Comments for Leesa Barnes http://leesabarnes.com/blog Success Refresh: Faith Inspired Leadership Tips Wed, 16 May 2012 03:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Fear-Filled or Faith-Filled – Which YOU is Showing Up in Your Business? [Day 26 of 30 in UNF] by dreamalchemist http://leesabarnes.com/blog/fear-filled-or-faith-filled-which-you-is-showing-up-in-your-business/#comment-1283 dreamalchemist Wed, 16 May 2012 03:39:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1100#comment-1283 Hi, Teresa, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your courage and honesty. It takes heroic courage to be vulnerable, yet it is the path to authentic power. Because you were profoundly honest, sharing your struggles, doubts, emotional wounds and Shadows, your article is transformative, not just educational. As I read it I could feel my stomach churning and track down the places in my body that hold my Shadow patterns. Therefore, your words became a journey I took within myself. I took the entire day today to do a deep journey of release of the layers of the old skin still sticking to my true self. I began with a journey to the wound of not being received early in life, which I shared in my blog. Then I took several journeys connected to money, marketing and selling. At the end of this day, your journey is the closure to this ceremonial transformation! I connect to a lot of what you say. The question that strongly resonates with me, the one I know I need to hear, is number 7. I've been working on letting go of the struggle mindset and on releasing the need to over-complicate things, which comes from a secret sense of insufficiency. I connect it to the "Ugly Duckling" story! I don't know the answer to that question. But I'm going to read it 25 times. Then listen to what God responds. Thanks again. May God bless you seven times seven. Hi, Teresa,
I want to express my deepest gratitude for your courage and honesty. It takes heroic courage to be vulnerable, yet it is the path to authentic power. Because you were profoundly honest, sharing your struggles, doubts, emotional wounds and Shadows, your article is transformative, not just educational. As I read it I could feel my stomach churning and track down the places in my body that hold my Shadow patterns. Therefore, your words became a journey I took within myself. I took the entire day today to do a deep journey of release of the layers of the old skin still sticking to my true self. I began with a journey to the wound of not being received early in life, which I shared in my blog. Then I took several journeys connected to money, marketing and selling. At the end of this day, your journey is the closure to this ceremonial transformation! I connect to a lot of what you say. The question that strongly resonates with me, the one I know I need to hear, is number 7. I’ve been working on letting go of the struggle mindset and on releasing the need to over-complicate things, which comes from a secret sense of insufficiency. I connect it to the “Ugly Duckling” story! I don’t know the answer to that question. But I’m going to read it 25 times. Then listen to what God responds. Thanks again. May God bless you seven times seven.

]]> Comment on Naked Faith: 30 Day Recap by Duane Aubin http://leesabarnes.com/blog/naked-faith-30-day-recap/#comment-1282 Duane Aubin Mon, 14 May 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1284#comment-1282 Looking at this list, it's pretty remarkable the sheer mass of content brought together - quite a resource. Kudos! Looking at this list, it’s pretty remarkable the sheer mass of content brought together – quite a resource. Kudos!

]]> Comment on Grace in Action [Day 30 of 30 in UNF] by LaTara Ham-Ying http://leesabarnes.com/blog/grace-in-action/#comment-1277 LaTara Ham-Ying Sun, 13 May 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-1277 I am right in the middle of the very action you gave us. Thank you for sharing! I am right in the middle of the very action you gave us. Thank you for sharing!

]]> Comment on Naked Faith Thx by Shariau http://leesabarnes.com/blog/naked-faith-thx/#comment-1276 Shariau Sun, 13 May 2012 13:31:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?page_id=1032#comment-1276 Hi, I signed to start in October, checked about receiving emails before October, was told I could participate and still start in October. I am trained to make a significant difference but find myself struggling amongst community 30 years outdated in Guam. I want to maintain my confidence in my knowledge despite hostility to new ideas. I want to introduce these ideas despite resistance. I want to move forward in my life and allow all that no longer works to fall away, including attachments to clients and staff at work. I want to revel in those people who recognize the gift I'm giving and allow those who don't to fall away. I want to focus on my goals and allow nonbelievers to fall away. I want to dispel all that no longer supports me and build on all that does support me. I realize I'm posting in May and this occurred in April. This is the first email I've viewed of this list and it registered perfectly with me in this moment in time. Thank you for this timely post.Shari Hi, I signed to start in October, checked about receiving emails before October, was told I could participate and still start in October. I am trained to make a significant difference but find myself struggling amongst community 30 years outdated in Guam. I want to maintain my confidence in my knowledge despite hostility to new ideas. I want to introduce these ideas despite resistance. I want to move forward in my life and allow all that no longer works to fall away, including attachments to clients and staff at work. I want to revel in those people who recognize the gift I’m giving and allow those who don’t to fall away. I want to focus on my goals and allow nonbelievers to fall away. I want to dispel all that no longer supports me and build on all that does support me. I realize I’m posting in May and this occurred in April. This is the first email I’ve viewed of this list and it registered perfectly with me in this moment in time. Thank you for this timely post.Shari

]]> Comment on Grace in Action [Day 30 of 30 in UNF] by Angela Price http://leesabarnes.com/blog/grace-in-action/#comment-1275 Angela Price Sat, 12 May 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-1275 Thank you Alexis. I am not sure if I should weep or jump for joy. Identifying our underlying feelings and matching them with the Truth about us and about life has set a tone for great freedom in the now. i am asking the hard questions you posed, realizing, as I have throughout Leesa's blog series, that our growth and closer walk with God is the ultimate payoff. Glory to God! Thank you Alexis. I am not sure if I should weep or jump for joy. Identifying our underlying feelings and matching them with the Truth about us and about life has set a tone for great freedom in the now. i am asking the hard questions you posed, realizing, as I have throughout Leesa’s blog series, that our growth and closer walk with God is the ultimate payoff. Glory to God!

]]> Comment on Grace in Action [Day 30 of 30 in UNF] by Teresa Romain http://leesabarnes.com/blog/grace-in-action/#comment-1274 Teresa Romain Sat, 12 May 2012 11:40:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-1274 Okay - so I think this is my favorite post in this whole series.. .perhaps because of the timing being exactly right for when I needed to be reminded of this. I think I need to print these words out and "brand" them on my forehead... "When we can truly, totally and completely see our most difficult challenges as the gifts they are — divine opportunities to be more, see more, experience more and live more — we are free. That is grace. And it requires a tremendous amount of faith." >>>>> And FREEDOM is one of my highest values... and yet I fight these challenges... I fight this growth... and until now... never really saw how that was keeping me imprisoned instead of free. And you're right - that takes more faith than I think I have... which means I need to keep praying for grace and faith. "The alternative, of course, is to resist, rail and shake at the injustice and allow these injustices to conform us into bitter, unhappy shrews us we are less. Oh yes, I’ve experienced that as well." "But here’s what I’ve learned — when I rail, fight, shrink, go into victim mode, distress or any sort of stress really, I am being less than who I really am. And guess what? Then, my circumstances will reflect that back to me. I am not enough. I do not have enough. I can never be enough." >>>>>I never so clearly saw how this path of resistance was actually making me LESS than I am. And that then I am putting "less than who I am" energy out into the world and getting "less than who I am" results... Ouch! I'm going to spend some time in prayer on your first action... but the ones that first came to me are creativity, freedom, love... and I think faith. Thanks for this great post Alexis... what a great gift to end to this series! Leesa - thanks to you too! :-) Okay – so I think this is my favorite post in this whole series.. .perhaps because of the timing being exactly right for when I needed to be reminded of this.

I think I need to print these words out and “brand” them on my forehead…

“When we can truly, totally and completely see our most difficult challenges as the gifts they are — divine opportunities to be more, see more, experience more and live more — we are free. That is grace. And it requires a tremendous amount of faith.”

>>>>> And FREEDOM is one of my highest values… and yet I fight these challenges… I fight this growth… and until now… never really saw how that was keeping me imprisoned instead of free. And you’re right – that takes more faith than I think I have… which means I need to keep praying for grace and faith.

“The alternative, of course, is to resist, rail and shake at the injustice and allow these injustices to conform us into bitter, unhappy shrews us we are less. Oh yes, I’ve experienced that as well.”

“But here’s what I’ve learned — when I rail, fight, shrink, go into victim mode, distress or any sort of stress really, I am being less than who I really am. And guess what? Then, my circumstances will reflect that back to me. I am not enough. I do not have enough. I can never be enough.”

>>>>>I never so clearly saw how this path of resistance was actually making me LESS than I am. And that then I am putting “less than who I am” energy out into the world and getting “less than who I am” results… Ouch!

I’m going to spend some time in prayer on your first action… but the ones that first came to me are creativity, freedom, love… and I think faith.

Thanks for this great post Alexis… what a great gift to end to this series! Leesa – thanks to you too! :-)

]]> Comment on Grace in Action [Day 30 of 30 in UNF] by Karla Sanchez-Pacheco http://leesabarnes.com/blog/grace-in-action/#comment-1273 Karla Sanchez-Pacheco Sat, 12 May 2012 06:50:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-1273 I am very grateful for this post Alexis , it speaks to my soul today. I am praying for healing for my body and I choose to live fully as I crave to be declared in remission. I absolutely want to embody gratitude, generosity, love and a fourth one 'joy'. The challenge has been that when fear and doubt creep up, all bets are off. I have countered it with the statement that "this is no longer my story.. illness is no longer a part of the equation" but the in reality I it doesn;t feel authentic, it feels like denial or a 'sweeping under the rug' so that process is not working well. The episode doesn't last long becasue it is not in my naure to dwell but it does happen often, disrupting. As I reflect on your post as an alternate prespective and approach, it inspires me with a feeling of peacefulness. Thank you Alexis and thank you Leesa. This is priceless for me right now. I am very grateful for this post Alexis , it speaks to my soul today. I am praying for healing for my body and I choose to live fully as I crave to be declared in remission.
I absolutely want to embody gratitude, generosity, love and a fourth one ‘joy’. The challenge has been that when fear and doubt creep up, all bets are off. I have countered it with the statement that “this is no longer my story.. illness is no longer a part of the equation” but the in reality I it doesn;t feel authentic, it feels like denial or a ‘sweeping under the rug’ so that process is not working well. The episode doesn’t last long becasue it is not in my naure to dwell but it does happen often, disrupting. As I reflect on your post as an alternate prespective and approach, it inspires me with a feeling of peacefulness. Thank you Alexis and thank you Leesa. This is priceless for me right now.

]]> Comment on Making Great Money Is Part Of Your Spiritual Path [Day 29 of 30 in UNF] by Alaya Dey Azura http://leesabarnes.com/blog/making-great-money-is-part-of-your-spiritual-path/#comment-1272 Alaya Dey Azura Sat, 12 May 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=896#comment-1272 This is what I will say when people ask me how I became a millionaire doing my Soul Purpose: "I was a millionaire 3 years before I actually made my first million" For me, I am working on my Inner Wealth right know and I know with a substantial amount of effort it will translate into actual millions in my bank accounts. My Soul Gifts and Talents, my friends, my family, my community, my clients, my fans, they are my REAL wealth. The process of becoming a millionaire (or billionaire) is translating our Inner Wealth, our Real Wealth, our True Wealth, into our Physical Circumstances and for me, that can only be done when we tap into WHO WE ARE AS A SOUL, our own unique individual expression of Spirit and freely share it with others. For me, that's inspiring and guiding Evolutionary Entrepreneurs to change the world. That's my Purpose and I look forward to being a millionaire and helping other Soul-prenuers do the same. Ahhh. Felt good to share that! This is what I will say when people ask me how I became a millionaire doing my Soul Purpose: “I was a millionaire 3 years before I actually made my first million” For me, I am working on my Inner Wealth right know and I know with a substantial amount of effort it will translate into actual millions in my bank accounts.

My Soul Gifts and Talents, my friends, my family, my community, my clients, my fans, they are my REAL wealth. The process of becoming a millionaire (or billionaire) is translating our Inner Wealth, our Real Wealth, our True Wealth, into our Physical Circumstances and for me, that can only be done when we tap into WHO WE ARE AS A SOUL, our own unique individual expression of Spirit and freely share it with others. For me, that’s inspiring and guiding Evolutionary Entrepreneurs to change the world. That’s my Purpose and I look forward to being a millionaire and helping other Soul-prenuers do the same.

Ahhh. Felt good to share that!

]]> Comment on Grace in Action [Day 30 of 30 in UNF] by Alaya Dey Azura http://leesabarnes.com/blog/grace-in-action/#comment-1271 Alaya Dey Azura Sat, 12 May 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=1223#comment-1271 Beautiful post Alexis (and super timely in my life) I'll share that the qualities I want to always embody is: forgiveness, patience and centeredness. All too often I just get plain angry of things not going "my way" or "fast enough" and I lose my center and send myself spiraling into a flurry of negative thoughts...which are completely disaffirming all those morning affirmations! I pray to be centered and patient with this whole Evolutionary process, my own and other peoples and I pray to be instantly forgiving in situations where I want to hold on to "wrongs" that I perceive people have done "to me" :) Beautiful post Alexis (and super timely in my life) I’ll share that the qualities I want to always embody is: forgiveness, patience and centeredness. All too often I just get plain angry of things not going “my way” or “fast enough” and I lose my center and send myself spiraling into a flurry of negative thoughts…which are completely disaffirming all those morning affirmations! I pray to be centered and patient with this whole Evolutionary process, my own and other peoples and I pray to be instantly forgiving in situations where I want to hold on to “wrongs” that I perceive people have done “to me” :)

]]> Comment on Making Great Money Is Part Of Your Spiritual Path [Day 29 of 30 in UNF] by Yvonne Carson http://leesabarnes.com/blog/making-great-money-is-part-of-your-spiritual-path/#comment-1270 Yvonne Carson Fri, 11 May 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://leesabarnes.com/blog/?p=896#comment-1270 God has been healing me of some childhood emotional pain surrounding money. I just learned this about 2 weeks ago and it's been VERY painful for me. I have always struggled financially and grew up around and honestly it's a generational curse in my family. I say curse because it has caused a lot of pain in our lives, not being able to fully do things that God's placed in our hearts and not enjoy the freedom and abundance that is our birthright given us by God. God's exposed a major core belief I had developed surrounding money. I felt money took away the people you loved (for me it was my mother). My mother would leave us to go gambling and take money that should have been used to take care of us but used/abused it and we were left without. So, in my young mind, she loved money more than me and she had abandoned me for it! So, whenever, I did gain any significant amount of money, I could never keep me, and totally mismanaged what I did have. I've sabotaged myself so badly and caused so much pain for my and my children. I've missed more opportunities than I could possible say because "I didn't have the money" or "I couldn't afford it." I am making some changes with God's help and mourn those events, released them to God, and forgiven my mother and my self!!!! I am sooooo looking forward to start really making some BIG money cause I've got BIG dreams that require BIG money. There's so much I want to do to help single moms, bless others, and provide for my family that way I have always wanted to do. God has been healing me of some childhood emotional pain surrounding money. I just learned this about 2 weeks ago and it’s been VERY painful for me. I have always struggled financially and grew up around and honestly it’s a generational curse in my family. I say curse because it has caused a lot of pain in our lives, not being able to fully do things that God’s placed in our hearts and not enjoy the freedom and abundance that is our birthright given us by God. God’s exposed a major core belief I had developed surrounding money. I felt money took away the people you loved (for me it was my mother).

My mother would leave us to go gambling and take money that should have been used to take care of us but used/abused it and we were left without. So, in my young mind, she loved money more than me and she had abandoned me for it! So, whenever, I did gain any significant amount of money, I could never keep me, and totally mismanaged what I did have. I’ve sabotaged myself so badly and caused so much pain for my and my children. I’ve missed more opportunities than I could possible say because “I didn’t have the money” or “I couldn’t afford it.”

I am making some changes with God’s help and mourn those events, released them to God, and forgiven my mother and my self!!!! I am sooooo looking forward to start really making some BIG money cause I’ve got BIG dreams that require BIG money. There’s so much I want to do to help single moms, bless others, and provide for my family that way I have always wanted to do.

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