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I woke up this morning and pulled myself close to my husband: I didn’t feel like getting up and I wanted to snuggle in. As I lay there, my thinking mind did its morning stretch and started to run its series of checks and balances. Fortunately, it was asking some pretty cool questions. I didn’t take much heed, at first, until I asked me: “What is love.” My usual answers didn’t pacify and I asked myself again: W-h-a-t is love?

Understanding that, “square-up-with-me” tone, I knew I was asking for a considered response. Upon quiet reflection I answered: Love is a feeling of complete acceptance. Love is compassion. Love is found in the moments when you look at another and see them beyond any judgment and appreciate them for who they are, as they are, in that moment. Love is found in those moments when another person makes your heart smile. Love is found in knowing that someone else makes your life even better. Love can be found when a dog eagerly awaits their owner to finish a tantrum so he can lick away the wounds and say I love you as the person you are under the fear that drove those behaviors.

And then I asked. . . How much do I love myself?

How ‘bout you: What are your thoughts about love?

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Welcome to The Enchanted Woman™ a blog designed to help shortcut your Personal and Professional Success. This blog is for people that Live or desire to Live Life with Vision, Intention and Purpose. I will be blogging about subjects in the areas of Business, Business Development, Personal Development, Leadership, Sustainable Success, and Spirituality—because you can’t take the you out of anything you do. Because it is my goal to encourage and empower readers to Live, Lead and Work with Heart and Purpose everything will be delivered through the lens of Authentic Empowerment™.

You might be curious about the name: The Enchanted Woman™ so let me shed a little light on that.

I suppose at the core, I chose that name because it’s not traditional, and I’m not very traditional . . .  Well, I’m not completely untraditional. I mean, I love to research, I love raw data, and I love facts, stats, logic and unfolding the mystery of life in an empirical way.  But I also realize that “traditional” usually means a heavy left brain/logical slant that holds little to no room for Imagination, Creativity and Fun.  I’m not saying that left brain intelligence and logic aren’t important. They are. It is that side of the brain that allows us to figure out patterns, formulas, and chart a course for our own success. But I am saying that intelligence and logic are lifeless without Imagination and Creativity, and boring if you can’t Enjoy the journey.

So, anyway . . . I tried names like: A Woman’s Way, Self-Defined, Strategic Woman, Empowered and On Purpose . . . But none of those opened the door wide-enough to convey the message that everyone of us has the tools to create a Meaningful, Fulfilling Life; filled with plenty of Enjoyment, Delight and Fun. The concept of Enchantment also leaves room for The Enchanted Formula™—created no doubt by my left brain, which is: Imagination + Intelligence & good old fashioned, Follow-Through  create the Magic of Sustainable Success. And lastly, it embraces a return to Self and Authenticity.

The Enchanted Journey is not necessarily easy. Each of us has undergone the socialization process, whereby we are conditioned by the influences and good opinions of others. But, as Alice discovered: the journey belongs to each of us, individually, and we must make our way back through the weight of our programming, retaining the lessons learned and re-connecting with our own hearts desires, if we are to live The Enchanted Life™.

So, while at first glance being an Enchanted Woman might sound inviting, glamorous and even easy, but the truth is: an Enchanted Woman is a person of character, courage, and vision, she has a 9-lives attitude and unwavering determination to “Go the Distance,” she is resourceful, she lives with heart and purpose, she is authentic, loving, and true to her own life vision . . .  to live such a life requires work and commitment. It is not a finite goal. It’s a way of life.

 Are you up for the journey?

 

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