5 Big Takeaways for Creating Your Dreams It’s the last day of our Boost the Balch to Brilliance crowdfunding campaign. (Ends Midnight PST May 7) We’ve had over 35 participants support our dream and vision. With donations from $10 to $500, it’s amazing to feel the support. We raised close to $3000 dollars!! And wow what a wild ride. In the past month we’ve sold the house, lost the sale; received, rejected and revised the hotel sale and partnership agreement, with moving dates that collapsed and revived. Like phoenix from ashes. It’s been a true Shero’s Journey to move through

Last Call for Creating Dreams With Us Look, I don't want to be annoying, I just know how busy life can get and the likelihood that you wanted to contribute but may not have yet gotten around to it. So here's your "last call" friendly reminder. It’s the waning moments of our Boost the Balch to Brilliance crowdfunding campaign. (Ends Midnight PST May 7)  The support we've gotten has been amazing. Are you one of them? Thank you! We’ve had approx. 40 participants from 5 countries support our dream and vision. With donations from $10 to $500, it’s awesome to

Environment is Everything As we’ve gotten further into manifesting this dream of a boutique hotel for retreats, I’ve known that the work I do will shift and uplevel dramatically. How could it not? Environment is everything. Our thoughts and feelings are potently impacted by the land and people where we live and breathe. Who we are gets reflected in the spaces we inhabit. Which is what makes this transition so big...And the environment in and around the Balch Hotel is so potent. So whether you visit us at The Balch Hotel (lobby, right) or not, you’ll experience it in weeks

Amazing. It’s the last week of our Crowdfunding Campaign on IndieGoGo. We’ve raised over $2000. Quite a bit shy of our $25,000 goal. But there’s still time! We just added a booster bonus of a FREE night's stay for a $100 contribution.  With so many of you all over the country and in other parts of the world I can imagine you might feel “so what?” about me buying a hotel to offer retreats for women. (And not just mine, other amazing transformative teachers too! If you are one contact me) Of course, I want you to visit, but it

Amazing. It’s the last week of our Crowdfunding Campaign on IndieGoGo. We’ve raised over $2000. Quite a bit shy of our $25,000 goal. But there’s still time! (To see more, go here) And boy, have I learned a lot. We’ve discovered that when you go for your dream, a lot happens along the way. As we’ve moved closer to our intended destination, things occurred that have could never have been predicted or planned. Great things like seeing all the names of contributors, known and unknown. (Thank you!!) And obstacles come up. It’s sometimes easy to mistakenly think this means “it’s

Femifesting? Feminine Manifesting in the New Paradigm Manifesting from our Feminine power is messy, intuitive and organic. It flies in the face of what we’ve been taught about how to plan and execute a project from start to finish. In masculine mode, it’s very linear and organized, and it works. But not always. The old ways and mindset are not working like before. So many crave a new worldview, one that embraces living from Feminine Soul and divine guidance. But it’s not always an easy shift. In the 10 months since “The Great Oregon Hotel Tour” (when we originally started looking

A New Temple to The Feminine? Last issue, Josiah Dean wrote a guest article about how finding his purpose eluded him for so long. It was right in front of him, but it seemed so big and impossible he couldn’t admit it to himself. Once he did, it started to manifest right before his eyes. What dream might be “hiding in plain sight” right in front of you? He shared 3 Steps To Realize his Dream…and you can do it too: (read it here) This quest for deeper meaning is triggered at various times. For many it happens at midlife.

From Heart Ache and Struggle to Living A Dream For years my darling husband, Josiah, struggled to find meaning and purpose in his life. It was frustrating for him, (and me!) because he knew that I guided so many women through exactly this challenge! (But you can't coach your own spouse. Just don't.) Then he had a breakthrough that was so obvious it startled him. Since many of you don't know Josiah, I've invited him as a guest writer, during our crowdfunding campaign, so you can learn about the man and vision behind The Balch Hotel, from his blog at Abundance Hospitality, Let's

Big Hairy Vulnerable Ask Last week was kind of a crazy confluence of big births. Are you noticing that, too? After many long months we accepted an offer on our house. The next day we launched a crowd-funding campaign for The Balch Hotel which we're going to turn into a sustainable boutique hotel and retreat center. See more here. Like many big moments it was so unfathomable that it didn't seem real. I mean, who gets to buy a hotel, anyway? It really begs the question: Can we make our dreams come true? Turns out you can. But its not

Have you ever done something so big it seems too ridiculous to even be scary? Last week my husband I did 2 things like that. And both relate to a dream we’ve been working on for a long time. We sold our house (after many, many months) and then launched a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo We’re raising operating capital for The Balch Hotel, which we are purchasing to turn into a sustainable boutique hotel and retreat center (See pics and read more here) We’re close to closing the deal and now we have less than a month to raise awareness