In this issue:

• A Note From the Catalyst
• Purposeful Resource
• Soul-Driven Business Article
• Resource Review
• About Lynn Scheurell
  
  

It's beautiful here in Austin this time of year… it's still a little mind-boggling to think I live here now, to be honest. (Even more that I've been here almost a year and a half already!) This is a photo of me with where I live as a backdrop (if you lean on one toe and balance just right, you can see Lake Travis back there…). ;+) I'm really blessed to be where I am and, when I take the time to acknowledge that, everything shifts for me.

The messages we give ourselves determine how we feel, how we show up, what we do and, ultimately, the results we get. As one example, I regretted leaving sunny SoCal for months, which didn't allow me to enjoy my new home for that long. When I got present with all that this move has given me, I'm in tremendous gratitude. It was the right move at the right time for many reasons, now that I choose to understand that. This prompted me to think about transformation, how to trust what happens and the common messages that we 'get' as entrepreneurs… more on that in the article below.

Meanwhile, I'm excited to announce that The Big Book of Marketing, Business and Personal Growth Accelerators is available! WAHOOOO! ;+)

And The Clarity Series for Entrepreneurs continues to offer practical, powerful insights on 'how-to's that can help you understand and build your business easier; the May 10 class is on How To Manage Your Energy During Times of Uncertainty. See below for more info!

One last note: Creative Catalyst is getting an overhaul! I'm revamping the website, systems and programs for Creative Catalyst for the first time in years! It's really exciting… this is ganga big!!! So keep an eye out for coming news on that in the next month or so…;+)

To Understanding Your Messages ~

Lynn

Message Translation Catalyst

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PURPOSEFUL RESOURCE

Just one of the teleclasses in the Clarity Series for Entrepreneurs, this particular class will focus on using confusion, doubt and chaos as the gateways to your next best level in business. When everything feels uncertain, we forget that the only constant is change. Wayne Dyer says something like, "when you're squeezed by life, is your orange juice sweet or bitter?"

Some of what we will be covering includes:

• Using what happens in the chaos of uncertainty as a way to increase your awareness and understand your perceptions
• Revealing your limitations, conditioned thinking and sabotaging emotional triggers so you can choose how to work with them
• Releasing, repairing and even replacing non-supporting energies
• Seeing your 'all-too-familiar' patterns from a fractal point of view
• Clarifying and focusing your ability to influence your business outcomes

The tele-lecture is on Monday, May 10 at 8:00 pm Central, with the virtual Q & A at the same time on May 17. Both are included for $39; to register now, Click Here.

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SOUL-DRIVEN BUSINESS ARTICLE

Life gives us messages all the time; as an energy-aware person who is choosing to honor your gifts by sharing them with others, you will get special messages that 'civilians' don't have the 'opportunity' to handle.

Here are just a few of them that you might be familiar with:

Some of what we will be covering includes:

• I don't have enough ________ (time, money, resources, support, skills, etc.)
• I don't know how to ______ (talk about what I do, create a website, write marketing promotions, etc.)
• I feel different from 'normal' people - why can't it be easy?
• Sure, I'm leading the way but it's hard and lonely
• I feel like I'm being chased (by debt, by clients, by workload, etc.)
• they never end and take more than I think
• If I stop, it all falls apart but if I don't take a break, I'll fall apart!
• It seems like I get blocked when I try to do something new
• I take it pretty hard - as a personal rejection - when people don't buy what I'm offering

Depending on how you perceive these kinds of messages, you will create your experience with them. You can either give in to the lure of what they seem on the surface, which means believing the obvious, or you can choose to see what the message is really inviting you to explore.

In other words, it's not about what happens but what you choose to believe about and what you choose to do about it. For example, if a potential customer doesn't purchase what you have to offer, it isn't about YOU - the offer wasn't clear, the value wasn't established for that person, or maybe they learned that they needed to pursue another solution that was a better fit for them (and it's likely that you want them to find their best answers anyway, right?).

You will experience the effect that you are most familiar with, because that's what you expect. You will, like every other human, seek to make yourself right - albeit unconsciously - by finding the connection through what you know. If you perceive the messages you get as a result of living your purpose through business as reinforcements to what doesn't feel good, you are proving some part of yourself (the part that is requesting clarity and healing) to be right in staying stuck.

The point is that it's not about your abilities, but about your choices. It's not about doing business, but about becoming who you are through your business. It's not about seeing the downside of the message, but about recognizing your opportunity to grow disguised as that feeling, challenge or situation.

May you choose to 'read' your messages in a new way - one that supports you in becoming all of who you are here to be.

@2010 Lynn M. Scheurell All Rights Reserved. Feel free to use this article if full attribution is give to Lynn. M. Scheurell with the following description:

Lynn Scheurell, Creative Catalyst, teaches entrepreneurs how to live with greater joy by expressing their life purpose through their business. By cultivating and mastering their intuition, they can naturally quantum leap their personal and business growth for power transformation. Download a free e-guide to learn "Own The Wisdom Within: Five Keys to Using Life's Turning Points for Transformational Success" at www.mycreativecatalyst.com.

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Since 1998, I've studied energy, marketing, business development, entrepreneuring and personal development as a lifestyle. At times, it's been rigorous and others, it's felt like I was remembering more than I was actually learning. Either way, it took a lot of time, energy and resources to have the experiences and gain the wisdom from it all (and it's been rewarding to access that information and grow myself along the way).

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Lynn Scheurell, Creative Catalyst, helps people honor their natural gifts and connect to what matters in sharing them for faster soul-driven business results. Having walked the path of being a soul-driven entrepreneur since 1998, she teaches renaissance souls how to gain clarity on their purpose. From there, it's vital to align everything they do to be an expression of their gift through their business while working with practical business systems. Download a free report to learn "Own The Wisdom Within: Five Keys to Using Life's Turning Points for Transformational Success" at www.mycreativecatalyst.com.