Welcome to Awaken & Connect

Awaken and Connect is a resource and guide for you to connect with and honor your amazing self.  Each of us are unique and we all have an authentic self that is screaming to get out and express itself to the world. Awaken and Connect is about awakening and connecting with your self and your special talents and passions to live your life authentically. Living authentically leads to better relationships both personally and professionally, a sense of peace in daily actions, deep happiness with yourself and feelings of belonging and purpose in this vast world!

Jorginho

Release Past Anger (Lesson’s from my new favorite Brazilian novela)!

Hello my lovelies! It feels great to be sharing here again.  For those of you that don’t know, I have been living in Brazil for over a month now.  I am here to learn Portuguese and immerse myself in the Brazilian culture.  It is amazing!  You should definitly put “Visit Brazil” on your bucket list.  Trust me, but …

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baby steps

Just Take Baby Steps!

Wow, I can’t believe January is almost over!  All this planning for our move to Brazil is a lot of work, but well worth it!!! Today I was at the board meeting of an organization I work with called Interactions for Peace (www.interactionsforpeace.org).  Check them out, they are a great organization.   While I was …

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empower

Empower Yourself in 2012!

You have more power and strength than you know!  We all do!  It doesn’t matter where you have been or where you are now, YOU have an inner strength and power stronger than any situation and any circumstance. This year, focus on harnessing your inner power.  As you stop giving power to other people (friends, …

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New Year

The Best New Year’s Resolution EVER: Ditch Your Unnecessary Attachments!

Ok, so you might have just read the title and thought, “Wow, we still have two more weeks of 2011 and she’s already talking about New Year’s Resolutions”!  I know we still have a couple weeks, but if the next two weeks go by as quick as the last two weeks, it’s going to fly …

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patience

What’s Your Patience Level?

I really like the saying above, “Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting”.  I experienced this first hand this weekend while I waited at the San Ysidro border crossing for over 4 hours to get back to San Diego.  Even people that regularly cross the …

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Release Past Anger (Lesson’s from my new favorite Brazilian novela)!Just Take Baby Steps!Empower Yourself in 2012!The Best New Year’s Resolution EVER: Ditch Your Unnecessary Attachments!What’s Your Patience Level?