Something very powerful from within drove me here..to India!

I am open and accepting this guidance and grateful for what I am being shown!
Stretching, growing and digging deeper into my soul...there's always more, isn't there!

My daughters are embracing the culture here and their perspective on "what's important" is shifting as well...it's beautiful to watch!

Yesterday, my daughter Tatum commented that "people think Americans are rich, but actually the people of India have true wealth. They don't seem to feel poor or focus on what they don't have. They are happy and rich with love and the wisdom of what really matters....

Love and Light!
Patti

Sitting here and sweating (glowing) in an open-air internet cafe in Goa, India. Wondering, where do I begin? How did I end up in India? What am I doing here?

Feels like I packed up and left quickly after my final (for now) breast cancer reconstruction surgery. It actually wasn't so quick even though it's a blur now. It took the help and assistance of many wonderful, thoughtful girlfriends to move me out of my home and onto a plane for India with my 3 daughters.

That's where I'll begin.... by thanking you - my amazing Braveheart Sisters for your heartfelt notes and concern when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Thank you Ellie, for your thoughts and support and thanks to everyone who joined in and added to her message.

I couldn't find the extra "uummph" to get online and reply, but your messages and prayers warmed my heart and surely helped me face my challenges with strength and move quickly along the road of recovery.

The power of intention is amazing and that with some gratitude and faith is actually how I believe I got here. I've always wanted to travel and India was on the top of my list. It was on my vision board and when I read "Eat, Pray, Love", after my divorce, I wanted to visit India even more! The funny thing is that until a breast cancer diagnosis stopped me in my tracks, my dream of travel was just that..."a dream". A dream that I believed would happen, but it would be sometime in the future after I got everything done and I saved enough money and....

I've often heard that a cancer diagnosis or serious health challenge can completely alter your outlook on life and shift your perspective of what's important NOW. For me, this must also be true. No matter what life has dealt me, I've always felt blessed to have a gift for easily finding the "good" or the lesson in situations and I have been able to accept, learn and grow with enthusiasm and gratitude. However recently, everything that I had been working so "hard" for came into question. My priority since becoming a mom had always been to provide a wonderful, stable, happy, loving home for my three daughters. But it suddenly occurred to me that exhausting myself in order to pay the mortgage for our dream home didn't feel so stable anymore.

My daughters had been through one challenge after another in the past few years also and together we've copped an attitude! An attitude to make a big change and experience a new way of life - to see the world, take in a big breath of fresh air and broaden our horizons!

Yes, my priorities have surely changed for now - With the help of friends, we moved completely out of our precious dream home, put our belongings in storage and rented for one year! What we had known as our foundation, our stability, our "home base", is no longer true. We are here in India for 3 months... home schooling and learning our way in a new world.

Namaste,

Patti
"Success with Balance" ?
From "Raju's CyberspaceCafe"
Anjuna, Goa, India

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend the RISE weekend....

AND, Fortunately....I have two of my best friends, (Braveheart sisters and Cowgirl's - Penny and Nanci) sharing their excitement and enthusiasm with me! What are friends for?

I can plug into everything they learned simply by being in the same room with them! Their excitement is permeating from their CORE. They've shared with me, many "aha's" and messages of self-empowerment - and I'm applying them already!
Inspiration in Action? "I think so!"

I certainly missed seeing and hugging all my Braveheart sisters!
Thank you for all the "Hello's" and endearing messages that I received from you during the weekend!
I couldn't be more grateful for the support and inspiration of my wonderful friends and "sisters"!!

Joy, Smiles and of course, Hugs!
Patti
Entrepreneur Mom

Several months ago I made the decision to start a community for Entrepreneur Moms with a goal of sharing ideas and Creating Success WITH Balance....

Almost immediately following that decision, my washing machine of life went into spin cycle! (and the Maytag man was nowhere to be found.) During that time I managed to take a few quick peeks at this wonderful Braveheart site, but life pulled me away and I missed connecting with my community and all the Braveheart Women at a time I needed it most!

I've always thought of myself as an optimistic master/student of balance with work and family to create happiness - whew! Life threw some curve balls and while playing the game to my best ability, Braveheart ended up on the sidelines.

What I've learned, is that our lives will never be perfectly balanced. If the pendulum were balanced - it would be STILL and our lives are never perfectly still! (if they were - nothing would be happening!)
Something I learned from James Arthur Ray recently at his "Harmonic Wealth" weekend - is that Harmony may be a more accurate word than Balance.

Creating "harmony" in the 5 pillars of life: Relational, Spiritual, Physical, Mental and Financial is a life-long, on-going, ever-adjusting process.
Sometimes, life throws a curve ball and more than one of the 5 pillars are thrown way out of balance - Hence the spin cycle!

Well, I've come up for air - taken the time to work on of few of the pillars - and I'm looking forward to being more present on Braveheart Women and in my community, "Entrepreneur Mom - Creating Success with Balance (Harmony!)
Here to enjoy the ride of life with you!
Patti