As I was taking the time to work in “peroneal tendon strengthening” exercises at the gym this morning, I began to consider how we define “strength” in ourselves. I wondered what I consider my strengths and if I view them as a weakness when I miss the mark. I realized as I patiently nurtured my tendons, I consider myself to be physically strong even though some days I have to rein in the level of aggressiveness at which I approach exercises that involve repetitive ankle motion. Counter intuitively, when I am unable to approach my day with creative inspiration or disciplined action I think of myself as weak. I hear my self-abashing voice saying “Get busy, you are creative, you are disciplined, you should be…” Wow, I certainly don’t say to myself in the gym when I am slowed by my ankle, “Get busy, you are strong, push harder!” I know if I did, I would injure myself.  The question to ask is “Why do I choose to injure my self-esteem when I am not exhibiting two of my strongest strengths; being creative and disciplined?”
 
I think we all, from time-to-time, forget to be patient and allow ourselves to shift with the ebb and flow of our energy. We miss the mark of allowing ourselves to be in practice of nurturing the whole of who we are, of taking notice of what parts of ourselves are in need of a little tender loving care. We instead push through by relying on our strengths because we are afraid of being viewed as weak or feeling weak. When truly if we nurture what we perceive as being weak, we are able to return fortified and poised for greatness.
 
In my case, creativity and discipline are quite opposite. Creativity is esoterically driven by the ability to transcend the traditional and discipline is a trained behavior. In order for each of these strengths to serve my goal of wanting to inspire others to live their dreams, they require just as much nurturing energy as do my peroneal tendons in order for my ankles to support the level of physical activity I desire. So today, as I found myself unmotivated, uninspired and lacking discipline feeling as though I was being weak, I closed my eyes, quieted that negative voice and whispered, “You are as creative and disciplined as you need to be for today. All is well and will continue to be. You are enough just the way you are. I love you.”
 
 

I am really excited about all the shifts I am experiencing internally. I feel the fall winds have come into my living room and are blowing through my veins inspiring change and motivation to act on all the fun whimsical ideas I have for manifesting my true heart's desire, I am stoked.
 
I must admit I didn't just wake up, feel the shifts and find myself inspired or motivated. It has been a process of waiting, listening, being true to myself, noting any morsel of inspiration that comes my way, overcoming fears and stretching myself to believe in Hailey. I have had to stay committed to loving myself. Isn't that always the key and the point of ahhh- ha that we come back to "loving ourselves more, regardless?"
 
I am learning the more I make the conscious choice to love myself just the way I am, flaws and all, the more I am empowered to make choices of increase because I know I am worth more than mediocrity or going with the flow. At 47 I am acutely aware God gave me this life for a purpose and it is my responsibility to consciously live the mission set to course when I was born. I realize nobody or anything can make it happen for me.  Not my husband, not my friends, not money, not time, nor energy can co-create with source. It is up to me. I have to remain willing to stay committed to my heart, to trust God and to love myself even when everything externally makes me not want to. God is my source, my heavenly father and with that kind of power and support behind me, I can accomplish anything, and so can you!
 
So, today, I spring out of bed grab a cup of coffee, sink into my body to connect with God to remind myself I am supported and loved. I then make a list of what I need to do to accomplish my dream of having a syndicated radio program, finishing my book, teaching webinars, becoming a certified Pilates instructor and moving my practice from my home office to a place where "my practice" is a center for learning and healing into the joy of loving oneself.
I encourage you to define your dreams, make a list of the steps to achieve them and get committed for you have the power to create exactly what you want if you truly desire living your life's mission. Start by loving yourself first.
 
Many Blessings - Hailey

When you feel as good on the inside as you do on the outside about what you are doing, the universe will multiply your opportunities and they will manifest at an exponential rate. Now the question is… How can we go about feeling as good on the inside as we do on the outside? I propose that we think about how we can create our lives rather than planning them.
 
If you think about it, “to create” means  to cause to come into being as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.  Where as “planning” is created by ordinary processes of defining a method of how you are going to act or do something. Typically we are “planning” and for good reason; it gets us through our day by keeping us on task and on schedule. However, in our culture we take very little time to notice the divine, the creative energy that lives within our hearts and our imaginations. This is unfortunate because the divine energy that lives in our hearts is a calling from our Soul to take action to love ourselves. When we begin the journey of loving ourselves and creating our lives, our world shifts from the inside out and we can’t help but feel the seeds of our dreams that have been planted in our hearts begin to grow.
 
So, my call to love for every one of you today is to make a promise to yourself that you will take 30 minutes at some point this week to sit down, close your eyes, take a deep breath and ask yourself what you most need in your life at this time to fill your heart up. Now, write whatever it is down. It could be more than one thing. Now, take another deep breath and go a little deeper within yourself, what do you hear your Soul is calling you to create? Once you got it, write it down as well. Now, I want you to go about creating your life for the next 7 days around what you have been called to give yourself and to create. What I mean is make the time to give yourself at least one thing that fills you up and “become what you are to create.” Think about how you can go out into the world speaking, acting and doing as if you were already living your creation.
 
I promise when you allow your heart to open, your perspective will enlighten and your life will become filled with dreams rather than expectations and let me tell ya, expectations require plans. I am not saying you won’t be taking action to create your dream but actions to create a dream are acts of creative energy not plans to fulfill expectations. 
 
As always, with faith, hope, love and inspiration - Hailey
 
P.S. Let me hear from you. I would love to know what you are creating! 
 

Today, I give thanks to my brave brother Aaron for finding the courage to say goodbye to his wife and two little girls as he gave them a big hug and kiss and headed for Iraq. Thankfully he is now safely home being a husband and father leaving the memories of those uncertain goodbyes buried in the dessert of his memory.
 
I love my brother so much. He is my youngest and one of 2 that is still with us. Our brother Shane passed 9 years ago and I miss the joy of his clever humor and gentle poetic heart every day. He taught me to live in my heart not expecting today to end or tomorrow not to come. His love for me was unconditional. He was thankful I was his sister and I was thankful for every day he blessed me with his sometimes cantankerous, but mostly hilarious, light-hearted energy of love.
 
But Aaron, I believe, is a soldier of courage. I believe he knows way down deep inside himself who he is and what God’s true mission for him is or he could never have volunteered his service during this time of war knowing he possibly could find himself in a position to kill or be killed. And I believe it took an even deeper sense of knowingness, a relationship with the loving Spirit of God living within his heart, to find the courage to say goodbye to those he loved knowing he may never see a smile break across their faces or hold them in his arms again. This is true courage.
 
 A heart that knows God knows to follow the calling of his will before his own. He makes difficult choices even when they can mean goodbye forever. This is a courageous heart, the heart of a soldier. The heart of all the men and women that have served our country from its inception. I believe it is this courage that strengthens all of our hearts during desperate, difficult times and we can summon it to fight the many battles we face throughout our lives. God is on our side and in our hearts prepared to go to the front lines for us. All we have to do is call on him then listen to his guidance.
 
Thank you dear Aaron for being an example of courage. My life is enriched because of your willingness to say goodbye knowing your mission was greater than we could all understand. You are a brave man with a heart full of compassion and love not only for your country, but for that still voice that lives within you and guides you, your Spirit Man speaking the knowingness of your truth; God’s will for you.
 
With love always, Sissy
 
 
 
 
 
 

To all you wonderful writers/authors that have been on my radio show or not, as of yet, I want to introduce you to Lynn Wiese. If you are looking for a publicist to promote your book through radio, television, book signings or are writing a second book and need a book proposal written, an editor or guidance, Lynn would be the person to contact. She understands the struggles and triumphs of moving from being a writer to a published author as she has made this leap herself 3 times and counting.
 
I invite you to visit her website www.lwsliteraryservices.com Perhaps she can assist you. I also will be interviewing Lynn on my radio show June 21st www.blogtalkradio.com/haileywiseman as her personal story is compelling and inspiring.
 
As always, with faith, hope, love and inspiration - Hailey
 

Today I recevied an email from a woman explaining she only has $800 dollars to her name and does not know what she is going to do. My heart plummeted to the floor knowing how difficult of a situation she is in. I picked my heart up, closed my eyes, asked God to look after her then remembered a story from my life where I was in the same boat. I share this with all of you as a reminder God is always with you and his Angels are working 24/7 to deliver his messages and guidance to you.
 
 
I remember a time when I was completely out of money and I mean my checking had about $300 in it, I had company coming into town that I had to entertain and the rent was due in 4 weeks (I knew I could go an extra week on the rent). And I did not know how I was going to feed myself, my company, put gas in the car, pay the electric and water bill and everything else on $300. I could not borrow any more money and I did not know what I was going to do.
 
 
I had been praying and trusting God to take care of me. I knew in my heart he would but I was still tired and nervous. I had been interviewing for a job for 6 weeks and they had gone silent with no answers and my 4 weeks was counting down rapidly. I continued to trust and have faith because the interview had fallen into my lap by an act of favor on God’s part. I found the job on craigslist and they were a big fortune 500 company and not allowed to advertise in this manner. It just so happened that one of the managers was not getting good candidates from the recruiting team so she posted the job just minutes before I logged back in to see if there was a new posting.
 
 
During my silent prayer with God, I heard way down deep inside to check craigslist again even though I had already twice that day. I did, and there was this new posting. I instantly emailed my resume over not even knowing the name of the company. Within minutes the manager emailed back, we talked on the phone later that day and the next thing I knew I started the interview process. She, in fear of reprimand, immediately pulled the job posting off of craigslist after we chatted. The thing is, this company is one of the most difficult to get an interview with unless you are referred in. I had submitted my resume several times through their recruitment team with not a word and knew nobody to refer me in. Because of this little miracle of getting an interview the way I did, I just knew I was to get that job. It was a divine appointment!
 
 
Two weeks later after the long interview process, just when I was about to give up, they phoned me. They offered me more salary than what they originally told me they were willing to pay. I received my first paycheck the very last day possible that I could extend my rent. My first year with that company I exceeded my sales quota, made 100% club and with my base and commission made over $100K. I spent 2.5 years with that company making boucoup bucks. Got myself out of debt and back on my feet flush again. The job came to an end. It had served its purpose. And you know what, when it came to an end it was with a big ole’ severance package! How about that for even more blessing!
 
 
I share this with you to remind you that God is great. Have faith, trust and be open to opportunity so you may recognize it when it comes along. You are a child of the most radiant light and will be taken care of. Listen to God guiding you way down deep on the inside. Call on your Angels to bring God’s guidance to you in a way that you can understand without a doubt! When you pray, be specific and again ask for signs of direction in a way that you can understand without a doubt. Speak to God like Moses did the rock. God will answer!
 
 
With faith, love, hope and inspiration,
 
Hailey

This morning I was driving out of my neighborhood headed to my pilates reformer class, and as I turned the corner I saw a large puddle of water slightly rippling against the black asphalt. Now if this was not curious enough the fact that the water had puddled into the shape of a heart was!
 
I had to stop the car to crane my neck out the window to be sure. Yep, there it was, a puddle of water right in the middle of the road shaped as perfectly as anyone could draw a heart. Wow! Now how did that happen I wondered? Interesting, why? I quickly new it was God reminding me to go to my heart.
 
You see, I had woken up feeling yucky. I was fighting my emotions for the drivers seat and just wanted to get to my pilates reformer class as soon as possible so my mind would quiet down. I knew once my breath kicked into gear with my body, a given in pilates, a shift would occur and my mind and body would fluidly flow in tandem and my emotions would have to take a rest.
 
But it was this heart shaped puddle of water that instantly, and I mean instantly took me out of the chatter of my emotional mind and into my heart. I instantly giggled and shouted out loud “Thank you God, you are awesome!” I felt my energy lift, my mind relax, my breath fill my lungs and restore my body to wholeness and the sun seemed brighter. I was happy and felt blessed without a care to tend to!
 
For me, God speaks in many ways and always in a way that I can understand without a doubt. Did pilates meet my expectations of transitioning me into a better state of being for the day? The answer is of a precarious nature because pilates can either throw me into a state of bliss or catatpult me to another planet where I am unable to stop myself from crashing into a wall where blood sugar does not exist. I reach for my my balance spray and beg my body to restore itself now. In this scenario, it does shortly but not without that initial panicstriken struggle. The morning moves into afternoon and I feel thankful I have a body that allows me to exercise so intensely.
 
But the puddle of water instantly set the tone of my day to that of a state of bliss before I even had a chance to walk into the studio and hook my arms and legs into that medevil looking aparatus they call a reformer. The most fascinating and tantilizing part is, on this particular day, the class would definitely had sent me to that hard walled state of mind that gobbles up all my brain cells and any awareness that perhaps bliss does exist. It was this perfect placement of a puddle of water shaped like a heart that put me in the state of mind I unknowling would need to even take the class. It was a difficult class.
 
It still makes me smile and feel overwhelmed with thankfullness of the great wonders of that I can’t touch but know in my heart to be real.
 
I invite you to look for signs of God working wonder in your life. It just might change your state of mind.
 
With faith, hope, love and inspiration,
Hailey

This morning I have been counting my blessings with a smile and open heart…
 
I am blessed with:

• A husband that loves me and remains open to my growth… huge!
• A sweet little dog that I adore

• A practice that fills my heart with love every day
• A relationship with God
• Friends that care for me
• A lovely home
• A new car
• A healthy body
• A creative mind
• A web developer that updates my site endlessly to my perfection… he rocks!
• A friend that is being my assistant, producer and sounding board… trust her!
• A colleague that inspires me to continue to put myself out there authentically… love him!
• Open hearts all around me
• My breath

 
Reminding myself of my blessings grows my faith, increases my hope, expands my love for myself and others and inspires me to be a better person.
 
From my heart - Hailey
 
 

Sometimes, like today, I wake up and I am just don't feel I am all that, if you know what I mean. In fact, I felt that way today. As I made my way outside, drawn to look at my flower garden by the sun, I realized the sun didn't make a fuss about rising in the sky today nor did the little tiny flowers starting to grow up through the dry, cold earth so why am I? I went to my journal and found where I had written on August 5th, 2008:
 
“What if you believed, trusted, walked and spoke in the wholeness of I am greater than I feel I am, I am a blessing, I am already a success, I walk in the truth of the almighty God of the most high for I am light, I am light I AM LIGHT!"
 
Well, this inspired me to change my attitude from that of “ I am not sure how I will get through the day since I woke up at 4am” to “It is a beautiful outside and I deserve to live in the almighty power of the universal consciousness of love that veils our universe, our earth and lives in my heart! I AM!” 
 
I don't know about you but I choose to live thousands of feet high above the dregs of criticisms, the tones of disapproving words, the looks of condemnation, the acts of violence, the trickery of thieves and the abuse of the past. I rather enjoy being happy, and I know I am a child of the most high God and that my God, your God, the God of our greater consciousness has already blessed me and washed away those curses so I don’t have to. I just have to know I am loved and in knowing this universal law of truth, I trust. And in trusting, I extend faith. And in extending faith, I create powerful energy. And in creating powerful energy my blessings cometh at the level of altitude that I deserve – nothing less than the amazing riches of heaven!
 
Today I choose heaven over earth and to remain within this realm of love I will:
 
1.      Not shame myself with thoughts of not being good enough
2.      I will change my thoughts from have not to have
3.      I will be a blessing to those around me by listening with an open heart
4.      I will give to the earth by recycling all that I can
5.      I will love my partner by reminding my him what a blessing he is 
 
This is God’s focus for me today. I trust. I have faith. I act, therefore I AM.
 
In loving spirit of my heart’s desire - Hailey