Number 45 is the number for the attribute of “Growth”, which comes from the section my book “The Garden of the Soul” called “Lessons from the Daffodils”. The Daffodils teach us “The Principle of Becoming” which is all about youth, rebirth, discovery, evolution and creativity… and of course the process of growth. Let this one take root. It’s a subtle one.

And be sure to tune into next Wednesday’s show to find out what next week’s number is. AND if you’d like to help me write my book, and get a chance at having your name announced on the radio and in my next book, don’t forget to send me your intuitive number for next week’s meditation.

The Daffodil

Day 45: Growth
Growth is our willingness to expand beyond our boundaries and move into a different space. I say “willingness” because, while the natural tendency of all life is growth and expansion, true Growth can only take place via a combination of consciousness, will and intention. For instance, if you stop tending to your garden for only a few weeks, you will quickly see the life-forms spread out in every direction and create chaos, as conflicting intentions compete for space. A garden that gets choked with weeds, or a body that becomes riddled with cancer, are both signs that our consciousness and intention are competing rather than working with the principle of Divine Growth.

The Daffodils in The Garden of the Soul are teachers of this balance between consciousness, will and intention. As spring approaches, they become conscious of the changes in the time and space around them, and the, at precisely the right moment, willingly and freely expand beyond the boundaries of their underworld as they burst into the chilly late winter air. Rarely do you see a lone Daffodil. Rather, they spread like a bright yellow sea throughout the countryside, taking all the space they want, with the sole intention of announcing “Spring has come!” In doing this, they begin the cycle of Divine Growth.

Similarly, when we set our consciousness upon an intention of bringing about powerful change, whether for ourselves or the rest of the world, we begin to tap into our own natural potential for Divine Growth. To do this, we must, like the Daffodils, settle our consciousness into the “underworld” of a quiet mind. Then, as our consciousness becomes full, we must hold the enquiry, “What is needed now, at this point in time and space?” When our consciousness hears the answer to this question, we will then feel the will arising to act upon it. At this point, it becomes our choice to allow that will to flow or not. If intention is not there, then we are apt not to answer the call. If intention drives our choice, then we are more likely.

Without Divine Intentions, our decisions are likely to take on the qualities of the overgrown garden. When we set our Divine Intention by asking, “What is needed now, at this point in time and space?” we connect to the purpose of our actions, and become able to set our Divine intentions and initiate the process of Divine Growth.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Inertia, routine, narrow-mindedness, resistant to new things, directionlessness, falling back on habits, dull spirit, decay

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Open-mindedness, willingness, full of intention, vision, faith, productivity, expansiveness, exuberance, evolving spirit

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

1. What is needed now, for me and for the rest of the world, at this point in time and space?
2. What will grow if this need is filled?
3. What will grow if it is not filled?

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I hope you liked this week’s Garden of the Soul Weekly Meditation. Read below to find you how you can help me write my next book, have your name mentioned on the radio, and have a chance to be mentioned in the book, under my acknowledgements.

ABOUT THIS COLLABORATIVE BOOK PROJECT…
I am writing a “Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul: 80 Daily/Weekly Practices to Allow Your Spirit to Blossom”. The book has 80 Daily (or Weekly) meditations to help to cultivate the spiritual attributes of the four flowers in the book. All 80 attributes are already “assigned” a number, but the entries for them have not necessarily been written yet.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

1. Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
2. I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
3. I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
4. AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
5. AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can SEND me your number by:

• On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn
• On my Fan Page at http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan
• Via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/LynnSerafinn  
• Through my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
• A comment on my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

• Subscribing to my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
• Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots 
• Joining my Facebook FAN page at: http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan
• Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
• Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

HERE’S THE BEAUTY OF IT…
If you send me a numbers for which I haven’t written the entries yet, I’ll write them as you send them. In other words, if 10 of you send me 10 new numbers, then I will write 10 new entries, but I will only post only one per week. That way, you will help me write my book, and you will receive a free meditation every week.

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

1. Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
2. Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
3. Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
4. Day 48: Discovery, selected by Geoff Laughton
5. Day 54: Rebirth, selected by Cindy Papale
6. Day 45: Growth, selected by Jude Jennison
7. Day ??? Coming next week! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.  

See you in the Garden!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
Author of Amazon bestseller, The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
Official book site: http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
Coaching: http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

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I read part of this week’s meditation earlier this week on my Wednesday broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen on demand at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

Lucky number 13 is in the number for the attribute of “Vitality” that (once again) appears in section on “The Rose: The Principle of Giving.”

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Day 13: Vitality

The Rose: The Principle of Giving

Vitality is that inner quality that generates Life. Vitality is one of the easiest and most direct indicators of our connection to Divine Source. It’s easy: if we expend great amounts of energy and feel drained, we know we are not in alignment with Source. When we feel full of life, and feel unstoppable as we progress towards our dreams, we can be confident we are in alignment with Source. When we are in alignment, we become agents of Divine Vitality, wherein lie unlimited creative possibilities.

In The Garden of the Soul the Rose is the sweet embodiment of Divine Vitality. Her vibrant colour, her unrelenting scent, her prickly thorns, her full blossoms that burst with life so full that they make the rose bush bend under their weight, give us a model of Vitality that speaks directly to the heart. And herein lies the key. Vitality means Divine vibrancy, not merely physical health. And while it is always essential to care for the body, true Vitality comes when all parts of the Self are connected and in flow.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Lethargy, frustration, headaches, exhaustion, irritability, apathy, boredom, sleeplessness, aches, pains, chronic disease

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Enthusiasm, bubbly personality, glowing health, sparkling eyes, unstoppable, fun loving, ready to go, radiant inside and out

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

1. Where in my life do I feel the most lethargic and apathetic?
2. Where in my life do I feel the most enthusiastic and radiant?
3. What things would be wonderful to add into my life that would give my heart a real surge of Vitality?

Practical exercise to cultivate this attribute
Think back to a time in your life when you felt radiant, vibrant and glowing from the inside out. Where were you? Who were you with? What were you doing? Reflect upon all the elements of that scene that made it wonderful, and write down one key word or metaphor that reminds you of each of these elements. Read these key words aloud every morning, and set the intention to find one small thing in the world that day that can bring you the essence of that same feeling of Divine Vitality.

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I hope you liked this week’s Garden of the Soul Weekly Meditation. Read below to find you how you can help me write my next book, have your name mentioned on the radio, and have a chance to be mentioned in the book, under my acknowledgements.

HOW TO HELP ME WRITE MY NEXT BOOK…
I am writing a “Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul: 80 Daily/Weekly Practices to Allow Your Spirit to Blossom”. The book has 80 Daily (or Weekly) meditations to help to cultivate the spiritual attributes of the four flowers in the book. All 80 attributes are already “assigned” a number, but the entries for them have not necessarily been written yet.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

1. Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
2. I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
3. I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
4. AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
5. AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can send me your number by:

• by putting a comment on this blog OR 
• sending it to me at Twitter at @LynnSerafinn OR 
• following me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn OR
• Sending it through my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

• Subscribing to this blog OR
• Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots OR
• Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
• Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

HERE’S THE BEAUTY OF IT…
If you send me a numbers for which I haven’t written the entries yet, I’ll write them as you send them. In other words, if 10 of you send me 10 new numbers, then I will write 10 new entries, but I will only post only one per week. That way, you will help me write my book, and you will receive a free meditation every week.

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

1. Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
2. Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
3. Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
4. ???? Coming next week! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.  

See you in the Garden!

Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
Author of Amazon bestseller, The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
Official book site: http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
Coaching: http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

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If you aren’t aware of the Weekly Meditation “game”, see info below to find out how to play.

Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. This week’s number was selected intuitively by Kate Parker from Leicester, England. Kate intuitively picked number 11, which is in the number for the attribute of “Boldness” that appears in section on “The Rose: The Principle of Giving.”

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DAY 11: BOLDNESS
Boldness is our willingness to be seen in the world. This does not mean making ourselves the centre of attention, although we might indeed find that we our noticed by others when we are bold. Boldness means we are daring enough to express our Truth using whatever the Universe has given us as our unique talent, and to live our life purpose regardless of what others may think, and in spite of what limiting beliefs we carry around about ourselves. When we are living according to our life purpose, we are fully standing in boldness.

In The Garden of the Soul the Rose teaches by example as she stands her own boldness. Standing erect and armed with thorns, she remains poised in her own beauty, softness, sensuality and alluring aroma. True boldness has nothing to do with being aggressive or rude. Nor does it mean we are never fearful. It means to pick up the challenge of the unique life purpose (our dharma) that calls us, in spite of our fears. True boldness is spiritual. When we step into spiritual boldness, we have embraced our Eternal Dharma.

SYMPTOMS OF WHEN IT IS BLOCKED OR DISTORTED
Timidity; self-criticism; feeling useless; wandering; drifting; withdrawal; avoidance; intoxication; passive or aggressive

SYMPTOMS OF WHEN IT IS FLOWING
Confidence; faith; vibrancy; steadiness; sense of Higher purpose; able to recover when shaken; self-worth; clear vision

ENQUIRIES TO CULTIVATE THIS ATTRIBUTE

1. Where do I tend not to be seen in my life?
2. What stories have I told myself about why I disappear?
3. What will change both in my own life and in the wider world when I finally step into Divine Boldness?

 PRACTICAL EXERCISE TO CULTIVATE THIS ATTRIBUTE
Take your journal and write a story about a situation in your current life where you know you are not allowing your Divine Self to be seen. Then put your pen down and meditate upon the unique gift you carry for the world. Now rewrite the same story as it would happen if you gave this gift to the world by allowing yourself to step into your Divine Boldness.

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I hope you liked this week’s Garden of the Soul Weekly Meditation.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY NEXT BOOK!
To “play” all you need to do is: 

1. Subscribe to this blog
2. Pick a number from 1 – 80 that you select intuitively.
3. Post a comment to this post below with your “intuitive” number (so everyone has a chance to play, comments will go “live” after I announce the winner for the following week)
4. I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random and publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday right here in the Garden.
5. Watch every Friday for a brand new weekly meditation, and then send me your new intuitive number

HERE’S THE BEAUTY OF IT…
If you send me a numbers for which I haven’t written the entries yet, I’ll write them as you send them. In other words, if 10 of you send me 10 new numbers, then I will write 10 new entries, but I will only post only one per week. That way, you will help me write my book, and you will receive a free meditation every week.

AND…
I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published. 

Sound like fun?

If you haven’t yet sent your number for the week, go ahead and send it now. Maybe yours will be next week’s Garden of the Soul meditation, to be posted next Friday.

Have a wonderful week in your Garden!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Personal Transformation Coach at Create-a-Life
http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

Author of Amazon bestseller,
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/LynnSerafinn
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1. Subscribe to this blog
2. Post a comment to this post below with your “intuitive” number (so everyone has a chance to play, comments will go “live” after I announce the winner for the week)
3. Watch every Friday for a brand new weekly meditation

By the way, I started this “game” on my Facebook group last week, so I do have one meditation already done for you, which I’ll put in my next post later today.

AND come join the “Garden of the Soul” group on Facebook too at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots

Have a wonderful week in your Garden!
Warm wishes,
Lynn

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Social Networking or Social Netplaying? Is our workaholic society finally learning how to play while we work online?

Note to Twitter Virgins: the “@” sign in front of name indicates a Twitter ID. I have inserted links below to these people on Twitter. Generally, to find a person online, go to http://www.twitter.com/ and then put in the name of the person without the “@”. If you don’t know their Twitter ID, go to the site and do a search by real name.

Recently someone on the coaching networks asked for recommended resources for someone who has just started their coaching practice and wants to learn about social networking.

My Twitter friend @TiaSparkles commented that it is pretty much a matter of “learning by immersion”. Yup. That’s pretty much the way I learned too. I have, however, a computer full of eBooks, audio, etc., I have downloaded from various sites over the years. Not all of it is about social networking. A lot of it is about SEO, online marketing, press releases, article marketing, virtual book tours… you name it. if I really sat down and put them altogether onto a single file, I think I would find a veritable encyclopedia of information I have gathered of the past couple of years. The world of Web 2.0 is simply amazing.

Two online gurus I follow are Mari Smith (@MariSmith) and Biana Babinsky (@BianaBabinsky). Although Mari is known for her Facebook tips, I actually didn’t meet her until I got onto Twitter. A few years ago, when I was first starting out in the online scene, I took several of Biana’s teleclasses or how to run telecourses, do article marketing, etc. These days, I follow both Mari and Biana, plus a whole range of other social networking gurus on Twitter. Whenever I see one of their posts, I try to ReTweet it to help spread the word. The great thing about social networking is that just about everyone is happy to help.

While most people say that Facebook is a great place to start with social networking, I actually took a little longer to get into it than I did with other networks. Ironically, it was by getting more into Twitter that I learned more about Facebook, because Mari and so many others gave such great tips. I have come to like Facebook, but I actually enjoy Twitter, LinkedIn, and Ning even more. Each has its own appeal, and each achieves different results. For information, LinkedIn is a fabulous resource if you use the Q&A and groups properly. On Ning, you can join (and create) many different special interest groups and broadcast to all of them in one go. And on Twitter, it is absolutely astonishing at how quickly people will connect with you and how fast and fun it can be. In amongst the business promotion, people will Tweet jokes, music, random comments and have conversations about their personal lives.  One of my favourite Tweets is @deepwaterscoach who runs a cheesy disco using “Blip” on Friday nights. Twitter is pretty fascinating.

But again, what is so remarkable is how quickly people will connect with you and offer to help you… and not just by giving you advice. Last week, I was doing a key word search for “mind body spirit” (MBS) and I met a few folks who were exhibiting at the MBS Fair in London. Without even knowing me or being asked, @RobertCurrey graciously offered me a free ticket to the event, which saved me £9 (about $16). I met him and his wife at the Fair and had a great time, making many good contacts at the event. Last week, a brand new Tweet @SouthsideBroadc who didn’t know me at all invited me to do a radio interview in Scotland to talk about my book! Then, I visited the blog of another new Tweet @inspiredwriter and read her articles about flower metaphors as a means to personal reflection. We exchanged a few Tweets and she is now going to run a big article series (again linked to my book) on her blog These three connections took place over about 2-3 Tweets to each person. Others have just said hello to me and then gone off to Amazon to buy my book!  How amazing is all that?

Of course, Twitter can be daunting to those who are new to it. There are lots of Twitter Etiquette (Twitterquette) and tricks to learn to make it work for you. The best thing to do is follow some of the gurus (or ME, @LynnSerafinn, lol!) and watch out for their instructional links. But the other thing to do is to engage and play with your Twitter friends. Then, when you see they are promoting something, help them out by “ReTweeting” (sending their info to all your contacts). That’s part of the “Twitterquette” I was talking about. And then there are other things like “followfriday”, hashtags, Twibes… ok, I’ll stop because I don’t want to overwhelm the novice.

The one thing I would recommend is to use an interface like TweetDeck (free download at www.tweetdeck.com) instead of the main Twitter page, as it permits for more interaction and easier organisation of your Tweets. TweetDeck changed my whole Twitter experience.

One other nifty thing you can do with Twitter (if you have a WordPress blog like this one) is to use the plugin “BirdFeeder” which automatically announces your new blog posts to Twitter (which you can, in turn, have wired up so it forwards it to Facebook too). Presto! You are announcing your blog to all your contacts.

One thing I do, which is also a form of social networking, is my own BlogTalkRadio show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. I absolutely love it and I have to say, it has had more hits in the past 4 months than my coaching website has had in the past 3 years.  Why is it a form of social networking? Because through it I am meeting an enormous amount of people who support my work and vice versa. I receive books from authors who want to be on my show. I help promote them, and they in turn become a permanent part of my network. Listeners and other hosts extend it even more. Doing an online radio show is the MOST fun thing I have taken up in years. I would do it just for enjoyment even if I did not need it for netWORKing.

Lastly, I just want to say that last month, my new book The Garden of the Soul made the Amazon bestseller lists in mind-body-spirit, spirituality and self-help during the week of its launch. That success was ENTIRELY due to a very coordinated joint venture strategy via the social networks (all of them). My Twitter supporters on that project are just TOO numerous to count here.

I think social networking (or netPLAYing) is an ingenious creation by our wonderful human race that is in reaction to our dangerously disconnected and isolated society. It helps bring us together in novel and fun ways AND helps to promote our businesses while we’re at it. If you are feeling daunted about the idea of social networking, then try a different perspective: learn to see it as a new hobby that you are justified in spending a certain amount of time a day doing. Don’t get carried away with it, but just learn to enjoy it and play with it. Your attitude will be contagious, and your business will flourish.

There are just so many things I’d like to share about the fun side of social networking. I’m thinking to run a telecourse “Social NetPLAYing: Practical Skills for Coaches and Writers” sometime in the summer. I know there are so many others running such courses, but I have a specific slant, and I will share some of my personal strategies. If you are even remotely interested, OR if you think it’s a good idea, I would welcome your feedback at lynn@create-a-life-co.uk. I’m not looking for a “commitment.” Just trying to find out if there is a market for my particular style out there. If I feel there is a hunger for it, I’ll plan to run the course (perhaps in July).

I have put my own social network links below. I invite ANY readers of this blog to follow me (please identify yourself as a Garden of the Soul Fan so I accept your invitation and/or follow you back).

Enjoy social networking… and don’t forget to PLAY!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Personal Transformation Coach at Create-a-Life
http://www.create-a-life.co.uk
Author of Amazon bestseller,
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

–> TUNE IN to my weekly radio show “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul”, exploring life purpose, personal empowerment, balance of mind, body and spirit, and how to tap into the inner hero that lies within every human being:
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–> JOIN my social network “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul”, a vibrant place for cultural and spiritual
creatives:
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Well, my blog is a TOTALLY late this week! Last week I had a whole series of physical challenges that got me in a real state. First I had a massive spasm in my shoulder that wouldn’t go away. The pain was excruciating. Over the week, it became obvious to me that the spasm was actually being triggered by something weird going on in my teeth. Then, finally, on Sunday of this week one of my teeth when totally haywire and I had massive nerve pain running through my head, face and neck. It was so painful I just couldn’t think straight at all. AND then on top of everything else, it was a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK and everything was closed. I ended up in the hospital at A&E, where they pumped me full of pain killers until I could get to my dentist…which I finally did yesterday. She took one look at my tooth and said that the root was dying and that I need a root canal right away. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? Well, I have to say she actually did a magnificent job of it. Apart from the pain of the shot going into the roof of my mouth (OUCH!), I felt absolutely no pain; today, I am happy to say, I am pain-free, drug-free and even should-spasm free. I feel really lucky and in SUCH a better mood!

So, while the going is good, I decided I would write TWO blogs today about my past two guests on BlogTalkRadio. The first is about last week’s show, which aired on Wednesday 29 April 2009, where I interviewed Conscious Living Communicator and 6-time author Michelle Payton, Ph.D.

Michelle explained that she calls herself a “conscious living communicator” and a “mind over matter professional” because the essence of her work is to help others live consciously. She said that she was led to this work by asking herself questions like:

• “Why am I doing what I am doing?”
• “How do I learn how to interact with others gracefully?”
• “How do I express my own intuition to others with ease?”

In Michelle’s work, she uses a variety of methods to “help people relax into who they are” including hypnotherapy, NLP and EFT. But one particular method that she created, and about which she is particularly enthusiastic, is called “Birth Mix Patterns” (BMP). BMP combines Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order. She calls this your “Cosmic Personality Mix” and says that understanding it can help you create better relationships, and gain insight into your underlying life path.

Michelle discussed the appeal and logic of combining these methods. She commented that, in her opinion, numerology has a masculine feel, while astrology has a more feminine quality. She says that when she goes into a workplace using BMP, it’s actually a lot of fun, and it takes the mystique out of these three elements. She also mentioned that men especially seem to be extremely interested in understanding their birth order to shed light on their own personalities.

Michelle’s unique method involves taking the birth date of a person and putting it into its numerical equivalent, and then looking at it in the context of birth order. To show how easy it is to do, she gave a short demo on the air, by looking at my own numerology, birth date and birth order. She pointed out that birth order is not always self-evident. We can be “only children” if we are more than 5 years away from our nearest sibling. Also, being the first in a particular gender (i.e., the first girl or the first boy) can also impact our personality. If you want to find out what she said about me… well, you’ll just have to listen to the podcast below.

And after you do, be sure to visit Michelle’s website and calculate your own numbers for yourself for FR*EE:

Michelle’s sites:

• www.MichellePayton.com
• www.HelpingUExpand.com

 On those sites, you will find fr*ee items like:

• Michelle’s Mindful Minute
• Information on how to calculate Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order,
• Recorded seminars on this subject
• and more.

Michelle has also written three books on this subject (click on a title to see its listing on Amazon.com):

Birth Mix Patterns and Loving Relationships: Using Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order
SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages: 137 ~ ISBN: 9780971980440 ~ 6 x 9 paperbac 

Birth Mix Patterns:  Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order and their effects on Families & Other Groups that Matter                         
SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages: 133 ~ ISBN: 9780971980433 ~ 6 x 9 paperback  

Birth Mix Patterns:  Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order and their effects on the Past, Present and Future
SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages:  157 ~ ISBN: 9780971980426 ~ 6 x 9 paperback 

Listen to the show now:

Or download the podcast:  

Or browse through other episodes at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

NEXT ON
Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
(this show was already aired; catch the blog and podcast shortly) 

Wednesday 6 May 2009
Ep16: Voice as a Key to Wholeness
6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET
Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts coach and spiritual healer Gemini Adams, author of the book “Your Legacy of Love: realise the gift in goodbye”. Gemini will share her own story of how her mother’s untimely death when she was a young woman gave her insight into value of creating a loving and living legacy for those we leave behind us after we leave the world, as a means of overcoming and preparing for the challenges of loss. She will also talk about how this experience helped her to unlock her own voice to find ultimate wholeness of self and peace with the universe after years of previously unresolved bereavement.

Listen LIVE or on demand at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/06/Voice-as-a-Key-to-Wholeness

 Can’t make it to the live show? No problem!

Catch all our episodes “on demand” at
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

About the show, “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul”
Weekly broadcast exploring personal empowerment, life purpose, balance of mind, body and spirit, and how to tap into the inner hero that lies within every human being. Hosted by Lynn Serafinn, Personal Transformation Coach and author living in Bedford England dedicated to awakening the authentic voice in all people. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, and the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, a holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.

Lynn’s links

• Garden of the Soul Book Blog: www.give-receive-become-be.com
• Garden of the Soul Social Network: http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
• Create-a-Life Coaching/Training: www.create-a-life.co.uk
• Global Wellness Circle: www.global-wellness-circle.com 

You can STILL receive 26 special mind-body-spirit gifts
when you buy my book
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
before Friday 8 May 2009.
This is the ABSOLUTE final deadline… it was actually supposed to end last week, but my toothache got in the way!
So, my pain is your gain!
Buy the book and get these beautiful gifts at:
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pages/bonus.html

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Monday 23 March 2009
Park Road West Methodist Church Hall,
Park Road West (just off Roff Ave) MK41 7SB

• Rich Gilbert, Forever Living. Aloe Vera the Miracle Plant. Historic facts, health benefits, and emerging advancements in the world of medical research.
• Rosamund Hoskins, Alexander Technique Teacher. Alexander Technique and Performance. How simple body awareness can transform your experience of performance as a musician, public speaker and other forms of presentation.
• Ursula Kraus-Harper, Registered Homeopath. Homeopathy for Menopause. A guide to natural homeopathic treatments for the relief of a range of menopausal symptoms.
• Lynn Serafinn of Create-a-Life Personal Transformation Coaching. A Formula for Joy (Part 3). Simple secrets for unlocking joy in your life now.
• PLUS music from John Levine of Alpahmusic to get your brain into a stress-free alpha state.
• AND exhibits, socialising and great community vibes.
• Come join us!

Doors open: 7 PM for music, social networking, displays
Programme: 7.30 – 9.30 PM
Entry £4 at the door. FREE to GWC members.

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P.S.: If you like this video, PLEASE leave a comment, AND it would be great if you could go to YouTube and post your comments and give it a rating. The direct link to the video on YouTube is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2TjSangR8

AND… don’t forget to sign up for out Amazon Launch countdown,
so you can receive 25 very special mind-body-spirit gifts
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I simple HAD to post this in my blog because: a) I love this song and every time I listen to it I feel happy; b) this guy’s voice is so crystal clear it is simply angelic and c) it is an amazing example of creating from other. The actual song is only 3 minutes long, and look at how he someone manages to hold the room for over 8 minutes, working with his fellow musician and the audience. Talk about reading the space! I simply love it.

Enjoy!

If this doesn’t appear correctly on your screen, you can view it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYhrYHmUPn0

 The Garden of the Soul Amazon Launch Countdown has started! Check out all the great gifts you can receive
when you buy the book at: 
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http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pdfs/JCPenney1977.pdf

WARNING: I don’t recommend eating or drinking anything whilst reading this. It could be life-threatening. This warning absolves me of any bodily injury that might ensue as a result of negligence on your part.

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