Click Business Retreat

Clickster's, Hipsters and my creative Sisters! We are ready to Uplevel

I am having such a great time with my business peeps at Uplevel You 'Click' event sponsored by Christine Kane, Inc. in Asheville. We are networking with other business owners and focusing on growing our businesses in a way that is in alignment with our Souls. I'm wearing @arttowearhouse designed by my favorite art to wear designer Suzanne Armstrong. My jewelry I'm wearing is made by my friend and gallery owner/artist Jennifer Johnson @obxbluepelican. Check out their websites for more gorgeous whimsical wearable art. ‪#‎arttowearhouse‬ ‪#‎obxbluepelican‬ ‪#‎clickasheville‬ ‪#‎christinekane‬‪#‎Craftydivacottage‬

old negative mindsets in the trash and replacing them with positive empowered ones.  ‪#‎clickasheville‬ ‪#‎christinekane‬

Last day in Asheville. Here is a photo of the Dream wall where people put their bucket list. Very creative

Crafting a Business

I've finally gotten down to business.  Ready to work on my #shininglife #leoniedawson Biz workbook.  I was waiting for Mercury to get out of retrograde and for me to calm down from the end of year holiday chaotic energy.  I have on my flute music in the background and my pink slippers on, still in my pj's.  I've been working with Leonie's workbooks since 2008.  Last year I didn't want to mess up my bound workbook (it was soo pretty). I worked on my wall calendar though.  This year I'm ready to dive in and bling it all out!  Dream Big! No more being small.  Love Leonie's work and her Shining Academy.

I also decided to go with the Erin Condron notebook system, I added a calendar and could personalize my dividers.  I also used various scrapbooking stickers and planner embellishments.  So much fun to create a colorful and fun life and biz.  It was fun to set up my space with my inspirational items, yarn, pottery, candles, crystals, music and my 'Goddess on the Go' cards.  I enjoyed the process and feel like I am preparing for a successful year.

Beginning the Becoming 360 Training

This week I started my personal and professional development training Becoming 360.  I'm ready to branch out and expand my mind and my business.  I've taught myself a new photo app for professional ads and photography on social media and for printing.  It's been a powerful week and I've gotten a lot accomplished.  These are some of the topics I have worked on this week.

Working on self-care by going to the beach to meditate and soothe the soul and get some Vitamin D after being in the house for 3 weeks.

Working on personal and professional development through my Becoming 360 modules.

Took Nala to be groomed.  She looks beautiful.  Have a good weekend.

Dream Circle Workshop

Yesterday, I had the pleasure to work with two local women business owners.  They were interested in making Dream Boards, a visual collage activity.  This process assists the creator in tapping into their own unique inner eye and bringing those visions or dreams, goals and desires into the physical world.  Once you see your hearts desire on the boards it gives your dreams more clarity and enables you to focus on things and feelings that you want to manifest in your life.  It's also a form of active meditation and can be very soothing and empowering.  The boards reveal a lot about our selves and I thoroughly enjoy facilitating this technique.  We had fun playing with the art materials and of course sprinkling the fairy dust around the table.  I look forward to working further with these women on their creative journey towards personal and professional success.

This was my piece that I worked on after the workshop.  I have not painted something like this before.  It was nice to just make 'art for art's' sake.  Of course, I had to take advantage of the art table.

Dream Business Coaching

Yesterday was a great day!  I was able to facilitate a Team Building exercise for my friend's small business, Mad Mad World a creative lifestyle company which specializes in art-to-wear clothing.  (www.Arttowearhouse.com)  I had previously coached Suzanne through the process of closing her store a few years ago and pursuing new business avenues.  Which led to expansion and the opening of many opportunities.  This year Suzanne wants to take her team and her business to new levels.  I have been coaching her on different organizational and strategic planning strategies that would take her there.  But, first we wanted to empower her team and allow them as a group to develop a new company mission statement.  I lead them through a process of self-discovery by facilitating my dream board workshop. We also redefined the teams individual roles within the company and then created a new mission statement.  This was a fun, upleveling  and empowering session.  It's so enjoyable to see how using creativity and art-making can enhance the development of left brain structured business processes.  My intent is to continue to facilitate this process with this team as they continue to create their dream business.

As you know most great business decisions are made around the kitchen table.  Here we are creating in my kitchen around my kitchen table.  It's exciting to be able to interject a touch of whimsy to such a heavy subject.