Life is always changing on us. I like the words from the movie:,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button:

“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit; stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”

This book takes you through a person’s journey as they discovered the secrets on how to change your life permanently so you can become anything that you want to be. It’s only a decision. In this book, you’ll learn how remove the habits on thoughts that keep you from achieving whatever you want in life.

By request from readers, the author started seminars going into depth on the principles that you will find in the book. After her third seminar, she found out that she had a dangerous breast cancer that had moved to her bones and liver. The seminars went on hold. She is doing fine thanks to the medical field.

People have been signing up in the email box on the right side. We will let your know information regarding her next seminar and what she will be teaching. If you haven’t purchased a copy yet, please feel free to purchase an autographed copy today. You can also purchase it from Amazon.

I’m a published author with four books and two more on the way. They say it is easy to become a published author. Yet, it can be very difficult. For this amount of money, we can help make the experience easier for you. Is it really true?

People come up to me all the time and tell me that they have a story they want to have published. I see apprehension and excitement in their eyes and I know what they are feeling. When I decided to get my story published, I found it daunting.

As a friend, I want to do something different here. I’m going to be blunt and tell you what it’s really like. If you still want to become a published author, as a friend, I will mentor you through the maze. You can get really hurt emotionally and it is easy to pour money down the drain. I will tell you what it’s like to be picked up by a publisher or to become self-published. You can read the material and decide for yourself.

Many seasoned authors are choosing to follow the self-publishing route. You might want to read why in my free e-book, “What Does it Take to Become a Successful Published Author.” If you really want to become a published author, then you can join me and I’ll mentor you through the process. Before I mentor you, I want you to understand the advantages of both sides of the publishing world. That way you can make an intelligent decision and understand what I’m telling you.

When I decided to enter the industry, it was very overwhelming. For help, I turned to a few books. The first book I read was written by a literary agent and he was very discouraging. According to his book, he receives 5000 requests a week for his services. You can only imagine how many rejection letters he sent out on a daily basis. A literary agent will not take a new author unless they find a publisher first. Most publishers will not look at you without a literary agent.

After reading numerous books, I decided to publish my book myself. With my background, I probably have put more deals together than some literary agents. The biggest problem with self-publishing is you can and usually do make expensive mistakes. This is why I decided to mentor people. I would have loved if someone reached out and talked me through the process when I started. It cost me money and it was very emotional. I never felt so alone in a business as I did during this time of my learning.

Since I love to learn, I decided to go out and see if the books were telling me the truth. I hired someone to get me into some important places. My journey started in New York City. On this trip, I saw and spoke with people who educated me.

The first person I saw in New York City was an associated editor at Scholastic Magazine, named Lisa Feder-Feitel. As we got off the elevator, Scholastic’s offices took me back. I didn’t expect the bright colors and the décor. For a moment, I felt like I was in an elementary school. I had expected to sit in an office. Instead, we sat down at a table where our knees barely touched the edge of it. I expected any minute to have kids join us with their crayons and coloring books. It was really fun and Lisa was very warm and wonderful to talk with.

On this trip, I visited with Mark Schoenwald, an Executive Vice President of Thomas Nelson Publishers. I learned how a large publisher works and how they view new authors. You can read more in my e-book.

My visits didn’t stop with Thomas Nelson Publishers. I spent time with Peter Cannon of Publishers Weekly magazine. He was one of their editors and I learned a lot from talking with him. Publishers want to get a good review from Publishers Weekly on their new book. It helps stores buy a book they have coming out. I thought it was interesting to talk with him. For me, I never bought or read a book because of a review. I bought it because someone I trusted recommended it.

From Peter’s office, I went to a meeting with Bowker. They are the source for ISBN numbers for your books. They have other services that are important to the success of your book as well.

After I met with Bowker, I went into an hour-long meeting with Barnes and Noble’s head and regional buyers. Now, I understand how they work. Before the meeting, I bumped into Barnes and Noble Vice President, Robert C. Knowles, and I had a nice chat with him.

Now, I understood how large bookstores handle buying books. I wanted to know if it was different for small family-owned bookstores. I stopped in and interviewed numerous bookstore owners across the nation. Every bookstore owner had the same attitude on how they chose their books.

While I was there, I had some owners give me the names of independent distributors. Then I called them up to learn what challenges they had working with bookstores. They have a hard job and I really appreciate what they do.

Again, I wish that I had someone talk me through the publishing business. You really have no idea what it’s like until you have to do it. When authors come up to me, I listen and my heart aches for them. I know most of them will never get started or they will quit at the first bump in the road. There is so much you need to learn and they have such a learning curve ahead of them.

I love the business side of publishing as much as I do writing. Most authors aren’t wired for business. Since I have so much vast knowledge of the publishing field, I decided to mentor others. It made sense to use the Internet. This way, I can mentor and still have a career and life. Join me today by downloading my free e-book, “What Does it Take to Become a Successful Published Author.” Then we will talk! E-book – Or you can go to another website for more information.

Music heals and touches the spirit. It needs to be uplifting to do it. Enjoy this piece.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale – The Power of Positive Thinking – Is a wonder book! I read the book when I was in my twenties and it still holds up to be one of the best book written on the subject. If you haven’t read it, I really suggest you do. Below is Will Smith’s take on the book.

Thoughts of Encouragement are always helpful. I would like to tell you a story of hope. It’s really a simple story. It was a dark day in my life when my mother died and our father left us. I was four and my world had just shifted into what felt like a deep, dark pit. I would wake up shaking, wondering what horrible thing was going to happen next. Every day brought additional pain and sorrow. I went from a happy-go-lucky child to feeling like I was a freak. Isolation, embarrassment, and the painful sense of loss all seemed to consume me. My siblings and I were told no one wanted the three of us.

Soon after our father left, my siblings were taken away, causing me to mourn for my sister and brother. All I wanted was to feel safe, loved, and wanted. Those I lived with always introduced me as the child with no parents. Their introduction always made me fell like I wasn’t a part of their family, just someone staying for a short period of time. It hurt deeply to see th looks in people’s faces. It was always mixed with sorrow and pity. I had a label over my head that often made me feel like an outcast.

I went into a deep spiritual depression at five and never came out of it until I was well into adulthood. It was a miracle that I found my way out. When It happened, I felt like it was an answer to my prayers. At the moment of realization, I received a vision that showed how deep the layers of scars were and how starved my spirit was for love. After this experience, I decided to find a way to permanently remove the layers of pain and sorrow. It became an obsession and for the first time in my life, I had a dream.

At the time of this vision, my circumstances were wonderful. I was in a healthy warm, loving environment. Yet, I couldn’t shake the depression and completely feel the love that was around me. My past refused to allow me to feel it. Not knowing where to start, I prayed and was guided first to books. I went in every direction that might teach me how to be free from my invisible prison that life had placed me in.

Today, I’m out of this prison and I’m free to be me. I wrote a book about my story so others would know it was possible to remove emotional scars and live a healthy, happy life. One of the books is called, “HOW TO REBUILD SHATTERED DREAMS.” At request, I started this blog to give out additional information. It took me some work to free myself and it took a combination of many laws and principles to do it.

I went from darkness into light. Without the vision to compare my life to, I would not have realized how dark my life was and how it stopped me from enjoying simple moments. To learn how to cut the chain, it made the experience very valuable to me. I deeply love and appreciate my struggles and tumbling into darkness. The rebuilding process is what has given me the greatest joy. Now, I know anything can happen in my life and I will be okay. I understand the tools and laws it takes to rebuild it any way I want.

My heart goes out to the youth of our world. Since my depression started when I was five, I also wrote a book for them. I took everything I learned about rebuilding your life and put it in a fictional fun story. My greatest desire was to reach out to them. I wanted them to know that they will be okay. My story to them is the “STONES’ QUEST” series.

To give you a synopsis of what I have learned, I will list it below:

• How to get affirmations to work perfectly for you.
• How to erase negative thoughts and replace them with what you want to have happen in your life.
• How to replace trauma emotionally or physically with peace, only taking the lessons you learned with you into the future.
• Learn the value of who you are and the feeling of success every day of your life.
• Learn how to bring what you truly want into your life and not what life has programmed you to expect.

I can go on, but I’ll stop here. The point is people have asked me to teach the principles so you can learn how to do this for yourself. So I’m working on the seminars that I will be holding on the Internet. I have a nine-page single spaced outline of information.

I hope to have the seminar ready to start by the middle of the summer. In the meantime, you can learn what the seminar will be like by reading my books. “HOW TO REBUILD SHATTERED DREAMS” is for the adults and the “STONES’ QUEST” series is for the ages ten to seventeen.

You can go here to learn more about the seminars and books. Click here!

I hope you find these Thoughts of Encouragement helpful.

Thoughts of Encouragement – I have something that I would like to add to my first article. You probably have read the article and wondered if it really was possible to remove emotional scars permanently.

Below, you will be able to read an testimonial from a doctor I have been working with. You might find it interesting. When I say that I can change your past, you have to really wonder if it is possible. I can remove emotional scars and rebuild your shattered dreams if you truly want to let them go.

“The work that LaRene does has a profound ability to help someone erase or reprogram misplaced subconscious beliefs systems. It does this as permanently as any method of technique that I have encountered thru my 28 years in the health field. I have seen it make profound changes in my patients, who have cleared memories, out of these tissues and cells but still keep getting retriggered or have a specific issue that keeps throwing them back into the same negative emotional pattern.

LaRene’s technique has been able to allow them to identify and remove this trigger or pattern out of their mental programs.The expression that I have heard repeatedly is, “It is gone, it is not there anymore. I really feel different than I did before- really different.” Time seems to have proven it’s value and even many months after the process they still report “that it is gone,” when asked for their evaluation of its effect on them.

One of the very nice things about her method is that it is very client directed and noninvasive. There is no suggestive nature to the work from the facilitator. The client is aware that they are in direct control of the process at all times and that the answers are coming from the and their mind. It is not a session of reliving an unpleasant experience or having to dredge up some ugly memory. It is gentle, very non-confrontational, but profoundly effective and permanent in its effect on the individual to change either emotional reaction to subconscious triggers and negative emotional patterns”

Dr. Randy Roberts – Soli-Wellness Center – Layton, Utah

This is one of his patients!

“LaRene’s book and seminars have been an incredible blessing in my life. With her help, I have been able to release trauma and pain that has affected not only my life but also the life of the ancestors. …Her approach is simple and profound.

Stefonia Lindsey, Wife, Mother

There are more!

“I read the book, How to Rebuild Shattered Dreams which is absolutely excellent. When I heard about the seminar, I wanted to find out all I could. LaRene had a really good presentation and I’m anxious to go back and clear out more scars. She has been blessed with a very special gift and can help almost anyone.”

Carole Winmill

If you are interested in more information, you can click here. You can purchase my books from the any of my websites. HOW TO REBUILD SHATTERED DREAMS is for adults. STONES’ QUEST series is for ages ten – seventeen. I put the principle it takes to rebuild shattered dreams in a fictional story. This is one of the reviews.

“I loved the book. I felt like I was an actual character in this book. I wish it could go on and on. It’s one of the best books I’ve read since the Harry Potter series.”
- Tyler Violette
Logan, UT

You can read more by clicking here.

I would really appreciate it if you would take a short survey telling me what you would really like to learn from a seminar. You can find it here!

We need fun that engages our spirits. If this is staged or not, it draws you in and you enjoy the moment with others. We need more moments of pure joy and fun in our lives. Look for them, they are truly all around us. If we aren’t looking for them, we pass them by and missing a great moment. Look at what you would have missed if you had arrived at the train station right after the dance. Enjoy:

I couldn't find a bowl of cherries that I liked.

Cancer is a life-altering experience. It’s a wonderful time to reflect on your life. Most of us will ask the questions like: What have I done with my life? What would I do differently, if I could do it over again? Is there more I want to accomplish? With life being so fragile, we start to look at the future differently. What do I want to do with the time I have left?
The questions above, we will usually ask ourselves, plus the question, why me? I left it out because it is the most negative thought you can have. When we are in timeout, we really need to think about our successes. Timeout is an expression that I use whenever I find myself sick or hurt and I can’t do a lot physically. During these moments, we get the opportunity to reflect on our lives.
I’ve been in timeout for four months and I’m appreciative of it. Before cancer, I was helping others with erasing past issues that they couldn’t get rid of on their own. Now, I can’t reach out to them. I miss it deeply. In the past, people would come in and leave with a smile on their face. At that instant, they weren’t sure if I had helped. They just knew that they felt differently. So I never truly saw how it affected their daily lives. With me being unable to help others, they are telling me how helpful I had been. They’re waiting for me to get better because they have other areas that they want help with.
We all have an impact on each other that we usually do not realize. The movie It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart is a perfect example. We can positively and negatively impact others. It’s a choice that we all make. The question you need to ask yourself: Am I like Mr. Potter who wants to control and take what he can without giving back? Taking every opportunity to twist it to my benefit?
Or are we the kind of person that Jimmy Stewart is like? A person with a caring heart, being patient and long suffering for the benefit of others. If you’re a good parent, you’ll feel this way. What about others around you?  What do they need, and have you seen it or ignored them?
Being stopped from really being around people gave me a new perspective on how we impact each other and ourselves. I’m grateful for the opportunity to witness it. Helping people is an art that many of us lose in the day-to-day world. So what makes it an art? There are questions that we need to be asking ourselves. What is our motivation in helping someone? Do we do it without expecting anything back? Do we do it for the praise of others? The person who does it without expecting anything back is the person who will find the most pleasure from giving to others.
With the economy going down, there are a lot of opportunities to reach out. Even if you are a person in need, I suggest you find someone who needs more help than you do. It’s in the true giving that you will find your pain eased and what you need. It might not come in the same hour, but it will come. If you have the attitude of gratefulness, it will come back bigger than you imagined.
When we truly give to others, it eases our pain, bringing great joy to our hearts. If you’re emotionally hurting, it’s the best painkiller you can take. Today, I have for the first time people all around me reaching out to lift my burden. I feel their prayers and the joy in their eyes to see they are helping me. It’s a different experience to see it from the person who needs help.
This is a scripture from the Bible that I like. It says: “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” Matt. 10:8. It’s the giving freely that brings the joy into our lives. It’s also important that we realize the areas that have been given to us. In other words, count how many things are good and right in your life and focus on them. What have you been given? So many times we forget and just focus on what we don’t have.
Sometimes, we feel like we have nothing to give. You need to fill your cup. This is one of the best ways to fill it: Visualize putting your arms around yourself. Sometimes, you need to hold yourself until you feel peace in your heart. Remember, you need to put your arms around yourself when you feel lonely, frustrated, or angry. It helps to melt away the negativity and bring you back to the positive emotions. When you are plugged into the positive, you will bring many wonderful experiences and opportunities into your life. You should never forget it.

If you want more information, you might want to purchase my book.

Have you ever set out to accomplish something only to find yourself wondering if you are even going in the right direction? Are you like your kids. Are you saying, I’m I there yet? Some people say: “Success is a state of mind.” What is a state of mind really?

I recently read a blog regarding journals. You can read it at: www.attractingyourgoal.com. You might want to check it out. It’s a good article. I mentioned that I have six journals in the comment section. Some people have asked why so many? The reason why, I thought might make a good article.

Goals are not a destination. Is anything really in this life a destination? You’re probably wondering what is this woman talking about. Let me give you an example. Can you touch a rainbow? If you saw one, can you go over and touch it? If you are sailing or driving towards the horizon, can you ever reach it? Can you touch the horizon?

We know that you can’t touch a rainbow or the horizon. With each step, the horizon moved away from from us. Our goal and successful can work the same way. If you want to see your successes, then you must look stop and look backwards. You need to look back and see what you have accomplished. What have I really accomplished? Journals help you do that very thing. They build self-love and worth within us.

I keep six journals that cover the different aspects of my life. So I go back and see my growth. We are always evolving even if we chose to hibernate and hide from the world. If nothing else, we are getting older and we can’t stop it.

The greatest secret of a journal, it builds self-love and worth. They teach us to be a better communicator. If you keep one, you’ll learn to appreciate you. You can go back and see your growth. How you got through a dark or a joyous time. What you learned? You can see how it changed you. Journals give you an opportunity to express yourself and guess what? Someone is truly listening.

In the process, you might find yourself and learn how wonderful and unique you truly are. Have fun with your journal!

It is crucial for you to feel successful everyday, if you want to be healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally. You need it to be able to perceive your life correctly. The feeling of success will help you sustain you even when you are having a bad hair day. If you are like me, you’re probably wondering why? Why is it so important to feel the success down deep when I wasn’t sure what it was in the beginning. How do you measure success?

Your mind is alway working. At least if you are a woman, you’re mind is always thinking about something. If it is true that our minds attract to our lives, what we focus on. This is is important. Some people tell me that they don’t believe our minds can bring into our lives what we think about. I want to tell you, it is very true.

We bring into our lives really how we feel. Your feeling are nothing more than what you believe. We attract people that match our programming. If you want to be negative, nothing is more irritating than being around a positive person and visa versa.

How do you instill the feeling of success deep inside of you? First, it has nothing to do with your job or what you own. This isn’t the kind of success that I’m talking about. Things are only a illusion of success and you will never be satisfied. You need to create the feelings and thoughts first. So you can attract success and bring it into your life. So how do you program your mind to attract success?

First, you need to ask yourself. What is my definition of success? I’ve heard some people say, when I make a certain amount of money or when I buy a particular item. When my kids are all grown up and successful. We have heard numerous definitions of people’s concept of what success should feel like.

Most people’s meaning of success is like the horizon. I wrote about in my last article. Can you ever really touch the horizon? So they go through life never feeling succesful yet, they could be a multi millionaire. If you aren’t feeling successful everyday, then it means you do not understand how to program your mind to accept success.

If this is you, I suggest you change it now. I read one man’s definition of success and it was perfect. You need to have your definition of success so you can easily feel it everyday. This was his, “I feel success today because I’m above ground.” So every morning, he wakes up and he feels successful.

He inspired me to change mine to something that meant a lot to me. It is: I feel success when I learn something new. It is anything that I didn’t know a few moments ago. I can’t tell you how it changed my life. Try it! You might like it. It feel great to have that feeling of success always with you.