an academy for training life coaches. Who knows what will fall in between it all, but I can't wait to find out!

Basically right now, our workshops are based on the Law of Attraction, and then we are going to tie other topics into it, so we can reach a wider market. In just a couple weeks, I am taking a week off of my current job to go away and brainstorm with mom on what all we can be doing. To sort out where we are right now and where we want to be. Map it all out I guess.

I thought it would be a fun idea to have a blog and write about the things that come up as we are building this business, about the fun people we come across in this journey and surely about the hilarious stories that are bound to be told!!

It's bound to be a great year!