We met at a workshop two and half years ago, journeyed through an amazing mastermind experience together and have enjoyed numerous conversational retreats that expand the soul. It is my pleasure to feature in this issue of Living Life like Never Before – Tamara Younker.

As a Transformational Presence Coach, I have the amazing opportunity to witness the emergence of my clients’ unique authentic presence, and how that presence then creates a beneficial impact in their relationships, work, community and beyond!

For more than a decade, I have known that I am a transformational presence in the lives of others, but it was only two years ago that I found the courage to leave my 20-year business career behind and follow my dream to become a Certified Coach Practitioner. Through my own journey of discovery, transformation and revelation, I have become aligned with my own authentic presence, and am now blessed to employ my awakened consciousness in service to clients doing work that is abundantly joy-filled and pleasurable. Now, my life takes shape through partnering with the greater potential wanting to emerge through me, and I’m most definitely living life like never before!

My specialty is working primarily with women solo entrepreneurs to determine the energetic structure they’re currently operating from, and the degree of energetic resources available to them with which to consciously create. I guide clients through powerful transformational processes to energetically reorganize into a more expansive way of being releasing habitual patterns that keep them stuck, and increasing their creative capacity and potency. For me, being of service in this way is living life like never before!

Tamara Younker founded her own business Awakening to Soul, The Art of Heartful Being in 2008. In addition to being a Certified Coach Practitioner, she is a Certified Mediator, Certified NLP Practitioner, and a Certified Reiki Master. She can be reached via Email (click here to email Tamara), or 970.631.8680, for private consultations and introductory no cost energy assessments.

100 Ways to Serve Others
This list is a great example that being of service is more about being than doing. If you like checklists that make a difference this would be one to keep.

You Ask, I Deliver: My Top Ten Favorite Juice Recipes
I love learning about new things and this is the perfect blog to read about juicing recipes. On my enhanced health journey, I’ve been asked repeatedly, if I have a juicer. I’ve been researching a few and I think that I may include a juicer among my early birthday gifts! Do you have a juicer? If so which one? I’d love to hear all about it!

Car Dancing: The Video
The next time you get in your car put on your favorite song and dance! Better yet, why not, join in, right where you are and Dance! Enjoy!

The Charles Schultz Philosophy
Just like Peanuts and Charlie Brown this post is refreshing and heart-warming with a wonderful lesson at the end. Enjoy!

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Until next week…

I have enjoyed stepping into a new sense of myself by learning new recipes that are to me the best of a vegetarian/raw food diet. The gym and I took a little while longer to reacquaint ourselves with each other but once I arrived I had to smile and ask myself what all of the resistance was about.

So here I am, filled with energy, nine pounds lighter and ready for a wardrobe that fits. Reconnecting my inner vision with my outer self has been all about how I view wellness and my willingness to move beyond the resistance, take action and have fun.

In celebration of Spiritual Wellness Month, this week’s article speaks about the benefits of reconnecting and integrating our beliefs and values with our actions so that we can fully embrace ourselves with love.

In practicing wellness this month whether it’s physical or spiritual, I wish you wholeness and joy!

Confucius says: The Top 10 Quotes by Confucius
This blog inspires me and reminds me of the movies of my youth where a character would quote the great philosopher. Today, his teachings are life lessons that are prompts for inward journeys. Enjoy!

Numbers An Author Should Know
This amazing video taps into the heartbeat of technology, how much it has evolved and shows us through numbers that the possibilities are endless!

What Happens to Your Website If You Die?
Discovering this very informative article is perfect timing for our family. We are currently updating our family informational manual. This article expanded the scope of what must be added to inform your loved ones of your virtual identity and their possible virtual inheritance. Great article.

How to Prepare Yourself for Success
What a great article about creating a perfect vision for your life, acting as if and moving beyond your fears. The celebrity stories about preparation and perseverance are an added bonus.

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It is my great pleasure to feature Kim Gray this week! Kim is an amazing visionary who is enjoying life while launching her new association, the National Association of Virtual Assistants for coaches (NAVAC).

While Marie and I were having lunch last week, she asked me to share how I was living my vision and fulfilling my dream. Living my life as intended has finally resulted in an amazing opportunity. I am working with a small team of talented virtual assistants and coaches to launch my new association: National Association of Virtual Assistants for Coaches (NAVAC).

In June, NAVAC will officially launch as an association dedicated to virtual assistants who support coaches. We will be transforming how our virtual assistants build their businesses using a product funnel model in 2010. In 2011, we will move towards our second phase of their business transformation — collaborative partnerships. I know how much work I’ve had to invest in this part of my journey, but I am more proud of those who have helped me along the way. You know, you can’t truly achieve your life’s dream without the help of others and God’s spirit blessing your efforts. NAVAC is a combination of my passion for serving others and my passion for sharing my experiences.

My experience as an administrative professional proved valuable as I built my virtual assistance business. But my experience as a theocratic student has helped me develop the important fruitage of the spirit. As a virtual assistant turned association founder, my life dream is coming true. My hope is that NAVAC will allow me to allow others to pursue and reach their life dreams. I give thanks to God and all those who have supported me along the way and into tomorrow!

Kim Gray is the Founder and CEO of the National Association of Virtual Assistants for Coaches and can be found at www.navacoaches.com or kgray@navacoaches.com

Have a great week and remember to live life like never before!

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Gaiam Life Meditation Rooms
If you are ready for a mid-day break here are some meditation rooms that you may find very relaxing, I know that I have. I enjoy each of them, this week my favorites are  the Water and Forest Rooms. I’d love to here which ones speak to you. Enjoy!

Can StumbleUpon & Digg Drive Insane Amounts of Traffic to Your Website?
Learning more and more about social media and the growing amount of new sites and tools available, I am not quite prepared to share all of the benefits of Stumble Upon or Digg. What I can say is that as a new user, I am enjoying the experience and I have discovered many new and relevant blogs in a short amount of time. This article shares the 5 Best Practices to put into play.

42 Happiness Tips and Snidbits
What a better what to begin the weekend than to explore more ways we can experience happiness! Wishing you all a weekend filled with joy and uncontrollable laughter!

The Top 10 Plants for Removing Indoor Toxins
Going plant shopping this weekend. This interesting article may be helpful for choosing beautiful indoor plants that reduce toxins.

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Until next week…

This week’s question came from a reader who asks the following question,  “I would love for the picture to be painted… what does a day, week, month and year of balance look like?”

A balanced day, week or year could look like…

• Time for yourself just before day breaks to enjoy an early morning meditation, walk or maybe a cup of tea before you begin your day.

• Scheduling your day, week or year with a gaps between each event creating a space to inhale and exhale the breath of life before you begin the next right thing – simply ‘be’.

• A healthy mixture of spiritual practice, a lifestyle filled with freedom and choice and a business or career guided by your life purpose.

• A delicious mixture of ‘being’ your best self and ‘doing’ the things that you enjoy.

Your portrait may be painted with different hues and shades of harmony, peace, joy and opportunities to grow. It may even be sprinkled with music, laughter, family or  simply an inward journey but most of all it is unique to you.

Living in balance means different things to different people. Mostly it’s about how you show up in your life.  I offer the following keys to begin painting your very own individual portrait of peace and balance:

1. Take the time to listen - Sit in quiet contemplation and ask your self the question, “What brings me peace and joy?” And complete the following sentence; I am the most happiest, when I am…
2. Courageously and gradually do more of what you enjoy to create the life that’s right for you, one that fuels your desire to step into your life and purpose without reservation.
3. Set boundaries around your time and choose mindfulness over multi-tasking when doing your everyday task – be present.
4. And most of all, enjoy the journey.

Until next week…..

How to use Your Subconscious Mind to Change Your Life
If you are looking for new ideas on how to use your subconscious mind to change your life this article on The Change Blog shares the 3-step request process with you. Great article!

Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs
Most of us use or are at least familiar the top 3 social network sites; Facebook, Linked In and Twitter but how many of us have heard of Partner Up or Start-up Nation. This is an excellent article to expand your social media horizon.

Two Hundred Sit-ups
I am living healthier than ever before. In the past 6 weeks I have lost 8 of the 45 pounds, I will release this year so this blog immediately caught my eye.  If you are looking for a way to tone your abs as well this blog is a great place to start.

What Apple Can Teach You About Marketing
In 2007, I purchased an iPhone and the following year a MacBook. Like most people who have converted from Windows to Apple there is no comparison or going back! Beyond the amazing technology we can all learn from observing the Apple marketing process from packaging to savvy television commercials, Apple is top of the line.

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This visit we has been so much fun as we made veggie pizzas on oat and stone ground pita bread and laughed at movies. Most of all we listened to each other’s heart and that felt SO good!

Those special moments we share with loved ones are priceless. What memories have you created this week?

This Week’s Affirmation:
With every ending there is a brighter beginning! I step into each adventure filled with Wonder and Joy!

Marie and her Cousins

In this month of love and relationships, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity of reconnecting with many relationships of the heart. Through the technological genius that is Facebook, our family has been enjoying a virtual family reunion. Through our family legacy page I have been able to connect with cousins that I haven’t seen in over 35 years and we have all been united through family photos that date back to the 1920’s. Pure love of the heart!

I have also had the pure joy of being in absolute synergy and growth with many of my business friends as well. There are few things in business better than collaborating with like-minded entrepreneurs and friends who knows both your heart and your vision and is willing to share their strengths with you as you build your business legacy.

Most of all, this month is about the love of connecting with all of you and the growth of IAL. At the beginning of the year we shared with you how we are expanding so that we may serve you better. One of the ways we are expanding is how we deliver this newsletter to you each week.

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May you enjoy a week filled with love, excitement and joy!

This Week’s Affirmation:
I nurture each relationship and live each day in love!