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What’s between you and the life of your dreams?


Learn right now, by clicking here, how to break through that invisible force field that’s separating you from the delicious adventure your life is meant to be. All you Juicy Joy fans know this phenomenon as your “Filter” — the subject of Step 2 in Juicy Joy – 7 Simple Steps to Your Glorious, Gutsy Self. My friend and mentor Dr. Christian Pankhurst has named this pesky neurological defense mechanism “Stuart.” (Ah, that cheeky British wit!) The good news is that he is a master at disarming our Stuarts!
Many of you have heard me rave about Christian in my blog and Facebook posts. This dude is a self-dev rock star. And I’m not the only one raving. Neale Donald Walsch, author of the bestselling Conversations with God series, says “Christian knows how to articulate these messages as well as, if not better than I do. He is a profound source of clarity and understanding of the richness and depth of this material.”
All of us on the personal development path occasionally reach those points where we feel stuck and ask, “Is this it?” This content-packed, FREE sampling of Christian’s work will teach you how to get unstuck and move your life forward to the next level. Click here and enjoy!
Right now, Christian is taking questions on his blog so feel free to comment and interact with him in the space below the video. He’ll respond to you personally!


The Challenge of Expansion for Kids and Parents – Growth Isn’t Always Happy, But It Can Always Be Juicy Joyful


“I live my life in ever-widening rings.” – Rainer Maria Rilke


To live authentically in Juicy Joy is to allow ourselves to fully inhabit each new ring, even knowing that some of the rings will – by necessity – be painful ones. There are separate sets of rings for the different areas of our lives, too. I’m thrilled with the way my professional rings are widening. I’m so excited for all my Juicy Joy gigs next month, and for upcoming opportunities to speak aboard a spirituality-themed cruise, and to present Juicy Joy at the Conscious Children’s Network Conference in Sedona.

But in another area of my life, the widening rings are not as joyful. They make me want to contract more than expand. I observe my resistance to flowing into these rings, even as I understand that there’s no growth unless I surrender to them. The only way out is through.

I watch my kids navigate their ever-widening rings and it’s so hard sometimes to keep myself from attempting to manipulate and minimize the challenging ones for them. We parents sometimes think we have the power to do that. But any challenging ring we manage to skip our children through now will only show up at some later date for them to experience. Knowing that is the only thing that keeps me (mostly) in place as the watchful, ever-present, loving witness.

Our ever-widening rings will take us in and out of “happiness” many times throughout our lives, but with understanding and deep appreciation for the growth and maturation they provide, every ring can be juicy joyful.