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20 “Must Read” Personal Transformation Tips!

September 18th, 2009

Family!  How fortunate am I to have a step-daughter who has been in my life for soooooo long that I can’t remember my life without her.  She is such a special person; one of those people who is always there when you need them.  Not only that, she is full of great insights.  I wanted to share what she recently sent to my daughter for her 20th birthday.  Here are 20 good thoughts for all ages.  If you can achieve half of these goals you will be living a very full life.  Enjoy!  

1)  I hope you really laugh

2)  I hope you smile from inside

3)  May you always want to help another

4)  May your soul be satisfied with what your eyes show you

5)  Struggle for love, not money

6)  May you always be able to appreciate

7)  May you feel enough sunshine not to mind rain

8)  May you have talent

9)  May you learn from a challenge

10)  May you believe in yourself

11)  May you have trust

12)  May you find a true bargain

13)  May you hug and mean it!

14)  May you know and show compassion

15)  May you be necessary to someone

16)  May you have high expectations of yourself

17)  May you not feel alone too long

18)  May you learn mercy

19)  May you continue to shine

20)  May your dreams and ambitions not be strangers to you!!!!!!!!!!

I wish you all much success on your personal transformation journey!

Ellen Banks

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If your life ended today, what would your memorial service look like? An important question to ask yourself!

August 10th, 2009

This is actually one of the most important questions  you can ask yourself.  Game over, end of the road, no more “do overs”, no more second chances, no more tomorrows to fix today.

So, who will gather to honor your life?  How will you be remembered?  How will they describe your life and your contributions to theirs? 

 

This whole idea came to me after attending a memorial service for the husband of my friend.  He passed away suddenly while doing what he loved-playing golf.  While his death was very tragic, what we learned at the service was that his life was one of incredible accomplishments at every level. 

 

When his professional accomplishments were remembered, they brought most of the successful people in the room to their knees!  His success was the direct result of hard work, discipline and a passion for life.  He was remembered fondly by his lifelong friends and workers as tough, fair and someone you would always want on your team. 

 

But even more important than his professional success was how he impacted people on a personal level.  There we over 300 people at the service and everyone could tell a “story” about this man that would bring a smile to your face.  His children, grandchildren, wife and friends had incredibly funny, heartfelt stories that described a person who clearly lived every minute of his life to the fullest. 

 

So ask yourself today, before you reach the end of the road, how will you be remembered?  Will your children say you were the best parent you could be?  Will your friends recount the importance of you in their lives?  Will you be remembered for your integrity, kindness, courage, smile?  Would you fill a room with people who loved you and will truly miss you?  

 

If not, remember it is never too late to make things right-it is never too late to change.  

Good luck on your journey!

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What do you see when you look in the mirror?

July 28th, 2009

 

I ask you:  Why are tees designed for others to read?  Does it matter what they see on you or what you see in yourself? 

Can you imagine being able to read a powerful message everytime you face yourself in the mirror?  Instantly, your mindset is brought back to focus on your goals…..focus on your strength….focus on what you WILL accomplish! 

Now more than ever people need a simple way to stay positive and focused through these difficult times.  With a Transformation Tee, you don’t have to attend a lecture, listen to tapes, read books etc.  You simply put it on and everytime you face yourself in the mirror you will be reminded of what you can accomplish when you “reflect your power!”

I know that when you get your personal Transformation Tee, you will love the soft feel of the 100% Pima Cotton and will be in love with the magic of the powerful reverse designs. 

Order today and get 15% off your order when you enter the codetransformationat check-out.  

I would love to hear from you about how these messages have supported you on your personal transformation journey!  Write to me today at ellen@reflectyourpower.com

Good luck on your journey!!!!!

Ellen Banks, President

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Sometimes those annoying “forward now” e-mails come just when you need them.

July 8th, 2009

                     Most of the time, I don’t read all of the “forward this e-mail to a million people or you will contract malaria in the next 5 minutes” notes that clog up our in-boxes.   I have a hard time believing that my decision “to send or not to send” could somehow affect my life’s plan and destiny.  I especially love the ones I get all the time from someone claiming to be a banker in Europe and they need my help to distribute a billion dollars.  Or the fake alerts that ask for all of your personal information so they can fix your bank accounts.   But I guess, as P.T. Barnum said,  ”you can fool some of the poeple all of the time…..”  or something like that. 

Yet every so often, I see one that is good, and comes along when I need that specific inspiration.  Here is one I got today that hit home with me:

There comes a point in your life when you realize:

Who matters, Who never did, Who won’t anymore and Who always will….

So don’t worry about people from your past, there’s a reason why they didn’t make it to your future.

Are there people in your life that really should not have made it to your future?  Something to think about…….

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Down in the dumps? “It’s Cha Cha to the rescue”!!!!

June 30th, 2009

                                            

Cancel your therapy, throw out your Xanax….IT’S “CHA CHA” TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!  Talk about a face!  How in the world can you look at this sweet thing and stay depressed?  I have her pictures posted all over my office and when I start going down the “not happy highway”, I simply look at her.  This is Cha Cha’s job, she is a therapy dog.  She actually goes to hospitals to make people feel better.  As you can see, she is a girl on a mission.   

My good friend Deb actually discovered Cha Cha in Florida and took this fantastic shot!  She has soooo many other great inspirational photos she has taken as well.  Check them out here when you need a boost!

Know someone who needs to be rescued from the “not happy highway”, send “Cha Cha to the rescue”!

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Never Stop Looking For What’s “Over the Rainbow”! Personal Transformation story

June 24th, 2009

I could not believe my eyes last night when I looked into the stormy sky and saw a double rainbow (yes this picture was taken right in my backyard)!  At the end of a VERY trying day, I was not a happy camper.  Nothing at all had been going my way….on many levels it was one of the worst!  But the minute I laid eyes on this beautiful gift of nature, my whole mood shifted.  Judy Garland started playing in my head and I got one big “kick in the butt” from the universe!                                      

I was reminded of the power of dreams.  Not the dreams that you travel while asleep but the ones you have for your life.   Do you still have dreams for your life or have you stopped believing dreams sometimes do come true?  Have you stopped believing there can be something good waiting for you “over the rainbow”?

We all stop believing at one point or another.   For some, it doesn’t take much to be pushed into the black hole of despair.  For others, it takes more than any human should have to bear.  Whatever it takes to get you there is irrelevant.  It’s what you do when you get there that counts! Have you entered the black hole of despair?

As I said in my last post “How to Stay Positive…” your attitude is everything.  You can’t control so many things that may be happening to you but you CAN control your attitude.  You will be surprised how a small shift, just for even one minute, can get you back on track.  If you don’t get back on the track, you will never finish the race!

So what did I do today to ward off the darkness?  I looked around at what is good.  You will be surprised what you see if you open your eyes…like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, it’s probably no further than your own backyard.  

Here are some of our personal photos that remind me of what is good.   I actually put them into a video so that I can view whenever needed.  Enjoy! never-stop-looking-for-whats-over-the-rainbow2Wait…..before I could hit “post”, my husband called me to go outside and there, once again, was a rainbow.  I think I have seen less than 10 in my entire lifetime and now two days in a row!  I know good things are definitly coming!!!!!!

Warmly,

Ellen Banks

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”-Expert’s tips for maintaining a positive attitude-even in the face of great adversity!

May 27th, 2009

It seems that whoever I speak with today, EVERYONE is worried about something.  At the top of the list is, of course, the economy and how much money they have “lost” (real or on-paper).  My husband and I have stopped opening the 401K envelopes.  It just wasn’t worth wasting a whole day to “weeping and gnashing of teeth”.  I learned a long time ago that worrying doesn’t change anything.  It is simply a waste of time and energy.  Put your time into coming up with a plan to respond to the &^%# that has come your way.  The solutions may be dramatic.  The solutions may completely alter the plan you envisioned for the rest of your life.  In the end, you might find that it wasn’t such a great plan anyway.   I have often found that the “best of times” are waiting for me after changing course to respond to adversity.

Your attitude has EVERYTHING to do with how well you will survive whatever is challenging you.  One of my favorite passages comes from a little something Charles Dickens wrote back in 1859:

   “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness….it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…we had everything before us, we has nothing before us……”

What will you choose-light or darkness, hope or despair, everything or nothing?

I also love the story the Dalai Lama tells in his book, Ethics for the New Millennium.   He believes if we can reorient our thoughts and emotions and reorder our behavior, not only can we learn to cope with suffering more easily, but we can prevent a great deal of it from arising in the first place.  He warns about putting too much hope in material development.  The problem is not materialism rather the underlying assumption that full satisfaction can arise from material gratification.  He says “we cannot always change our external situation to suit us, but we can change our attitude”.  This comes from a man who lost his country at the age of 16 and became a refugee at age 24.  He changed his attitude and approach to how he dealt with those insurmountable challenges!

Back to the present.  Before writing this article, I reached out to the Peter Shankman HARO community (reporter’s resource site) to get a better sense of the prevailing mood outside of my immediate circle.  I actually requested tips for staying positive in 2009 outside of the usual stuff we hear everyday (get enough rest, eat well, don’t drink too much, stop smoking yada, yada, yada). I was pleasantly surprised to get hundreds of responses!  I heard from people who were losing their homes and yet felt blessed because their families were together and healthy.  They shifted their attitudes to “shit happens and we will fight another day”.  WOW!

I will now share with you some of the “tips” I received that might help you to stay positive and strong as you face your challenges:

1)  “Trust your skills, trust your purpose, trust your higher power so that you can rest, relax and restore”  Christine Clifton “Break Out Of The Ordinary”

2)  “When life takes a turn for the worse, the grief can be palpable.  One way out is to focus at least part of the day on what is still right with your life….” Suzanne Zoglio “Create A Life That Tickles Your Soul”

3)  “Myth:  I cannot be happy until the financial crisis is resolved. NOT TRUE! Unplug, change your perspective, watch your thinking, exercise and embrace your social support” Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo-Control Stress For Good.

4)  “Life rewards the person who goes through the struggles of life and comes through them having learned the lesson meant for him or her”…….more on K.D Hardy’s VERY inspiring story here.

5)  “Get outside every day, make a priority of dinner as a family, see lots of live music, don’t dwell on what you can’t change and do dwell on what you can change”  more of Shel Horowitz’s tips here.

6)  “Sit down and write out at LEAST 10 appreciations daily!  Look around and find 10 things you appreciate….it will change your life!”  Revvell Revati: 7 Steps to Revvellutionize Your Life.

7)  “Change the scale-if you’re 65 and filled with regret over the chances you’ve let slip by, imagine being 85 and how much you’d give to be 65 again with another 20 years of opportunity!”  Barry Maher

8)  “A recession brings out creativity-instead of spending money, find things that are free like the park, the beach….open a cookbook and make a meal instead of going out for dinner…better planning saves money !  Adrienne Mazzone, Trans Media Group

9)  “Zoom Out”…look at the bigger picture…realize you are not alone. Money is only one important area of our lives and I will not let it steal the joy of all the other areas of our lives! Lisa Preecs: Heartfelt Words 

10)  “Listen to upbeat music everyday like I’ve Got the World on a String!” Julie Gallaher: Things You Should Do

11)  “For couples who are stressed and dealing with intensifying conflict, stay connected through frequent, satisfying Sexual encounters”.  Melody Brooke co-author of “Oh Wow This is Great Sex!

12)  “Smoke a good cigar!” Tony Tortorici

So for all of you who are indeed struggling to stay the course, keep your chin up, look at the glass as half-full and all of those other annoying sayings, I hope these tips will provide you with a new perspective.

I will leave you with another one of my favorite quotes from, Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854):

“What I lived for….I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived…..Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails…..

Stay the course and know that one day,  we will all look back on these times with great fondness because of what we learned about life and ourselves!

Ellen Banks, President Tranformation Tees “Reflect Your Power”

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Personal Transformation-How these 5 simple affirmations can help you on your journey!

May 23rd, 2009

We all know that we possess so much power within ourselves that nothing should be impossible.  Why then, is it so $$%%## hard to be who we strive to be, to reach personal goals and to live the best life possible?  Why are we so often our own worst enemy?????

I personally don’t care to contemplate or discuss all of the many causes that interfere with our being the best we can be.  And when I say the “best” that is whatever you need to be happy.   The “best” is whoever you are that allows you to be at peace, be content, living each day with joy in your heart.  The”best” is being able to march on in the face of adversity and sorrow, growing stronger with each challenge.  Why aren’t you already there?  As my friend Sandy always says, “It is what it is”!  Stop over-analyzing and stop beating yourself up over not being in a place where you are your best.  Start taking baby-steps to find your inner strength, to find that person who may be buried so deep you thought they were gone forever. 

For me, my journey stated by making a big leap of faith out of my successful career comfort zone into the world of being an entrepreneur.  I’ll share more about that later but for now, I will focus on the 5 powerful messages that I needed to be reminded of to be my personal best.  I believe so strongly in each that I launched my company around them.  See if they can help you on your path to personal transformation! 

1)  I will make this leap with faith!!!  Where will your “leap of faith” take you?

Where do you want to be in life?  Who are you at the other side of the hurdle?  As the proverb says, you cannot leap a chasm in two steps.  Once you identify your goal, you have to envision it every day.  You have to embrace your dreams and know that you have the strength and wisdom to make your leap.  Then, just let go and believe!

2)  What’s my personal transformation plan?

Personal transformation is a constant journey.  There is no magic to yearly resolutions, they are only a beginning.  Where will your life plan take you?  Do you even have a plan?  How will you stay focused on your dreams?  Life if a process of becoming.  Always believe in your core power.  Identify your plan, embrace your vision and above all, respect all challenges.   Often the greatest challenges will turn out to be your best friend!  Make sure that you put yourself in the daily planner and on your many “to-do” lists. 

3)  I AM a Warrior!  Get ready to take charge on your journey to personal transformation!

Repeat after me:  I AM strong, kind, balanced and fearless!!!!  Life often feels like a battlefield.  Gandhi saw the battlefield as a metaphor for our internal conflicts.  What personal attributes will you summon to act with courage and unwavering focus?  First you have to believe you have what you need to make the journey.  You have a vision and the strength to silence the internal voices of defeat.  Trust and the results will absolutely follow!

4)  “I Will…”  start each day with this positive affirmation and fill in whatever it is you WILL accomplish!

My sister sent my an article that totally validates an individual’s power comes from within.  We have the power to make core changes by  internal focus, strength, wisdom and faith.  When we access all of these amazing personal attributes, transformation follows.  It is that simple! The problem is we are always so stressed and overwhelmed, running in a million different directions, unable to take 15 minutes to breathe.  In addition to the stresses of daily life, we are now also completely stunned by the economic status of the world.  Now more than ever we need to hang in and stay as positive as possible.  What the article points out is that thinking positive phrases is not a waste of time. 

“Strong affirmations put two powerful mental qualities into action: intention and expectation.  Intention isn’t just wanting, wishing or hoping; it’s determination to act.  Affirmations focus on our intention, and, because we repeat them, keep us focused on our goal….expecting a particular ourcome does something extraordinary in our brains.” 

When I developed the designs for our company’s line, we created messages with reverse writing so that when you face yourself in the mirror throughout the day, you will be reminded of your intentions.  The designs reinforce your intentions by visually providing strong affirmations. 

5)  Be Present.  You have to start living in the moment!

How do we achieve the state of “being present”? By being consciously aware of the present moment, we can control our own reality.  Buddha said: “the mind is everything, what we think we become“.  Ask yourself: do I create my own reality or am I a leaf in the wind?  What is reality anyway?  If you are beating yourself up over past behaviors, bad investments, poor career choices etc., you are living in the past.  There isn’t anything you can change about what has passed.  You also can’t control the future. The only thing you can control is what you are thinking and doing in the present moment.  We can help to create a positive future reality by what we do and think in the present moment.  Of course, that doesn’t always guarantee things will turn out as we hope.  As the saying goes, “Man plans and God laughs”.  That’s when you lift yourself up, dust yourself off and try again.  Adversity often leads us to a path where the real journey begins!

 

So my friends, try focusing on these 5 areas and I will bet they will help you on your journey to find your personal best!

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What will you learn this summer? Personal Transformation Thoughts for Summer 2009!

January 30th, 2009

Just for a minute, pretend that it’s your first day in grade school and the teacher is asking the class to describe what they did and learned over the summer. Hands fly in the air and the room is filled with the excitement of each child’s enthusiastic heart, bursting to share their stories.

 

The stories will generally describe new adventures and joyful learning experiences. Can you remember catching lightening bugs and butterflies, chasing the ice cream truck, riding a roller coaster, playing ball, scraping your knee, making new friends and just creating new memories that would last a lifetime?

 

How will you spend your summer? What will you learn? Will it just be another two months at the office without fun or standout memories? Will you take the time to be present, to free your spirit, relax or find new adventures? Will you wake to greet each day with the enthusiasm to transform your dreams into reality? Will you focus on personal transformation? If not, why? If not, when?

 

I learned a number of important things over this past summer. Not just acquiring knowledge but gaining a profound understanding. There is a difference between learning and knowing. You can learn a quantum physics formula but do you really “understand” what it means? What did you learn that you really understand with your heart and soul to be true?

 

Ø I learned that “beginner’s luck” isn’t luck at all. It can be attributed to enthusiasm and positive energy. It’s an energy filled with joy, optimism and great promise. That is what drives success.

 

Ø I learned that we are indeed our “own worst enemy”. You have to have a relationship with all aspects of yourself in order to be healthy and successful.

 

Ø I learned that you have to rid yourself of destructive negative energy in order to move forward and fill your life with joy and abundance.

 

Ø I learned that you have to decide who is in charge: Your soul? Your mind? Your body? Which part of you drives you? Which part is in control? Instead of keeping each in their own corner working against the others, bring them together to work toward a common goal. Only then can you achieve true success and live life to its fullest potential.

 

 

There are also a number of profound lessons I learned by reading The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho. The reviews I read on this book intrigued me. One claimed “This story is an eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.” Another: “a remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys; the quest to fulfill one’s destiny for anyone who is passionately committed to claiming the life of their dreams-today.”

 

All True!!!!!! Coelho beautifully describes the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose. As he points out “When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.”

 

I highly recommend this book. It will change you for the better.

 

And those are some of the things I learned this summer!  What will you learn in 2009?

 

 

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Thought of the Day “Creating a sacred space.”

January 26th, 2009

You must have a room or a certain hour of the day or so where you do not know what was in the morning paper..a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are, and what you might be….At first you may find nothing’s happening….But if you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen!”

Joseph Campbell

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