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		<title>Vibrant Inner Ecology = Healthier, Greener Economy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Inner Ecology? It&#8217;s inner balance, clarity,  &#38; motivation. It&#8217;s personal integrity. It&#8217;s an alignment of your desires and life purpose. How&#8217;s Your Inner Ecology? Is it time for a tune-up? Do you need a grounding chord, a compass, or a new lens? Are you in transition? Are you ready to reinvent yourself? Through March [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #000080;">What&#8217;s Inner Ecology?<br />
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<h4><strong><span style="color: #000080;">It&#8217;s inner balance, clarity,  &amp; motivation. It&#8217;s personal integrity.</span></strong><span style="color: #000080;"> It&#8217;s an alignment of your desires and life purpose.<a href="http://sherylsever.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Entrepreneur.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3037" title="Entrepreneur" src="http://sherylsever.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Entrepreneur-300x223.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="223" /></a></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>How&#8217;s Your Inner Ecology?</em><em> Is it time for a tune-up?</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Do you need a grounding chord, a compass, or a new lens? </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>Are you in transition? Are you ready to reinvent yourself?</em></strong></span></p>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;">Through March 31, 2011, I am offering you an opportunity <span style="color: #000080;">to </span></span><span style="color: #000080;">contribute to a healthier, greener economy while giving your&#8221; inner ecology&#8221; a spring cleaning by investing in any one (or all!) of my 3 coaching programs:</span></h4>
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You, Inc. Career Coaching<br />
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><em><strong><em>Demystifying Social Media Marketing<br />
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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><em><em><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Awakening Entrepreneurs Business Consulting</strong></span><br />
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<h4><span style="color: #000080;"><em><em> </em></em>I believe that the future of America depends upon an assertive commitment to creating a environmentally sustainable, social just, and personally fulfilling presence on our planet.  Aggressive investing in Clean Energy,  Sustainable Technologies, and Green Building is essential. </span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;">As part of my personal commitment to this, I am donating 20% of my business consulting &amp; coaching revenues from Feb. 15- March 31  to a Micro-Grant Fund supporting </span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;">Van Jones&#8217;s</span> <a href="http://www.greenforall.org/">Green Jobs For All Initiative.</a></h4>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Are you ready to </strong><strong>invest in your own inner ecology AND a greener economy? </strong></span></h3>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;"><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.sherylsever.com/coaching">Click here</a> for more information on my 3, 6 , or 10 week coaching programs. </span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;">In our coaching sessions, I can promise you a potent, focused,  transformational journey with on-going support to reach extraordinary goals in your business and your personal life.</span></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;"> If you are a new client, I offer complimentary sessions.</span></h4>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">You can also give the gift of coaching to a friend, colleague, or loved one, by purchasing a <a href="http://sherylsever.com/2010-gift-certificates/">gift certificate</a> .<br />
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><em><em>Transform your life, change the world!</em></em></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em><em><strong>February 15- March 31:</strong> </em></em><em><em><strong>20% of your investment is tax-deductable </strong></em></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><em><em>and will be donated to the Green for All Micro-Grant Fund which supports 100 grant recipients across the USA<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><em><em><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Thank you for contributing to a healthier, greener economy.</strong></span><br />
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		<title>What I love about the Recession</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, I declared that I was not participating in this recession, particularly since I had experienced my own 5- year &#8220;karmic cleanse&#8221; starting in  2003 ( post 9-11). It&#8217;s a much longer story to be shared, so let&#8217;s BE HERE NOW. There&#8217;s a lot I love about this recession. In many ways, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000080;"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1659" title="lavender" src="http://sherylsever.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lavender-150x150.jpg" alt="lavender" width="183" height="159" />Earlier this year, I declared that I was not participating in this recession, particularly since I had experienced my own 5- year &#8220;karmic cleanse&#8221; starting in  2003 ( post 9-11). It&#8217;s a much longer story to be shared, so let&#8217;s BE HERE NOW.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>There&#8217;s a lot I love about this recession. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000080;">In many ways, I see it bringing us all closer as we begin to recognize our interconnectedness (and how similar) we all are when it comes to  needs, purpose, wanting to make a difference and be happy!  There&#8217;s a collective global consciousness that continues to emerge as a result of the recession. We are learning to use our own &#8220;human technologies&#8221; and adapt to the changes.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>1. FEAR</strong> only has as much power as we allow it.  In other words, it&#8217;s simply an illusion<strong>.  <span style="font-weight: normal;">One of my beloved buddhist teachers from </span><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.spiritrock.org">Spirit Rock</a> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Meditation Center, during a 10-day Vipassana Retreat, told us a story about  how he helped  his 3- year old &#8220;embrace&#8221; his fear of the dark.  He simply instructed his son to say &#8220;Hello&#8221; to the Fear, every evening when it arose. Within a week of applying this seemingly very simple advice, his son was able to recognize (name), befriend, and then move beyond the fear. This 3-year old began greeting the fear of darkness peacefully. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>2. Living with uncertainty- <span style="font-weight: normal;">births creativity, improvisation, flexibility, innovation- all essential qualities of a great leader and awakened entrepreneur.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>3. Doing more with less- <span style="font-weight: normal;">we are all adopting&#8221;green&#8221;  practices- or more accurately put-learning to live sustainably (living in a way that meets the needs of future generations)</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>4. Social entrepreneurship has become mainstream. <span style="font-weight: normal;">See March, 2009 <span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/">Ode Magazine.</a></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>5. Transparent Communication<span style="font-weight: normal;">- Social Media has changed the way we do marketing. Now more than ever- authenticity , not hype , is what people are needing and seeking  The underlying message is to Be  Yourself- Everyone Else is Taken.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>6. Real Dialogs- <span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIK_FdvnG8A">Van Jones</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> calls this the need for human technologies- There&#8217;s an unprecedented grass roots global movement taking place- a caravan of world citizens.  Paul Hawkin, founder of <span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.wiserearth.org">Wiser Earth, </a></span>first cited this movement in a keynote he gave at  <a href="http://www.bioneers.org"><span style="color: #800080;">Bioneers</span> </a>several years ago.  People are returning to their need to connect, gathering together to dialog:  in circles, in community gatherings, in living rooms, around fires, and town hall meetings-to share concerns, solutions, compassion, and their human connection- actually an anthisesis to all the wonderful social media marketing tools that keep us tied to a mobile gadget or computer.</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>7. </strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Letting Go</strong>-</span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">We are learning to let go of </span></strong><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://sherylsever.com/2007/12/the-story-of-stuff/">STUFF</a> , </span></span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">consumption (become citizens, rather than consumers), an illusory future, and simply be with the miracle of each moment. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">I think<strong> <span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.alanwatts.com">Alan Watts</a> </span></strong>says it best:<strong> </strong><em> &#8220;No use clinging to the rocks that are falling.&#8221;</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>What opportunities are you creating and what are you learning </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>as a result of the recession?</strong><em><br />
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