Jennifer Barley

You Say It's My Birthday....

2012-02-01T05:29:19-08:00

wow -- I feel young! 45 years young to be exact. Last year on this day, I didn't feel so young. I felt worn out to tell you the truth. If I remember it right, I was in a sad, funkadelic space, filled with drama - although I spent the day alone. To read more -- here is a link...

Your Own Personal Joy Luck Club

2012-01-22T19:30:09-08:00

I hear people tell others all the time "you are so lucky" or "you lucked out". Do you know that luck has little to do with anything? It is all about synchronicity, baby! Having intentions, aligning your actions, sending out the right kind of energy, leading with your heart, being in the now. What you put out is what you...

Expectations Verses Expectancy

2012-01-12T16:55:33-08:00

One of my absolute favorite aunts, Aunt Ruth, sent me an email after my last blog post introducing the concept of exploring expectations verses expectancy. It got me thinking deeper about expectations, as the word has been floating around my brain for awhile now. Trying to strike the balance of letting go of my expectations but not to let go...

How You Show Up For Anything -- Is How You Show Up For Everything....

2012-01-08T07:29:57-08:00

How we show up for one thing - -resembles how we show up for everything. We carry our beliefs and attitudes everywhere with us. If we are looking for trouble, we find trouble. If we expect a conversation to go bad, it usually goes bad. If we enter with an air of exploration....we explore. If we are focused on incompetence...

Free Preview Call: 7 Enlightened Tips on How to Lose The Thoughts That Are Weighing You Down

2011-12-30T11:25:05-08:00

Ho-ho-whoa! It is that time of the year that we swear off sweets, put away the pie and make yet another resolution to get our butts in gear when it comes to weight, food and fitness. It all feels so familiar, doesn't it? The cycle of weight loss and the determination that THIS year is going to be the year...

My FOMO is Affecting My MOJO

2011-12-21T05:43:23-08:00

Oh....I have it, I have it bad. FOMO. The fear of missing out. It must almost be comical to watch me with all my worked up FOMO. It can sure work me up in a tailspin. Just yesterday I received an email from a friend about a condo available for free in Orlando this week only -- did anyone want...

Choosing to Not Go In To A Holi-daze.....

2011-12-19T10:15:44-08:00

' Tis the season to be jolly.....with only 6 days until Christmas and a mere 13 until we bid goodbye to 2011, it can all feel like a whirlwind. Shopping, caroling, cooking, entertaining, decorating -- who knew that so much can go in to the season. I have had an interesting relationship with Christmas. Around 1992 or 93, I made...

Joy Rising....

2011-11-18T19:57:47-08:00

If you know me, you know that I love Oprah. If you don't know me, you need to know, I love Oprah. I have been following the Oprah's Life Class series since the shows aired in the beginning of October on the OWN network. Fridays are the day she dedicates to the concept of Joy Rising. A time to connect...

The Book of Happiness.....

2011-11-07T15:25:34-08:00

Would of...could of...should of. How often we look at our past wishing things would have been different. Well, it wasn't. Focus on the here and now. Focus on what you want the future to hold. It is hard to find happiness if you don't let go of holding on to sadness. I am all about happiness. Embracing happiness. Experiencing happiness....

One Moment of Gratitude....

2011-10-30T19:41:27-07:00

can set a whirlwind of positivity in action. Find one little thing to be grateful for....take a moment to take it in, to appreciate it, to connect to the essence of it. That one little grateful moment can bring forth the opportunity to find one more little grateful moment and so on and so on and so on. Create your...

Note To Self....

2011-10-29T20:06:12-07:00

Dear Jenny, When you set intentions, they can actually happen. Whether it is the intention to drink more water, to meditate more, or to recreate your life....make it happen. Know what you want. State what you want. Work towards what you want. Done, done, and done. All my power of intention love, Jenn

Making the Connection

2011-10-27T19:07:59-07:00

At times I can feel disconnected with other people. Feeling like we are not on the same page...that something is slightly off...something that I just can't put my finger on. So in my effort to figure it out, I wonder what is up with them, wonder when they are going to come around, wonder where their head is at this...

Just Because You Can....Doesn't Mean You Should....

2011-10-10T14:04:47-07:00

Many of us have many abilities. Talents, skills, things that come oh-so-easy. Resources, tools, the can-do characteristics that ooze from every cell of our bodies. However --- just because I can do something, doesn't mean I should. I often take on projects under the guise of "well, if I don't do it, what is going to happen to the person,...

Me, My Shelf and I.....

2011-09-29T07:52:27-07:00

Everyone has a shelf. You know...the place where we mentally put the things we don't want to deal with....to save the challenge for later...to store away the uncomfortable areas of our life...hoping with time those areas would disintegrate and just go away. Like everyone -- I had a really big-ass shelf. Year after year topics would come on and off...

It Is An Inside Job....

2011-09-17T10:02:18-07:00

So often we look to the outer things in life to fix our issues. If we have financial challenges, we look to change jobs to make more money. If we have weight issues, we join a gym. If we have relationship woes, we want to change the other person. All of these efforts are about searching outside of ourselves for...