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Cherish You! challenge: Learning to love yourself one step at a time

Káren Wallace — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:43:41 +0000

UPDATE Tuesday 16th Feb: Our Challenge is FULL!

Thank you so much to everyone who registered! If you missed out, please leave your name and email below and you’ll be on our priority alert list for our next challenge.

Do you have enough love in your life? Do you feel loved, cherished, valued and appreciated all the time?

No?

Then I guess, like 99% of us, you’re not feeling as valued, as cared for, as nourished as you’d like to feel – somewhere down deep in your soul.

I am so excited to introduce the Cherish You! Challenge: Learning to love yourself one step at a time.

Over five days we’ll challenge you with five small, simple steps towards a life where your cup is overflowing with love, appreciation and caring.

It all starts with you.

The WHY

You’ve heard of the law of attraction, right? You’ve heard the saying ‘what you believe, you can achieve’. You know that to manifest something like love into your life, you’ve first got to imagine it’s already here.

And there’s the rub.

It’s so hard to imagine being loved, nourished, cared for and appreciated when all we do is give, give, give. It seems like we’re always filling everyone else’s tanks to overflowing and looking after the needs of those we love. And our warning light for low fuel is constantly on.

What do you do when the warning light comes on in your car telling you you’ve only a small amount of petrol left in the tank? Hopefully, you pull into the nearest petrol station and fill ‘er up. Because the alternative is too embarrassing to contemplate.

Not so easy when it’s your own heart-tank that’s sounding echo-y and perilously close to running dry.

What do you do when you’ve got nothing left to give, and those you love are looking to you for their usual sustenance?

You could fall in a heap (and I’m sure it’s happened if this is a pattern of yours), or you could learn how to top up your tank without needing to check into a health spa for a month.

Want to learn?

Join us for five days where you learn to:

top up your tank so you’ve always got enough to give to those you love
never run on empty again
stop the cycle of illness or injury from running constantly on empty
love yourself in a positive, healthy way
be less needy and more confident
walk taller and make stronger decisions
attract more love and affection, nurture and appreciation!

and if you’re still feeling icky and squirmy because I talked about ‘loving yourself’, maybe these wise words can help:

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others and that prohibits us from loving ourselves.

~Paul Valery

So how does this work?

Commencing Tuesday 16th February for five days
You’ll receive an email first thing in the morning with a simple challenge for you to complete. They are fairly straight forward, and most of them wont take up too much time (we’re working on about 15 mins each day)
At the end of the day, you’ll be invited to answer a question about the challenge of the day.
And the best bit? Community and conversation around each of the five small challenges is built in! So if you’re having trouble, need help or have an experience you’d love to share – you’ll get it, and more!

We’ve partnered with Ruzuku.com who are generously providing us free use of their new application (in return for feedback, so we must remember that:) They are currently in testing mode (I’m a bit confused over alpha- or beta-testing, but anyway, some sort of pre-launch testing phase) and that means we get a test-drive of this wonderful new program and hopefully help shape it into something truly useful and even life-changing.

So, are you in?

Is it time you started to fill your own tank?

Join Us – it’s Free!

We’ll send you an email with all the details – simply leave your first name and email address below to secure your spot (only 50 available). Act fast – that way we can get you all signed up and ready for a wonderful 5 days!

Register now!

P.S. You’ll receive an email asking you to confirm your interest. You won’t be registered until you click on the link in that email. It’s all to do with stopping the spammers…

P.P.S. It’s free. It’s only 5 days. You could learn something. Your life could improve a little… what have you got to lose?

Photo Credit: Plumbago from beneath by Aussiegall

Join in the Celebration

Káren Wallace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:40:38 +0000

Put on your special beauty-seeking glasses, grab your camera (or your phone) and start noticing! You’re surrounded by beauty – little and big, incredible and heart-warming. Start noticing and start clicking!

Then, to get into the celebration of beauty in a big way, post a photo or four on your blog or Flickr. And write, in just 150 words or less, what Noticing Beauty means to you.

Send us a trackback, and email the link to your post/photo to thecalmspace @ gmail.com. If you don’t have a blog or Flickr account, don’t think you’re missing out – email your entry directly to me.

We’ll publish or link to as many of the posts/photos as possible during our month-long celebrations (just be sure to send us your link before 26th October)! Are you in?

Our Kindness Challenge

Káren Wallace — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:26:49 +0000

With a theme like Kindness this month, we’re ready for a Big, Hearty, Man-sized Challenge! Are you up for it?

Often we’re so focussed on the doings of our own life, the chores and tasks that must get done, and the thoughts whirring around inside our heads that we forget, for a while, to look outwards at the people we come in contact with daily.

We don’t need to look far to see where a little dash of kindness could brighten someones day and give their heart a lift.

Little acts (and big acts) of kindness have a habit of restoring our faith in the power of love and compassion. They fill up the heart of the giver as well as the receiver.

So, today, tomorrow and throughout June, we’re challenging you to notice the moments where a little dash of kindness, a quiet good deed or caring word, could make a difference. And then, act.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.

~Anne Herbert

Conversations – Our Challenge for April

Káren Wallace — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:37:00 +0000

Conversations, our theme for April here at The Calm Space, are all about sharing, listening, asking and responding to questions. And some of our best conversations are had over the dinner table or a simple cuppa…

Share with us!

Join in our conversation here this month by naming three people (alive or dead) who you would love to sit down over a meal and have a four-way conversation with; and what one question would you ask them to start the conversation?

Sit Down by Saxon on Flickr

Leave your response in a comment below, or email thecalmspace@gmail.com.

Every response will go in the draw to win a special ‘conversations’ pack we’re putting together.

Your Challenge for March

Káren Wallace — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:12:38 +0000

What is this life, if

Full of care,

We have no time

To stand and stare?

~W.H. Davies

When was the last time you sat and stared off into space?

Did you get into trouble for that as a child? For daydreaming in class? For being absent of mind, even though present in body?

Maybe that’s why we resist it now…

Take a moment (not while driving!) and just let your mind drift. Watch the clouds move in the sky. Watch people walk past you on the street.

Let your mind wander. Don’t tell your thoughts where to go.

It’s amazing where we can go if we let go… even if only for a minute.

Your Challenge for September – Blossom!

Káren Wallace — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:00:52 +0000

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Anais Nin

What are you resisting?

Where in your life are you remaining tight in the bud?

It’s your time to blossom!

Reinvent and share your beauty with the world.

Now. Right now.

We’re here waiting for you…

Our simplicity challenge for July

Káren Wallace — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:55:25 +0000

This month, as we explore simplicity in all its guises, we’d like to throw out a challenge to you.

Become attuned to the seasons.

If it’s winter, like it is here, enjoy the bracing fresh air as you throw a ball or go for a walk. Enjoy the warmth of the sun without fear of baking. Cook delicious soups and casseroles and stir a fragrant risotto. Make pasta with the kids. Enjoy a glass of red in front of the fire. Curl up with a good book under a snugly throw rug. Watch the clouds skid across the sky, driven by the cold winter winds.

And for our northern friends, relish the warmth of summer. Relish the long hours of daylight, and make the most of the extended afternoons to spend time outdoors. Notice the scents of summer, how the heat really brings out the frangrance of your garden. Relish the feel of water against your skin as you swim. Enjoy the sand beneath your feet on your beach sojourn. Eat light, delicious, fresh salads. Savour a long, cool drink with lots of ice, the drips of condensation providing added coolness to your skin.

Are you up to the challenge?

Sharing what fires me up

Angela Esnouf — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:00:15 +0000

My Top 3 Passions are…

1. Family and friends, spending time with them, and the laughter we share.

2. Travel and photography, they go hand in hand.

3. My business, finding solutions and helping people.

Yes, I know. Technically that’s more than 3, but I just couldn’t leave anything out. And like an Oscar winner’s speech, I’ve probably left something important off the list. Oh, yes, I love lists too!

A secret passion is shared

joanna — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:00:29 +0000

Here’s my answer to the challenge this month. It’s a bit long! But I was hoping some of you might find it of interest…

Sharing the passion around

Káren Wallace — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:18:04 +0000

I have been inspired to try something a little different in my response to our challenge this month on What Really Fires You Up?

Joanna (The Writing Space) encouraged me to try out this new technology tool. It’s called Voicethread. It’s quick, simple and free to set up. And the best part about it? You can leave comments on the ‘thread’ – by voice or by writing your contribution. You also get to hear my voice, which sounds really weird to me when I play it back – but I am hoping sounds normal to you ; )

Click the arrow to start playing, there are only two slides, and doesn’t take more than a minute or two. Then you can leave me a message (you need to register with Voicethread to leave a message on the thread, or simply leave a comment on this post).

What is it that really fires you up? We’d love to hear from you!