Melissa is the featured guest on the Directed Focus Radio Show with host David Zarza.

She will be discussing how intentional awareness and powerful personal visuals (dream boards) are the ideal tool for creating a bridge between your conscious and sub-conscious mind.

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Fortunately life success for the typical person (not to be confused with being average) is usually not measured in such minute terms — although we can act and over-react like it is. We can take our missteps too seriously and worry about consequences that aren’t even close to being as humbling as stumbling on a first hurdle and falling flat on your face in front of a worldwide audience.

The Olympic Games are important because they can actually help us to keep perspective. We don’t lose out in the game of life success by such small margins. Often, we get second and third and more chances to make a go of our goals. Life is (we hope) a longer race; we can lag behind for a time and still catch up (like the Canadian silver medalist in the triathlon). We can change our minds half way through life about what we want to specialize in and still excel. And, best of all, we don’t have to do our best before the age of 30! (Although remarkable athletes like Dara Torres are making 40 the new 20 even in Olympic terms)

Better yet, our goals and dreams are just important as those of an Olympic athlete. We have the opportunity to touch the lives of others on a daily basis, not just once every four years. We can let our ideas and our actions ripen and take wing without worrying about a finish line. In fact, we tend to be more successful when we don’t worry about the finish line and just take the next best step right now with clarity and focus. We can inspire others in small and large ways that are just as full of heart and proud intention.

In the game of life, if we’re smart, we learn to celebrate mini-successes as well as the big, momentous life successes. Yes, life success is measured by how much we stretch and challenges ourselves, by how often we move out of our comfort zone and do more than we think we are capable of doing. But better yet, life success it is measured by how much we appreciate daily opportunities to learn, receive, teach and give for as long as we live.

As I see the Olympic athletes preparing for a swim competition or getting ready to attack the pummel horse I wish that I could get into their conscious minds. I imagine that I would see some athletes running a winning race through their mind’s eye for the thousandth time. I imagine that in the minds of less confident athletes I would see the negative thought or worry that just won’t go away…”I’ll never win,” “I’m not good enough,” “I wish that I had more time to train,” “If I don’t win a medal my life will be over..” I’m always hoping that they are envisioning success.

Once in a while I get an intuitive hit about who will win and who will not. I clearly sensed that the United States women’s gymnastic team would not get the gold from the first night preliminaries. No gold energy there. They were so solid where they were solid, but they kept performing outside the lines and unfortunately that’s not rewarded during the floor exercise. I’m so glad I don’t get deductions every time I get a little sloppy with my dream life manifestation work or I have nervous energy I can’t contain effectively.

Michael Phelps is so within himself in the most comfortable way. There are so many agonizing moments during the Olympics that’s it’s actually a relief to see an athlete so poised despite all the craziness. Now if only I could approach my busy schedule with such grace and “flow.”

Maybe the trick is to identify particular days that are my personal Olympics. I’ll start the day imagining the winning components that will make it a successful day. I’ll consciously be at my best and my most positively minded. I’ll keep mentally and intuitively limber and keep stress at a minimum. I won’t be intimidated by competitors, yet I’ll always be a good sport. And, most importantly, I’ll celebrate my successes, and not beat myself up when I fall short. It was enough to step up and “play” (such a better word than work).

And, the crowd is on its feet, cheering…

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This made me wonder: What about this lighthearted movie touched him in a particularly satisfying way? Perhaps his musical background enabled him to appreciate the fact that actors who are not trained singers went for it anyways. I thought he might get annoyed at their everyday-person singing voices, but he really gave everyone kudos for putting it out there and “selling it” with joy.

The lesson I got from this: Sometimes we worry about trying something new or engaging in an activity we’ll never be really great at because people will think us inept. The truth is that people with generous hearts will always give you credit for trying and going for it. And it’s always worth the effort to do what will take you out of your comfort zone or make your heart sing.

Secondly, as escapist entertainment, it didn’t hurt that the music-accompanied personal challenges of the Mamma Mia main characters took place on a gorgeous Greek isle! I thought it amusing that the script kept trying to make it seem like such a big trial that the Meryl Streep character was “stuck” there working to keep a charming dilapidated Inn going.

The lesson I got from this: If you’re going to face tough life challenges that take great heart and fortitude…try to face them in a beautiful location.

Our powerful, soul-deep intuition is where the authentic guide to our dreams resides. Here we have a resource that never lies or leads us astray. It’s Us! Our intuitive selves show us our true power. Creatively tapped using dream boards, our intuition actually shows us the magnificence of our visions, our energy and potential. Wow, how else can you do that?

The intuitive dream board above that I’ve titled “the surprise inside” is a reminder of this truth about our intuitive self and the power of the subconscious mind. We have to be open to receiving the deep wisdom that is always with us. For empowerment, we need to give space and time to our creative intuition. We stand tall when we trust and respect our inner wisdom and power. We stand tall when we celebrate our friendship with our inner influence.

What authentic personal strengths could you be celebrating?

Here are some examples. A couple was over for dinner and we started talking about the movie Momma Mia! Turns out the wife adored ABBA when she was ten years old. So we put on an ABBA greatest hits CD we had just bought and played it. She was transported back to her ten-year old self and sang along to every song. What joy! My husband and I have decided we’re going to wrap it up and send the CD to her.

Yesterday I was at the Ballard Farmer’s Market here in Seattle. I was a dollar short for my fruit purchase and said to the vendor: “My husband’s getting coffee, I can get it from him.” The guy responds, “Don’t worry about it. Gee, I wish I could go get a cup of coffee.” Without missing a beat I ask him what he wants, knowing that he’ll be stuck at his tent for hours. Now the coffee cost me more than what I was short on the fruit, but it gave me such happiness to do that simple favor for him.

At the same market, I brought my husband change back from a purchase. In it was a $2 bill. Now, I could care less about a $2 bill, but a couple sitting next to us at the coffee cafe says “You got a $2 bill? My mother collects those.” Now, if I had the $2 bill in my hand I would have given it right over to him. My husband says he thought about it, but didn’t act on it.

I don’t think I’ve fully appreciated how often these gifting-others opportunities present themselves to us. I mean, I know I’m more intentionally aware than most, but this is joyous awareness taking hold on a whole new level!

So the next time you think about doing something nice for someone else, follow your inclination. Do it for the smiles it invokes in you and others.