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	<itunes:summary>Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts variety of authors, creatives, coaches and other inspirational speakers 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. Guests include authors, life coaches, musicians, artists, inspirational speakers, holistic practitioners, spiritual teachers, and others with inspirational stories to tell. Episode titles include “Peace Begets Peace”, “Using Creativity to Heal the Self”, Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life”, “Grief as a Pathway to Growth” and “Freeing Your Relationship”. Lynn Serafinn is a Personal Transformation Coach living in Bedford England, dedicated to awakening the authentic voice in all people through her company Create-a-Life. She is the author of the upcoming 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.</itunes:summary>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World (Part 5 of 5)
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Personal Transformation Coach and bestselling author
For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009
For Part 3: view post dated 9 July 2009
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World (Part 5 of 5)</span><br />
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC<br />
<a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk" target="_blank">Personal Transformation Coach </a>and bestselling author</strong></p>
<p><strong>For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009<br />
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009<br />
For Part 3: view post dated 9 July 2009<br />
For Part 4: view post dated 10 July 2009</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Becoming BIG<br />
</em></strong>Just to share with you, three years ago, I claimed my own life purpose: </p>
<p align="center"><em>“I am the all-embracing voice that frees the hearts of millions<br />
to sing their own true song.”</em></p>
<p> Notice this life purpose sounds very “big”. A life purpose <em>should</em> be big! When I work with clients to find their life purpose, we don’t stop until it takes their own breath away. My purpose still takes my breath away, and it gives me tremendous self-permission and motivation. How can I “free the hearts of millions” if I stay in a box living a small life? For instance, I wrote a book and I also do a radio show. Both of these reach an audience that is far greater than I could ever have reached if I stayed “small”. My book is all about finding one’s voice and living the life you were meant to live. Reaching a wide audience is not driven by my own personal desire for fame, but rather by my life purpose. I know that I can only help free the hearts of millions by reaching millions of people.</p>
<p> <strong><em>Balance, resilience and recovery<br />
</em></strong>Getting to the stage of discovering and claiming our life purpose is wonderful, but if I were simply to get clients all high on life during our coaching sessions with no tools to recover from the inevitable ups and downs of life, then they would simply burn out and are likely to go back to their old patterns in life. In my book <em>The Garden of the Soul</em>, as well as in my own life, I follow a simple balancing model of Four Principles: Give, Receive, Become and Be. Life is like riding a surfboard. There are always going to be waves going up and down and side to side. Surfers know how to sense the waves and stay on the board, and if they do happen to fall off, they know how to get out of the way of the board, and also how to get back onto their feet. All in all, it’s a fine craft learning how to find balance, expanding the awareness, trusting your intuition, responding to the situation and enjoying the ride.</p>
<p>And that is what really what life is all about too. In my own life, my book, my coaching and my workshops I use this model of “Give, Receive, Become and Be” to master the art of balance, resilience and recovery, so that we can find a sustainable way to find fulfilment, manifest our life purpose and become the heroes of our own lives, and bring all those wonderful gifts into the world for which we were created.</p>
<p>And that is why personal transformation is so important, not merely for our own sakes, but for the sake of the entire world. If you have been stuck in an unfulfilling state of life, resisting the call of your own life because you thought it would be selfish to do so, or felt you did not have the courage or ability to change, go for a walk into Nature today and simply listen, allowing the Universe to speak directly to your heart. You will hear that all your reasons for avoiding your own life are based upon fear of being alone in your story. Step into that fear and embrace your purpose in life, and allow the Universe carry you. If you feel any doubts, remind yourself that this wonderful Universe is big enough to carry each and every one of us.</p>
<p>AND… never forget: the Universe WANTS you to succeed!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*   *   *   *   *</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>That&#8217;s the complete article<br />
&#8220;Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ready to explore your own journey of personal transformation?<br />
I offer free 30-minute consultations to a limited amount of prospective clients every month. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:info@create-a-life.co.uk?subject=&quot;consultation request&quot;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">CLICK HERE</span></a></span> to request a free consultation. </strong></p>
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<p>For more information about Lynn and her work, visit:</p>
<ul>
<li>COACHING: <a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/">www.create-a-life.co.uk</a></li>
<li>BOOK: <a href="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/">www.give-receive-become-be.com</a> (or find the book on Amazon)</li>
<li>GLOBAL WELLNESS CIRCLE: <a href="http://www.global-wellness-circle/">www.global-wellness-circle</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL RADIO SHOW: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL FACEBOOK GROUP: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots">http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan">http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL SOCIAL NETWORK: <a href="http://www.gardenofthesoul.ning.com/">www.gardenofthesoul.ning.com</a></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World (Part 4)
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Personal Transformation Coach and bestselling author
For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009
For Part 3: view post dated 9 July 2009
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World (Part 4)</span><br />
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC<br />
<a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk" target="_blank">Personal Transformation Coach </a>and bestselling author</strong></p>
<p><strong>For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009<br />
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009<br />
For Part 3: view post dated 9 July 2009</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The role of coaching in this process<br />
</em></strong>In my coaching, this is a major facet of how I help people. First, I help them realise the unconscious limiting belief patterns they have created and carried with them for many years (perhaps since they were children). Because coaching focuses on the “now” and not the past, it is not essential to go back in time to the cause of these beliefs; but often I find that as soon as clients see the pattern emerging in their lives, they can frequently scan back in their memory and find the root of it without effort. Usually, they are amazed that the belief has gone back so far in time, and they begin to see the impact this belief has had upon them, sometimes for many decades. This in itself can create a huge shift in the clients’ view of life, and they see that they are truly at choice to change their belief system, if it is no longer working for them in their current lives.</p>
<p><strong><em>Stepping into your life purpose<br />
</em></strong>Of course, as you begin to transform, it is also important to learn compassion and forgiveness towards oneself as you release these old belief systems, so you do not blame yourself for wasted time or spend time dwelling on regrets for past decisions. This process of “letting go” is the next stage in transformation. Taking a step back and seeing the bigger picture of the story of your life, instead of all the little stories in isolation, you begin to see who the world has been calling for you to become within your lifetime. At this stage, I help clients identify and claim their life purpose.</p>
<p>A life purpose is not the same thing as a career or defining what you want to “do”. A life purpose is identifying your ultimate <em>impact</em> on the world—your legacy. Once we come to understand that we actually have a life purpose, we look at life differently.</p>
<p>If the words “impact” or “legacy” are too challenging for you at this point, trying substituting them with the word “gift”. To get a clue as to your purpose in life, ask yourself these questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>What keeps calling me over and over again throughout my life?</li>
<li>What do I keep resisting out of fear?</li>
<li>If I could create/do anything, what is the “gift” I would want to leave behind for the rest of the world?</li>
<li>What would I need to stop resisting so I could give that gift?</li>
</ul>
<p>When you begin to see that you have a “gift” for the world, it shifts your sense of purpose. Instead of believing you are powerless and insignificant, you begin to see your own importance in the world. When I work with clients at this stage, I help them “claim” their life purpose, and learn how to give themselves full permission to live that purpose, for the sake of giving the gift that only they can give. This is when all the old, out-of-date belief systems simply start to slip away. No longer do we see ourselves as selfish human beings for living our life purpose, Rather we start to see that our own personal transformation and fulfilment is actually the key that can unlock a future world that is full of peace, harmony, compassion and wide-spread happiness at a global level&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>To be continued.<br />
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<p><strong>Coming up in Part 5:</strong></p>
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<li>&#8220;Becoming BIG&#8221; and</li>
<li>&#8220;Balance, Resilience and Recovery&#8221;</li>
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<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>
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by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
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For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Personal Transformation and Why it is Important for the Greater World (Part 3)</span><br />
by Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC<br />
<a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk" target="_blank">Personal Transformation Coach </a>and bestselling author</strong></p>
<p><strong>For Part 1: view post dated 7 July 2009<br />
For Part 2: view post dated 8 July 2009</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The impact our beliefs have upon us<br />
</em></strong>When we are convinced that something “is” true, it stands to reason that we will not bother to look at it a different way. So at the core of this feeling of powerlessness is the belief that something simply “is” and we are not at choice with it.</p>
<p>But the minute we are willing to try to see the same situation from a different angle, we have stepped out of the role of being the victim, and become one step closer to our Authentic Self. For instance, if someone has the habitual tendency to criticise you, you might have developed a belief around the fact that you are trapped in this situation and cannot escape it. At the core of this belief might be a deeper belief that you are weak and powerless, or that you actually are all the horrible things that the person is saying you are. Standing in these beliefs, you already believe yourself to be weak, flawed and vulnerable, and your reactions will be dictated by these beliefs. Because you feel so vulnerable, you might react by counter-attacking their criticisms. Or, if you are feeling very flawed and weak, you might simply “stuff” your feelings so as not to get into an argument, only to feel upset or irritable about it later. You might even believe that what they are saying is true, and beat yourself up about it rather than get into a conflict with them.</p>
<p>This is classic “passive-aggressive” behaviour. In either case, whether passive or aggressive, you have still allowed their criticisms to affect you emotionally, and to enter your mental and physical world. In the long term, this can cause stress and even disease. In some extreme scenarios (such as abuse or incessant bullying) it might be necessary to take yourself physically out of the situation as a first step, but until you learn how to realign and rebalance yourself from such energies in the outside world, you will simply continue to swing back and forth in a passive-aggressive pattern, without being truly free of its effects.</p>
<p><strong><em>Learning to realign<br />
</em></strong>Learning to realign is a matter of developing the ability to step into different perspectives where you are not “taking on” the energy of that critical person, and you do not feel the need to expend any of your own energy towards it, whether physical, mental or emotional. When you begin this process of realignment, you start to see that person as someone who is simply trapped in their own sense of powerlessness, and their criticisms lose their energy. When you do not take on that undesired energy, and you do not expend any of your own energy to reflect it, you remain equipoised, balanced and stress-free. And when the body and mind are not under stress, it means you are not only healthier and happier, but you are also more able to be creative and find more solutions to the challenges in your life. So while it is true that you cannot change the person’s behaviour, their behaviour no longer has a negative impact on you, and you find that you are more able to create the outcome you truly desire for yourself&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>To be continued.<br />
Be sure to subscribe to this blog to receive complete article.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Coming up in Part 4:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;The Role of Coaching in this Process&#8221; and</li>
<li>&#8220;Stepping into Your Life Purpose&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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<div id="attachment_783" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 136px"><a href="http://give-receive-become-be.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lynn_serafinn_sm.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-783" title="lynn_serafinn_sm" src="http://give-receive-become-be.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/lynn_serafinn_sm-126x150.jpg" alt="Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC" width="126" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC</p></div>
<p>For more information about Lynn and her work, visit:</p>
<ul>
<li>COACHING: <a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/">www.create-a-life.co.uk</a></li>
<li>BOOK: <a href="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/">www.give-receive-become-be.com</a> (or find the book on Amazon)</li>
<li>GLOBAL WELLNESS CIRCLE: <a href="http://www.global-wellness-circle/">www.global-wellness-circle</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL RADIO SHOW: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL FACEBOOK GROUP: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots">http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan">http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan</a></li>
<li>GARDEN OF THE SOUL SOCIAL NETWORK: <a href="http://www.gardenofthesoul.ning.com/">www.gardenofthesoul.ning.com</a></li>
</ul>

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		<title>Coaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Serafinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
 Transformation Coaching 
Coaching, workshops, training, public speaking
http://www.create-a-life.co.uk
Book Promotion Coaching and Book Campaign Management
I  unlock Number-1 bestselling mind-body-spirit authors through  authentic, spirit-based promotional campaigns. I am generally booked at least 6 months in advance, so if you have a book coming out sometime within the next year, and would like a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/images/lynn_serafinn_jan09-1a.jpg" alt="" width="107" height="143" align="left" /><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;"> Transformation Coaching</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;"><br />
Coaching, workshops, training, public speaking</span><strong></strong><strong><a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/"><strong></p>
<p>http://www.create-a-life.co.uk</strong></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Book Promotion Coaching and Book Campaign Management</span></strong></p>
<p>I  unlock Number-1 bestselling mind-body-spirit authors through  authentic, spirit-based promotional campaigns. I am generally booked at least 6 months in advance, so if you have a book coming out sometime within the next year, and would like a consultation to see how I can help you, please contact me via the contact form at <a href="http://spiritauthors.com/contact">http://spiritauthors.com/contact.</a><em title="http://www.spiritauthors.com/"> </em>I am also available to speak about online book promotion and principles of spiritual marketing.</p>
<p><a title="http://www.spiritauthors.com/" href="http://www.spiritauthors.com/"><em title="http://www.spiritauthors.com/">http://spiritauthors.com</em></a><a title="http://www.spiritauthorscoach.com/" href="http://www.spiritauthorscoach.com/"><em title="http://www.spiritauthorscoach.com/"><br />
http://spiritauthorscoach.com</em></a><strong><em> </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Transformation Coaching, public speaking, workshops</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;I help people overcome their limiting beliefs, establish connection to their Higher Self, discover their life purpose, and become the heroes of their own lives. My goal is to turn up the volume of the music in YOUR heart!&#8221;</span></em></span></p>
<p>I am an award-winning certified coach, teacher, Co-active Leader, as well as an Amazon bestelling author in self-help, mind-body-spirit and spirituality. My passion is to help people find and express their authentic voice and find deep fulfilment in their work, life and relationships. I do this through my coaching, my courses and workshops, my public speaking and broadcasting, and my writing. I like to refer to myself as a &#8220;Cosmic Alchemist&#8221;, as I believe the universe is continually providing us with everything we need to pro-actively create fantastically rewarding lives, if we only learn some basic skills to recognise, receive and utilise what is around us. I also believe that all people are the heroes of their own lives, and that Personal Transformation is one way to unlock that inner hero, not only for your own personal fulfilment, but also to enable you to create a powerful and positive impact in the world. What makes me unique is my &#8220;Create-a-Life System&#8221; for personal growth that can help you tap into your &#8220;Whole Self&#8221;, offering you a practical system for specific needs, depending upon where YOU are on your hero&#8217;s journey in life.<br />
<a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/images/banner2.jpg" alt="" width="456" height="115" align="center" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>My coaching company is called &#8220;Create-a-Life&#8221;<br />
because I help people create the lives they want to live.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>I offer:</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;">1-to-1 coaching</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Garden of the Soul Coaching Groups</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Transformation Telecourses</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Transformation Trilogy Workshops</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Coming late 2009: &#8220;Becoming the Hero of Your Own Life Retreat&#8221;</li>
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<p>Details of the above services will be on this site shortly. If you wish to know more now, please send your query to <a href="mailto:info@create-a-life.co.uk">info@create-a-life.co.uk</a>, or sign up for a free consultation on my Create-a-Life website at <a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk">www.create-a-life.co.uk</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>If you are FINALLY ready to discover your life purpose, stop self-sabotage, express your authentic self and create the life you were meant to live with an award-winning coach, teacher, and bestselling spirituality author:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Visit my Create-a-Life Website at </strong><a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk"><strong>http://www.create-a-life.co.uk</strong></a><strong><br />
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		<title>The Gift in Goodbye. Interview with Gemini Adams</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Serafinn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realising the Gift in Goodbye: Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s interview with author Gemini Adams on BlogTalkRadio reveals how Gemini&#8217;s journey through bereavement led to her finding her authentic voice.

SHOW: Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul
EP16-Voice as a Key to Wholeness
GUEST: Gemini Adams
DATE AIRED: Wednesday 6 May 2009
I met coach, author and spiritual healer Gemini Adams earlier this year when [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Realising the Gift in Goodbye: Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s interview with author Gemini Adams on BlogTalkRadio reveals how Gemini&#8217;s journey through bereavement led to her finding her authentic voice.<br />
</em></strong><strong><em><br />
SHOW:</em></strong><em> Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul<br />
</em><strong><em>EP16-</em></strong><em>Voice as a Key to Wholeness<br />
</em><strong><em>GUEST:</em></strong><em> Gemini Adams<br />
</em><strong><em>DATE AIRED:</em></strong><em> </em><em>Wednesday 6 May </em><em>2009</em><em></em></p>
<p>I met coach, author and spiritual healer Gemini Adams earlier this year when we were both guests on John Levine&#8217;s Happy and Healthy Hour in Cambridge, England. Gemini is a Brit by birth who currently makes her home in Los Angeles, so I was fortunate to have crossed her path on one of her occasional trips back to her homeland. What I noticed about her as soon as I met her was how open and generous she was. She did not even know me and she immediately took one of her books out of her satchel, signed it and made a gift of it to me. Of course, I knew I had to have this woman on my radio show.</p>
<p>Gemini is the author of a unique book called <em>Your Legacy of Love: realise the gift in goodbye</em>. The book was prompted by Gemini&#8217;s mother&#8217;s untimely death from cancer, when Gemini was only 21 years old. While much of the book gives us deep insight into the largely unspoken impact of bereavement upon the human spirit, and how it can last far longer than most of us care to admit, this is not just another book about loss and how to deal with it at an emotional level. Gemini offers the reader practical answers to how to deal with the &#8220;D&#8221; word, so that your loved ones are not left with a big gaping hole in their lives. </p>
<p>That practical solution is to leave a legacy of love for those you will leave behind. Gemini offers a range of practical, creative and pleasurable ideas for what that could be, ranging from letters to your loved ones, personal biographies, musical diaries, detailed instructions for how you wish to be remembered, and many other ideas. Gemini gives many compelling reasons why we should do this when we are well and fit, rather than waiting for the time when, heaven forbid, we find ourselves diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. She describes in detail, giving many case studies, how the gift of a legacy of love can help those we leave behind deal with grief and bereavement after we pass on.</p>
<p>And like all books, especially of this type, there is always a story behind it. Gemini explained to me how the process of writing this book also helped unlock her own voice to find ultimate wholeness of self and peace with the universe after years of previously unresolved bereavement. In a private interview, she told me how she believes that &#8220;our authentic voice is always there, but we are scared to use it.&#8221; Having done past life regression, Gemini came to the conclusion that this might be the culmination of issues that have transpired of many lifetimes, and that it can go on for generations. She says that she finds this to be especially true of women, and that she felt that this was a kind of historical, collective pain that all of us must confront and overcome. To overcome this, it is essential that we break through the fear of judgement. She said that writing offered her great healing in this regard, but the inner barriers are often more formidable than what can be resolved through writing.</p>
<p>It was this need to break free from these fears that ultimate drove Gemini to take action. Going strongly against her middle class instincts, she decided to give up her previous lifestyle and move out of London, out of the UK altogether, far away from everyone and everything she knew. Giving up all her personal possessions, she went to live in someone&#8217;s garden shed in Los Angeles, surviving on the dole. It was here that Gemini at last found the voice to write this book, and in doing so she found, and began to live, her life purpose. </p>
<p>Gemini told me that the entire experience of moving through her own bereavement, and ultimately finding her own voice, gave her a deep personal intention and underlying need to make a contribution to the world, and that her motivation is never money or fame. She says that she knows she is helping others to live freely through her work, and that the ultimate intention of the book is to heal and to help others to heal.</p>
<p>When I asked Gemini what her &#8220;bigger message&#8221; for the world was, she said, &#8220;You can be who you really are; you don&#8217;t need all the pretence. Education is designed to undo ourselves. Forget what others want for you. Become a unique, pioneering person. YOU are the one who must be satisfied.</p>
<p><a href="http://give-receive-become-be.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/legacy-of-love-book.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-670 alignleft" title="legacy-of-love-book" src="http://give-receive-become-be.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/legacy-of-love-book.jpg" alt="legacy-of-love-book" width="216" height="216" /></a>If you want to find out more about Gemini, listen to the podcast below. And after you do, be sure to visit Gemini&#8217;s websites:</p>
<p>Author &amp; Founder of Live Consciously Publishing: <a href="http://www.liveconsciouslynow.com/"><strong>http://www.liveconsciouslynow.com</strong></a></p>
<p>Click title to order copies of<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0955465605?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thegaroftheso-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0955465605"><strong>Your Legacy of Love: Realise the Gift in Goodbye</strong></a><strong><img style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=thegaroftheso-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=0955465605" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> <br />
and get Amazon&#8217;s special pre-publication discount.</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Listen to playback below:</strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong>Subscribe to the podcast here:</strong><br />
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<p align="center"><strong>Browse through other episodes at: </strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></p>
<p align="center"><strong>NEXT ON<br />
Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul<br />
(this show was already aired; catch the blog and podcast shortly)</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Thursday 14 May<br />
SHOW: Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul<br />
Ep17-Forgiveness as a Pathway to Freedom<br />
6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET<br />
</strong>Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts award-winning actress and Forgiveness Coach, <strong>Brenda Adelman</strong>. Brenda will be sharing her story of how she learned to &#8220;forgive the unforgivable&#8221; after her father murdered her mother and married her mother&#8217;s sister. A trained chaplain at the Unity Church and recipient of &#8220;A Hero of Forgiveness Award&#8221; from the Hawaii International Forgiveness Project, Brenda now leads forgiveness workshops entitled, &#8220;Forgiving the Unforgivable as a Path to Freedom&#8221; and regularly tours with her own one-woman show, &#8220;My Brooklyn Hamlet.&#8221; Brenda will tell us about her journey through deep loss and pain, and resultant depression, to the ultimate freedom and joy she experienced when she learned how to open her heart to forgiveness. Brenda will also reveal her &#8220;three steps to forgive and be free&#8221; and her &#8220;top five reasons to never forgive, and why you must,&#8221; and will read us an excerpt from her upcoming book, Forgive and Be Free: A Pathway to Personal Happiness.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>This show was already aired. Catch the replay at &#8220;on demand&#8221; at: </strong><br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/14/Ep17-Forgiveness-as-a-Pathway-to-Freedom">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/14/Ep17-Forgiveness-as-a-Pathway-to-Freedom</a></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Catch all our episodes &#8220;on demand&#8221; at<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>About the show, &#8220;Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul&#8221;<br />
</strong>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 <em>The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self</em>, and the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, a holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.</p>
<p><strong>Lynn&#8217;s links</strong></p>
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<li>Garden of the Soul Book Blog: <a href="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/">www.give-receive-become-be.com</a></li>
<li>Garden of the Soul Social Network: <a href="http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com/">http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com</a></li>
<li>Create-a-Life Coaching/Training: <a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/">www.create-a-life.co.uk</a></li>
<li>Global Wellness Circle: <a href="http://www.global-wellness-circle.com/">www.global-wellness-circle.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Lynn&#8217;s next live appearance:<br />
</strong><strong>Saturday 23 May<br />
EVENT: Edenbridge UK Independent Authors Book Fair</strong><br />
<strong>9 AM &#8211; 4 PM<br />
VENUE: Rickards Hall, 72 High Street, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 5AR</strong><br />
The first Independent Authors Book Fair takes place as part of the Eden Valley festival. The festival celebrates the West Kent community of Edenbridge town and the surrounding villages. The Book Fair presents twelve independent authors covering a range of genres. There will be a programme of talks, presentations and readings running throughout the day from 9.00 &#8211; 4.00. Light refreshments will be available.<strong> Join Lynn and 11 other UK independent authors </strong>for this inaugural event. Get to meet authors 1-to-1, ask questions, hear talks of writing and publishing, and purchase signed copies of their books. Be the first to be in the know about who is setting the trends in the independent writing field.</p>
<p><strong>At 1245 -115 PM,</strong> Lynn will deliver a talk on her new book  <strong><em><span style="color: #008000;">The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self</span></em></strong>, which reached Amazon bestseller status in both the US and the UK the first week of its release in such categories as spirituality, mind-body-spirit and self-help.</p>
<p><strong>More information about the UK Independent Book Fair at:</strong><a href="http://www.ukindependentauthors.co.uk/Edenbridge_Book_Fair.html"> http://www.ukindependentauthors.co.uk/Edenbridge_Book_Fair.html</a></p>
<p>Find <em>The Garden of the Soul</em> on Amazon:</p>
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<td width="50%"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>FRANCE: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/075521126X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thegarofthe01-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1642&amp;creative=6746&amp;creativeASIN=075521126X">Purchase the book from Amazon.fr</a></span></td>
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<td width="50%"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>UK: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075521126X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thegaroftheso-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=075521126X">Purchase the book from Amazon.co.uk</a></span></td>
<td width="50%"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>GERMANY:</strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Garden-Soul-Lessons-Flowers-Unearth/dp/075521126X/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1238973660&amp;sr=11-1">Purchase the book from Amazon.de</a></span></td>
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<td width="50%"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>JAPAN: </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Garden-Soul-Lessons-Flowers-Unearth/dp/075521126X/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1238973660&amp;sr=11-1">Purchase the book from Amazon.jp</a></span></td>
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		<description><![CDATA[Show: Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul
Ep15-Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order to Discover Your Life Purpose
Special Guest: Michelle Payton, Ph.D.
Date aired: Wednesday 29 April 2009
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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Show:</strong> Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul<br />
</em><em><strong>Ep15-</strong>Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order to Discover Your Life Purpose<br />
<strong>Special Guest:</strong> Michelle Payton, Ph.D.<br />
</em><em><strong>Date aired:</strong> </em><em>Wednesday 29 April</em><strong> </strong><em>2009</em></p>
<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;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&amp;E, where they pumped me full of pain killers until I could get to my dentist&#8230;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&#8217;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!</p>
<p>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&#8217;s show, which aired on Wednesday 29 April 2009, where I interviewed Conscious Living Communicator and 6-time author Michelle Payton, Ph.D.</p>
<p>Michelle explained that she calls herself a &#8220;conscious living communicator&#8221; and a &#8220;mind over matter professional&#8221; 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:</p>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Why am I doing what I am doing?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;How do I learn how to interact with others gracefully?&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;How do I express my own intuition to others with ease?&#8221;</li>
</ul>
<p>In Michelle&#8217;s work, she uses a variety of methods to &#8220;help people relax into who they are&#8221; including hypnotherapy, NLP and EFT. But one particular method that she created, and about which she is particularly enthusiastic, is called &#8220;Birth Mix Patterns&#8221; (BMP). BMP combines Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order. She calls this your &#8220;Cosmic Personality Mix&#8221; and says that understanding it can help you create better relationships, and gain insight into your underlying life path.</p>
<p>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&#8217;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.</p>
<p>Michelle&#8217;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 &#8220;only children&#8221; 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&#8230; well, you&#8217;ll just have to listen to the podcast below. <img src='http://give-receive-become-be.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>And after you do, be sure to visit Michelle&#8217;s website and calculate your own numbers for yourself for FR*EE:</p>
<p>Michelle&#8217;s sites:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.michellepayton.com/">www.MichellePayton.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.helpinguexpand.com/">www.HelpingUExpand.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p> On those sites, you will find fr*ee items like:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Michelle&#8217;s Mindful Minute</li>
<li>Information on how to calculate Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order,</li>
<li>Recorded seminars on this subject</li>
<li>and more.</li>
</ul>
<p>Michelle has also written three books on this subject (click on a title to see its listing on Amazon.com):</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Mix-Patterns-Loving-Relationships/dp/0971980446?&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=383845&amp;linkCode=wss&amp;tag=thegaroftheso-20" target="_blank"><strong>Birth Mix Patterns and Loving Relationships: Using Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order</strong></a><br />
</em>SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages: 137 ~ ISBN: 9780971980440 ~ 6 x 9 paperbac </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Mix-Patterns-Astrology-Numerology/dp/0971980438?&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=383845&amp;linkCode=wss&amp;tag=thegaroftheso-20" target="_blank"><strong>Birth Mix Patterns:  Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order and their effects on Families &amp; Other Groups that Matter   </strong></a>                       </em><br />
SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages: 133 ~ ISBN: 9780971980433 ~ 6 x 9 paperback  </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Mix-Patterns-M-Payton/dp/097198042X?&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=383845&amp;linkCode=wss&amp;tag=thegaroftheso-20" target="_blank"><strong>Birth Mix Patterns:  Astrology, Numerology and Birth Order and their effects on the Past, Present and Future</strong> </a><br />
</em>SRP: $12.95 ~ # Pages:  157 ~ ISBN: 9780971980426 ~ 6 x 9 paperback </p>
<p><strong>Listen to the show now:</strong></p>
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<p>Or download the podcast:  <a href="http://teknochik.audioacrobat.com/rss/lynn-serafinn-garden-of-the-soul-talk-radio.xml" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.audioacrobat.com/images/chiclets/rsspodcast06.gif" border="0" alt="" width="80" height="20" /></a></p>
<p>Or browse through other episodes at: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></p>
<p align="center"><strong>NEXT ON<br />
Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul<br />
(this show was already aired; catch the blog and podcast shortly)</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Wednesday 6 May 2009<br />
</strong><strong>Ep16: </strong><strong>Voice as a Key to Wholeness<br />
</strong><strong>6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET<br />
</strong>Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts coach and spiritual healer Gemini Adams, author of the book &#8220;Your Legacy of Love: realise the gift in goodbye&#8221;. Gemini will share her own story of how her mother&#8217;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.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Listen LIVE or on demand at:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/06/Voice-as-a-Key-to-Wholeness">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/06/Voice-as-a-Key-to-Wholeness</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <strong>Can&#8217;t make it to the live show? No problem!</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Catch all our episodes &#8220;on demand&#8221; at<br />
</strong><strong><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn">www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn</a></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>About the show, &#8220;Lynn Serafinn&#8217;s Garden of the Soul&#8221;<br />
</strong>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 <em>The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self</em>, and the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, a holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.</p>
<p><strong>Lynn&#8217;s links</strong></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>Garden of the Soul Book Blog: <a href="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/">www.give-receive-become-be.com</a></li>
<li>Garden of the Soul Social Network: <a href="http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com/">http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com</a></li>
<li>Create-a-Life Coaching/Training: <a href="http://www.create-a-life.co.uk/">www.create-a-life.co.uk</a></li>
<li>Global Wellness Circle: <a href="http://www.global-wellness-circle.com/">www.global-wellness-circle.com</a> </li>
</ul>
<p align="center"><strong><img class="alignleft" style="border: blue 2px solid;" title="BOOK: The Garden of the Soul" src="http://give-receive-become-be.com/images/cover-second-draft-small.jpg" alt="" width="155" height="216" />You can STILL receive 26 special mind-body-spirit gifts</strong><br />
<strong>when you buy my book<br />
<em>The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self<br />
</em>before Friday 8 May 2009.</strong><br />
This is the ABSOLUTE final deadline&#8230; it was actually supposed to end last week, but my toothache got in the way!<br />
So, my pain is your gain!<br />
Buy the book and get these beautiful gifts at:<br />
<a href="http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pages/bonus.html">http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pages/bonus.html</a></p>

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