Affirmagy Blog

In November Diane Kennedy (she’s a Rich Dad Adviser) and David Finkel published “Maui Millionaires”, a book the captures the lessons and experiences from the Maui Millionaire retreats they started about 4 years ago.

What a read! While I am thrilled that I have it here during Vision Week, I can’t believe I waited almost 4 months to dive into it. GREAT stuff.

Treat yourself to this book. Non only will the personal shifts change your life, the information about how to create a mastermind group has the power to quantum leap anyone who applies it.

Plus, they have created the Dream Big Game. I am playing that tomorrow. Can’t wait!
Kristen Marie Schuerlein is committed to living intentionally by harnessing the power of affirmations. After 11 years at the helm of a successful graphic design and marketing company she founded Affirmagy, a company that creates fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations. Kristen’s positive life force inspires others to design - and live - a life they love.

There are many many things I love about Vision Week. Today my favorite is reflecting on all that has transpired over the past 12 months. Coming back to this beautiful place; going for a morning walk, smelling the warm air, writing, reading, and dreaming; I am amazed at how much as changed in my life based on the intentions I set a year ago.

Wayne Dyer is one master teacher of intention, inspiration, and purpose. Reading one of his articles this morning, I began to see at a deeper level how powerful we truly are when we step beyond our fears, and into our heart’s desire. Magic happens. The universe aligns to support us. Hard decisions become effortless when we are in the flow of our purpose. (more…)

Vision Week Q1 2007 underway. I highly recommend the tropics for rest, and rejuvenation. What better way to live an intentional life? Vision week is all about reflecting on past successes, reviewing my 2007 to 2011 goals and intentions and taking the time to expand my vision even further. It’s also that time when I get to ‘get global’ and do really big thinking about my business, my life, my spirituality, my life’s purpose. I love this week and am so grateful for it!

Today I want to share with you another article by a guest author at SuccessConsciousness.com (I encourage you to check out this amazing site). Julie Plenty is the author of 5 Key Ways to Attract Abundance and Prosperity .

Julie’s blog The Essential Connection is worth checking out.

Enjoy.
Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

Today is the first day of Vision Week for Q1 2007! This next week I will share with you resources, people, opportunities and insights grounded in the intention “We’re Having our Best Year Ever”. (This powerful affirmation sits in a frame on my desk.) Coming are posts about vision, leadership, gratitude, success, goal setting, intention, affirmations…. you know, the good stuff!
I have decided to start this weeks posts with Gratitude for one very simple reason; If we are not grateful for what we have, we will not attract what we want.

Cruising the web this morning I came across a GREAT article about Gratitude. The article is by Ken Eikenberry, and was posted on SuccessConsciousness.com (a valuable site in it’s own right).

Part of how I create Vision Week for myself is all about acknowledging my accomplishments, having gratitude for where I am right now, and looking to the future knowing that all my dreams are coming true. A great quote on Joe Vitale’s blog, spoken by a friend of his is this: “I am satified, I just want more”. That’s the essence of gratitude.

Here’s Ken’s article, The Power of Gratitude.

Enjoy.

Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

Two and a half years ago a friend and I started what has become a Mastermind Group of two. Once a quarter we get together and set goals, intentions and rewards for results in all areas of life from Friends and Family to Finance. We are tireless supporters of one another’s big dreams. Her friendship, insights and high level of expectation for her own life uplift and inspire me.

Last year we decided that what had been a lunchtime mastermind meeting should be a WEEK - we just had so many things to talk about, explore and research all in the name of living extraordinary lives. Then, we got really smart and decided that this new Vision Week should be held in somewhere in the tropics.
So, for the second February in a row I am off to the sunshine to dream, plan, read, contemplate, think, sit, relax, rejuvenate, and certainly experience many ah-ha’s, and several breakthroughs. That’s what happen’s when we take the time to listen for our heart’s desire and put in place structures to get there.

Won’t you consider creating a Vision Week, or at least a Vision Day for yourself? Over the next week, stay tuned for updates and ideas about how you can leverage the power of mastermind groups and visioning to design a life you love.

Life is good.

Kristen Marie Schuerlein knows first hand how to design a life you live by living intentionally. She is the founder of Affirmagy, makers of fleece blankets silk screened with positive affirmations called Affirmawraps. With themes like Gratitude, Love, Abundance and Joy, Affirmawraps are sweet reminders that life is good!

Don’t you love to see people out there doing cool things? Here are some things that just make life sweeter, brought to you by people who have their heart in the right place and their vision on the good things in life.

http://positivethinkingmag.com

http://www.optimalthinking.com/

http://www.universalgiving.org/about_us/

http://www.kindnessproject.com/home.php

http://www.thingsaregood.com/

Who do you know someone out there who is doing good? Please share.

Today’s entry is an encore presentation of a post originally published November 30, 2007. Enjoy.

You know, I truly believe that we get to create our lives. One of my favorite quotes is one by George Bernard Shaw:“Life isn’t about finding yourself, its about creating yourself.”I subscribe to the thought that we have the power to create whatever life that we choose, and the beginning part of that is sitting down and taking the time to think about what do we really want.

What do we want for ourselves?
What do we want for our families?
What do we want for our communities?
The moment we each ask ourselves what’s possible in our lives, something inside shifts and our minds starts looking around for the answer. “What IS possible for my life?”
This is fun part. Think BIG and BOLD and OUTRAGEOUS. Grant yourself the space to think in a totally new way. Forget what things look like now. IMAGINE what they could be.
In that moment, the magic starts.

Can you imagine a world with a million people wrapped in these words?

Can you imagine what would it be like to teach our children to read using statements like these?

Can you imagine the impact such goodness would make?

We can.

I am surrounded by love • I am kind and caring • I easily attract nurturing people and experiences into my life • My circle of friends continues to expand • I radiate joy and happiness • I passionately follow my dreams • I find delight in the little things • Each day I give thanks for the love in my life • Love is all around me • I joyfully express love • My heart is full • I accept myself exactly the way I am • I live my best life filled with love • The more love I give, the more love I receive • My soul freely and fully expresses itself • I release the past and allow the healing power of love into my life • I am a magnet for wonderful things • I am in love with my life

Happy Valentine’s Day. (and Affirmagy’s birthday!)

The Task is to Ask. I remember my mom wearing a button that said that one year when a trade organization she was a member of was recruiting new members. The Task is to Ask. I thought it was goofy.

Then last week a universal brick hit me in the head. The Task is to Ask. That’s it. That’s the key! That’s the genesis of all things being attracted, manifested and created in our lives. Alright! Now we’re cooking with gas!

Please allow me to dive in to this idea. First, we have to ask ourselves what we want. I call this our “heart’s desire”. Isn’t it easy to run around all day doing what we are ’supposed’ to do? A week goes by, then a month. Suddenly years have passed and we haven’t done a darn thing to move in the direction of our dreams.

So, here’s my request: ASK yourself today “what do I want?”. Do that 10, 20, 100 times and see what bubbles up. My bet is that the first 40 things are based in what you think you want, or used to want, or your family wants, or you think you should want. About time #41 - 100, amazing things will begin to reveal themselves. Be courageous… just listen to your heart. No need to be scared. Just be with it. We’ll get to getting into action another day. Today, just ask. And see. And be amazed at the brilliance inside of you.

Life is good.

Coming soon: Asking our boss, our mates, our friends, our mentors, our guides and the universe. Stay tuned.

When I started my design company in 1996, I posted this quote on the wall directly in front of my desk. Today I find it has an even deeper meaning for me. In my opinion these are some of the wisest words every written. Enjoy.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Marianne Williamson