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Hi, you've arrived at one of my older blogs, the &lt;a href="http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps Notice Board&lt;/a&gt; blog and you'll still find great content to explore. &lt;a href="http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Forward Steps Notice Board&lt;/a&gt; is no longer a blog that I regularly update.&lt;br /&gt;
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At this blog, you can look over many past published resources.&lt;br /&gt;
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I won't be updating any dead links, so I'll apologize in advance if you find any posts here that are no longer relevant. Though I'm certain you'll still find many goodies you can still use well.&lt;br /&gt;
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Visit my home site at &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/"&gt;www.forwardsteps.com.au&lt;/a&gt; to see my recent activity. &lt;br /&gt;
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Cheers, Thea&lt;br /&gt;
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P.S. Meantime, leave your details in the email form, top-right. You'll love the free bonuses that I send to you in your first few emails.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/fvSyqN4CVfA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-03-15T17:17:48.070+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BtsUeukBE80/T085Dbb4FZI/AAAAAAAACTI/hTqWrEKQ8kA/s72-c/Thea-promo-Leop100x100.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/04/about-forward-steps-notice-board-blog.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Free Mind Power books</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/cS7onbn12tc/free-mind-power-books.html</link><category>free</category><category>books</category><category>self growth</category><category>self growth gifts</category><category>authors</category><category>self improvement</category><category>mind power</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:36:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-6186350174296785528</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I created this video for Christopher Westra's new site and gifts for you. See the collection of&amp;nbsp; Free Mind Power Books By All Your Favorite Authors at &lt;a href="http://freemindpowerbooks.com/"&gt;FreeMindPowerBooks.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Master Mind by Theron Q. Dumont&lt;br /&gt;
The Ideal Made Real by Christian D. Larson&lt;br /&gt;
The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel&lt;br /&gt;
Dynamic Thought by Henry Thomas Hamblin&lt;br /&gt;
Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont&lt;br /&gt;
The Mastery of Destiny by James Allen&lt;br /&gt;
In Tune With the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine&lt;br /&gt;
Your Forces and How to Use Them by Christian D. Larson&lt;br /&gt;
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All those free books and more can be found at... &lt;a href="http://freemindpowerbooks.com/"&gt;FreeMindPowerBooks.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="244" width="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QdqxgpReMM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QdqxgpReMM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="390" height="244"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/cS7onbn12tc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-27T16:36:38.790+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QdqxgpReMM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" length="1224" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QdqxgpReMM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" fileSize="1224" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>I created this video for Christopher Westra's new site and gifts for you. See the collection of&amp;nbsp; Free Mind Power Books By All Your Favorite Authors at FreeMindPowerBooks.com The Master Mind by Theron Q. Dumont The Ideal Made Real by Christian D. Lars</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>I created this video for Christopher Westra's new site and gifts for you. See the collection of&amp;nbsp; Free Mind Power Books By All Your Favorite Authors at FreeMindPowerBooks.com The Master Mind by Theron Q. Dumont The Ideal Made Real by Christian D. Larson The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel Dynamic Thought by Henry Thomas Hamblin Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont The Mastery of Destiny by James Allen In Tune With the Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine Your Forces and How to Use Them by Christian D. Larson All those free books and more can be found at... FreeMindPowerBooks.com </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>free, books, self growth, self growth gifts, authors, self improvement, mind power</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/09/free-mind-power-books.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Final Reminder To View These Inspiring Interviews</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/bqoOkE3z3-M/final-reminder-to-view-these-inspiring.html</link><category>manifesting</category><category>manifestation</category><category>self growth</category><category>self growth gifts</category><category>free self improvement</category><category>self improvement</category><category>Law of Attraction</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:27:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-1398977122570067511</guid><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/TFkyHpfDIFI/AAAAAAAACPo/oV_K4R6Nuc8/s1600/John+Assaraf.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="111" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/TFkyHpfDIFI/AAAAAAAACPo/oV_K4R6Nuc8/s200/John+Assaraf.png" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I'm adding a slightly hurried message here because I wanted to be sure that you do not miss out on these 3 free video interviews and the six free pre-made movies.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.budurl.com/MindMoviesVid1" target="_new"&gt;View these Law of Attraction Interviews here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I have no idea what they plan to do with the mastery video series, with these insightful interviews and inspiring movie gifts, when the site goes live for their launch on 5 August, 2pm USA EST.&lt;br /&gt;
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I wanted to get you over to see all three, in case they disappear!&lt;br /&gt;
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Bob Proctor, John Assaraf and Joe Vitale answer some of your hard hitting questions about visualization, and about the power of the subconscious, plus why subliminal messages can so powerfully embed your aspirations in your mind, that they become your reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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You see, here's the thing - are you saying YES to allowing those  things you want most, enabling them to become your reality? It's an important question to be asking every single day &amp;amp; many times over.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are so many "urgent distractions" that keep leading us away from our own path. We are being programmed by so much else that is out of our control, and which is being created by other's agendas.&lt;br /&gt;
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I invite you to pause and stop, only a few moments for YOUR life...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.budurl.com/MindMoviesVid1" target="_new"&gt;View these Law of Attraction Interviews here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It is half way through 2010 and if your goals are not quite where you had hoped they would be at this time, or if things are moving  more slow for you then, WHEN is it time to do something different?&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/bqoOkE3z3-M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-04T17:27:22.720+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/TFkyHpfDIFI/AAAAAAAACPo/oV_K4R6Nuc8/s72-c/John+Assaraf.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/08/final-reminder-to-view-these-inspiring.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Discover Bob Proctor's answers</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/_mq5rDCTDek/discover-bob-proctors-answers.html</link><category>manifesting</category><category>visualization</category><category>mind movies</category><category>bob proctor</category><category>the secret</category><category>motivational videos</category><category>qoutes</category><category>vision board</category><category>Law of Attraction</category><category>inspiring videos</category><category>attitude</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:00:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-3234212290494292653</guid><description>&lt;a style="float: left; padding: 6px 6px;" id="aptureLink_QbKxYfrlnA" href="http://budurl.com/BobProctorSeries" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img title="Screen shot 2010-07-21 at 11 23 05 AM" src="http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/00000129f323a53762bbc532007f000000000001.Screen%20shot%202010-07-21%20at%2011.23.05%20AM.png" style="border: 0px none;" width="180px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you've ever given up on visualization or have just not seen the precise results you were looking for, you need to watch this video...&lt;br /&gt;
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Ryan managed to pin down who I call 'the god of visualization' - Mr Bob Proctor and find out his biggest success secrets and the key to where effective visualization begins.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/BobProctorSeries" target="_new"&gt;Discover Bob Proctor's answers here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm sure you know Bob from the movie The Secret but what he shares in this video interview is nothing short of inspirational amazingness!&lt;br /&gt;
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He has such an incredible way of laying it all out, it's like nothing I've ever seen before... he gives a whole new perspective to the Law of Attraction.&lt;a style="float: right; padding: 6px 6px;" id="aptureLink_GnQxmr2YhS" href="http://budurl.com/BobProctorSeries" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img title="Screen shot 2010-07-21 at 11 51 09 AM" src="http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/00000129f320db0a966dec95007f000000000001.Screen%20shot%202010-07-21%20at%2011.51.09%20AM.png" style="border: 0px none;" width="180px"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/BobProctorSeries" target="_new"&gt;Prepare to be blown away&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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So...if you're someone who has ever...&lt;br /&gt;
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...Tried visualization for a few days but hasn't seen results so has given up&lt;br /&gt;
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...Or think that to see results you have to spend a few hours a day focusing on what it is you want but hey- you're busy and there's not always enough time in the day to get to it&lt;br /&gt;
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...Or have put together a vision board or a Mind Movie, look at it every day but it kind of feels like you're wasting your time as you haven't seen any real life results and the images on it still seem so far out of reach&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Here's my answer...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Take a look at what Bob has to say and get started doing exactly what he suggests. You'll find that this just could be the missing piece of your manifesting puzzle. &lt;br /&gt;
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Here's one of my favorite quotes from this video...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;"Even if you don't believe in it - do it anyway. My attitude is: if your way isn't working, try mine. I'm doing all right. I'm healthy, happy, and I'm wealthy. I earn more money in one hour than I used to in twenty years. So I must know something. And I know that this works."  -Bob Proctor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://budurl.com/BobProctorSeries" target="_new"&gt;Learn how To Multiply Your Manifesting Power&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The one thing I love most about this video is that everything Bob says makes complete and utter sense.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/_mq5rDCTDek" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-07-26T12:00:07.770+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/07/discover-bob-proctors-answers.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Next Top Spiritual Author Contest</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/nrqkBM5V7nU/next-top-spiritual-author-contest.html</link><category>Publishing</category><category>thea westra</category><category>ebook</category><category>authors</category><category>free self improvement</category><category>vote for authors</category><category>june 28 2010</category><category>next top spiritual author</category><category>june 28</category><category>author contest</category><category>forward steps</category><category>self growth gifts</category><category>book</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:07:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-8297130356207511138</guid><description>I am asking for your help to reach Round 2 in the Next Top Spiritual Author contest. There is no good reason you should help, however I have arranged for some fantastic gifts for you if you will!&lt;br /&gt;
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After you vote, you'll be automatically given the secret download link for some fantastic gifts, from me and my four friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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Round 2 is almost at its end &amp;amp; I need you to vote for "Time For My Life" before 28 June 2010!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I have heard that the panel also takes into account the comments left by you. If you have a little extra time, please comment too. You'll see the comments at the bottom of the book's voting page.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;Remember, after you vote, you'll be automatically given the secret download link for some fantastic gifts, from me and my four friends.   Click This Link To Know More &amp;amp; Vote, Plus Get Your Special Gifts:   &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div id="aptureLink_c2ZuIdKpih" style="display: block; margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="apture_embedPlayer1" width="360"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pht5fDH0MV4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;iv_load_policy=3" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="start=0&amp;amp;domId=apture_embedPlayer1" /&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pht5fDH0MV4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;iv_load_policy=3" width="360"  id="apture_embedPlayer1" name="apture_embedPlayer1" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="start=0&amp;amp;domId=apture_embedPlayer1"/&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I've teamed up with four author friends and each of us give you our special collection of bonus gifts when you vote for us! &lt;br /&gt;
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You'll get the details about their bonus gifts after you &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor" target="_new"&gt;vote for my book&lt;/a&gt;, or you can check out all of their gifts at a special  website we created just for this exciting adventure:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.thankyouforvotingforus.com/" target="_new"&gt;www.ThankYouForVotingForUs.com&lt;/a&gt; (feel free to share that page with your friends)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;It is OK to vote for more than one author. Even if you voted Round 1, you can and &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor" target="_new"&gt;DEFINITELY SHOULD VOTE AGAIN&lt;/a&gt; in this new round! &lt;/blockquote&gt;Please share this at &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=The%20Next%20Top%20Spiritual%20Author%20Contest%20-%20http://www.forwardstepsblog.com/?p=D3554" target="_new"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, Facebook, or your own site. &lt;br /&gt;
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Thank you again for your magnificent support! :)&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/nrqkBM5V7nU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-14T20:07:38.746+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/pht5fDH0MV4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;iv_load_policy=3" length="1224" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/pht5fDH0MV4&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;showinfo=0&amp;amp;iv_load_policy=3" fileSize="1224" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>I am asking for your help to reach Round 2 in the Next Top Spiritual Author contest. There is no good reason you should help, however I have arranged for some fantastic gifts for you if you will! After you vote, you'll be automatically given the secret do</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>I am asking for your help to reach Round 2 in the Next Top Spiritual Author contest. There is no good reason you should help, however I have arranged for some fantastic gifts for you if you will! After you vote, you'll be automatically given the secret download link for some fantastic gifts, from me and my four friends. Round 2 is almost at its end &amp;amp; I need you to vote for "Time For My Life" before 28 June 2010! IMPORTANT... I have heard that the panel also takes into account the comments left by you. If you have a little extra time, please comment too. You'll see the comments at the bottom of the book's voting page. Remember, after you vote, you'll be automatically given the secret download link for some fantastic gifts, from me and my four friends.   Click This Link To Know More &amp;amp; Vote, Plus Get Your Special Gifts:   www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor I've teamed up with four author friends and each of us give you our special collection of bonus gifts when you vote for us! You'll get the details about their bonus gifts after you vote for my book, or you can check out all of their gifts at a special website we created just for this exciting adventure: www.ThankYouForVotingForUs.com (feel free to share that page with your friends) It is OK to vote for more than one author. Even if you voted Round 1, you can and DEFINITELY SHOULD VOTE AGAIN in this new round! Please share this at Twitter, Facebook, or your own site. Thank you again for your magnificent support! :)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Publishing, thea westra, ebook, authors, free self improvement, vote for authors, june 28 2010, next top spiritual author, june 28, author contest, forward steps, self growth gifts, book</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/06/next-top-spiritual-author-contest.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Take A Few Moments Of Your Time</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/sQO_7zg_pIo/take-few-moments-of-your-time.html</link><category>next top spiritual author</category><category>free self improvement</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:18:24 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-1186944264636817021</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.budurl.com/NextTopAuthor" id="aptureLink_C15ju6Njvp" style="float: left; padding: 0px 6px;" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img height="130px" src="http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/0000012857ec1a18428fddeb007f000000000001.Voteforme-fsnotes-blog.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Next Top Spiritual Author Vote for #2296" width="130px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Get a full free chapter of my book &lt;a href="http://www.timeformylife.com/" target="_new"&gt;Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones&lt;/a&gt;, for taking a little time to do this for me. &lt;br /&gt;
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Plus, four days later you receive a free copy of my 55-minutes MP3 audio interview about &lt;a href="http://www.goalsettingmotivation.com/" target="_new"&gt;Goal Setting Motivation and Momentum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Those are my thank you for helping to vote my book Time For My Life into Round 2 of a contest that is focused on finding authors whose book appeals to the spiritual market.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hampton Roads Publishing offers a book contract to the winner. It is a $50,000 book publishing contract that I would love to achieve.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;Voting in the first round of the contest ends on 3 May, 2010. &lt;br /&gt;
Will you vote for me? Go to &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It will take a few moments of your time, they've made it a little bit fiddly however it is something special that doesn't come around often.&lt;br /&gt;
If you're in there, vote for Chris Cade too &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/ChrisCadeAuthor" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.info/ChrisCadeAuthor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Go to &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.info/NextTopAuthor&lt;/a&gt; before 3rd May and vote. :-)&lt;br /&gt;
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Feel free to pass along that web link to your friends. They are sure to enjoy the gifts as my thank you for voting.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/sQO_7zg_pIo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-14T20:18:24.070+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2010/05/take-few-moments-of-your-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>I Think That You Had Better Read This, TODAY!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/xyCJNOu0GAo/i-think-that-you-had-better-read-this.html</link><category>self-help</category><category>Business</category><category>treasure trove</category><category>Motivation</category><category>personal development</category><category>Blog</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:03:25 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-494857276404456302</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.myforwardsteps.com/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/Sqm8pv_r21I/AAAAAAAACPA/9XwKzUApgVw/s320/MFSmembersip-button-150px.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380038655315008338" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ENTER INTO to the largest treasure trove of Forward Steps resources, free gifts, inspiring content, motivational messages, internet tools/ideas, videos, audios, programs, self improvement exercises, and so much more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is delivered to you goes WAY BEYOND the very low US$4.95 monthly &lt;a href="http://www.myforwardsteps.com/" target="_new"&gt;My Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt; Membership. Don’t let that crazy, low price fool you! Plus, there is no fixed term, it’s pay by the month, and cancel anytime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have more than seven years of fantastic resources related to Increased Life Power, Self Improvement, Your Personal Success, Plus Online Business And Internet Know-How Tips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will have the SUPER ADVANTAGE of receiving all my years of gathered and personally created resources, as well as the benefit of my years of online experience, years of my own personal development discoveries/adventures, and years of internet knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You get all of this, and so much more, all by way of a slow release “Content Responder”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At your own leisure, you get to delve into every inch, of ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that I have ever put out since 2002.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOON, &lt;a href="http://www.myforwardsteps.com/" target="_new"&gt;My Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt; will be the only place at which you will be able to get your hands on my personal collections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you inside!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Remember, all the content at all my blogs and all the pages, books, resources I have ever created will gradually diappear behind the screen of the &lt;a href="http://www.myforwardsteps.com/" target="_new"&gt;My Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt; Member site.&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/77db4b0c-ad1b-407f-b935-0ae2e99cd35c/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=77db4b0c-ad1b-407f-b935-0ae2e99cd35c" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/xyCJNOu0GAo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-09-11T11:03:25.436+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/Sqm8pv_r21I/AAAAAAAACPA/9XwKzUApgVw/s72-c/MFSmembersip-button-150px.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-think-that-you-had-better-read-this.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/h5m3SeyzmZA/time-for-my-life-365-stepping-stones.html</link><category>thea westra</category><category>Procrastination</category><category>personal growth</category><category>Music video</category><category>self growth</category><category>motivational videos</category><category>forward steps</category><category>self improvement</category><category>inspiring videos</category><category>Motivation</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:22:26 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-7241655334531181078</guid><description>Feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, bored with the same tired routine, or frustrated about how to create meaning in your life? Then snippets of time, well spent every day, can lead to extraordinary changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The contents on the pages of this book, are guideposts to which you can return throughout the day, providing energy, motivation, ideas, options, personal choices and inspiration when you want them most.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is a daily call to action helping us take consistent, energized action. There is, of course, also an abundance of no-fluff, feel-good material, on each one of its pages!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="236"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CSaYWXEbYI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CSaYWXEbYI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="236"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;br /&gt;When the content of this book gets you to move even just one centimeter towards the fulfillment of your desires then it is doing its job. The role of Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is to stir you into action and change your life, habit by habit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is something else to keep in mind...&lt;br /&gt;Apparently the average person talks to himself or herself about 50,000 times a day and its said that these personal conversations of ours are negative 80% of the time. Visitors to &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.com.au&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.ask-thea.about.com" target="_new"&gt;www.ask-thea.about.com&lt;/a&gt; often ask me how to remove those negative thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me share a secret with you...&lt;br /&gt;Thoughts are not something to be removed. They can only be replaced, just as as it is when were replacing habits that do not serve us. Use the pages from Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones as your daily point of focus, before the gremlins begin to take hold!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit the site today and find out more about this terrific book... &lt;a href="http://www.timeformylife.com" target="_new"&gt;www.timeformylife.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/c17c17b6-05ad-478c-ab43-bb5fccb87b7b/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=c17c17b6-05ad-478c-ab43-bb5fccb87b7b" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/h5m3SeyzmZA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-14T10:22:26.905+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CSaYWXEbYI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" length="1092" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CSaYWXEbYI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" fileSize="1092" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, bored with the same tired routine, or frustrated about how to create meaning in your life? Then snippets of time, well spent every day, can lead to extraordinary changes. The contents on the pages of this book, are</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Feeling overwhelmed with responsibility, bored with the same tired routine, or frustrated about how to create meaning in your life? Then snippets of time, well spent every day, can lead to extraordinary changes. The contents on the pages of this book, are guideposts to which you can return throughout the day, providing energy, motivation, ideas, options, personal choices and inspiration when you want them most. Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is a daily call to action helping us take consistent, energized action. There is, of course, also an abundance of no-fluff, feel-good material, on each one of its pages! When the content of this book gets you to move even just one centimeter towards the fulfillment of your desires then it is doing its job. The role of Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones is to stir you into action and change your life, habit by habit. Here is something else to keep in mind... Apparently the average person talks to himself or herself about 50,000 times a day and its said that these personal conversations of ours are negative 80% of the time. Visitors to www.forwardsteps.com.au and www.ask-thea.about.com often ask me how to remove those negative thoughts. Let me share a secret with you... Thoughts are not something to be removed. They can only be replaced, just as as it is when were replacing habits that do not serve us. Use the pages from Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones as your daily point of focus, before the gremlins begin to take hold! Visit the site today and find out more about this terrific book... www.timeformylife.com</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>thea westra, Procrastination, personal growth, Music video, self growth, motivational videos, forward steps, self improvement, inspiring videos, Motivation, personal development</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/08/time-for-my-life-365-stepping-stones.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The 'Time For My Life' Book Is Finished</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/Xcg2CTrVM_g/time-for-my-life-book-is-finished.html</link><category>Proofreading</category><category>Publishing</category><category>australia</category><category>365 stepping stones</category><category>time for my life</category><category>stepping stones</category><category>thea westra</category><category>ebook</category><category>forward steps</category><category>Writing and Editing</category><category>book</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:56:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-7439479518200222815</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timeformylife.com" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SnQOmEjEeAI/AAAAAAAACOY/3TWLYALDGko/s320/BookCover125pxSq.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364929103323756546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Right now, I can tell you that my book &lt;a href="http://www.timeformylife.com" target="_new"&gt;Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones&lt;/a&gt; is finished (time zone AWST Sunday 19 July 2009 6pm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so excited!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently, am editing &amp;amp; proofreading, plus setting up the publishing accounts, so that you can buy the book as PDF and/or as hard-copy book. They too take a few days to approve everything, and it's possible I might need to wait for a postal copy, of a hard-copy proof to accept. That will need to be mailed from USA to Australia. Meantime...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be creating unique web pages, complying with their guidelines. As well as, formatting the book to their distinct requirements. I have a day job, so everything goes a bit slower than I would like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of friends are proofreading for me, as well. Thank you! I am impatient too, and all these things take time. Almost there! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To add to the book's site, I have some great free bonuses and also some complementary products to create. Meantime, I am working to get this month's &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/triggers.html" target="_new"&gt;Triggers Ezine&lt;/a&gt; published and delivered as well. That too will be a mini-distraction for me for a few days. So much to get moving this month!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can be sent an email as soon as the book is available to you. You WILL be FIRST to know! Just add your name to the mailing list at &lt;a href="http://www.timeformylife.com" target="_new"&gt;Time For My Life: 365 Stepping Stones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a little something to &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/meditation.html" target="_new"&gt;relax us all&lt;/a&gt;, while we wait. Enjoy the gift!&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/fb6b5ed9-8b9e-49cc-9215-32db8c5e9642/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=fb6b5ed9-8b9e-49cc-9215-32db8c5e9642" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/Xcg2CTrVM_g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-01T17:56:07.375+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SnQOmEjEeAI/AAAAAAAACOY/3TWLYALDGko/s72-c/BookCover125pxSq.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/08/time-for-my-life-book-is-finished.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Grand Slams, Concerts, History, Events and Updates</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/eb_fJWc9gvc/grand-slams-concerts-history-events-and.html</link><category>Roger Federer</category><category>andyroddick</category><category>thea westra</category><category>andy roddick</category><category>Art Garfunkel</category><category>Perth</category><category>Paul Simon</category><category>australia</category><category>John Lennon</category><category>Tennis</category><category>forward steps</category><category>melbourne</category><category>WordPress</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:50:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-9141852378366211743</guid><description>&lt;p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 200px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/featuredmonthly-forwardsteps.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Art_Garfunkel_June_4_1998_cropped.jpg/300px-Art_Garfunkel_June_4_1998_cropped.jpg" alt="Grand Slams, Concerts, History, Events and Updates" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="200" height="109"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zemanta-img-attribution"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;[Image via &lt;a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Art_Garfunkel_June_4_1998_cropped.jpg"&gt;Wikipedia]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;A few evenings ago, I thoroughly enjoyed staying up till 2:30am and watching an epic game of Wimbledon tennis. It was such a pleasure to see Roger Federer reach this pinnacle in his career, apologies to Andy Roddick fans! I too like Andy, however I really wanted Roger to break all those tennis records with that one game. You can learn a lot by observing his career, in fact, by observing the career of any highly accomplished person who has achieved amazing personal victories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, last week Thursday here in Perth, Australia, I had the pleasure of going to see Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon, live. Theirs is the first ever album I bought, with saved pocket money (in 1973 that was a long time saving). Yes, it’s an LP record on vinyl, and I still have it if my sister has looked after it! The concert night was such fun, and I truly felt a part of something historic, just as with the Wimbledon match. I was in awe of the incredible talent on display, including the other musicians that shared the stage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ten years ago, if someone had said to me that in 2009 I would be living in Perth, watching Simon and Garfunkel on stage, with two friends I did not yet know, I probably would have thought they were nuts to even suggest it. If they had added that I would be writing about that concert for a large list of readers from my personal website, I would have thought, "Totally impossible". I had sent my very first email only around 9 years ago! Consider this experience, when reflecting on your own life as you think of your personal dreams, and their possibility of fruition. A space of 24-hours IS a very long time! John Lennon said, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, when did you last visit &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt;? The site has changed, plus there are also a couple of new videos at the &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/inspiring-movies.htm" target="_new"&gt;Inspiring Videos&lt;/a&gt; page as well as a couple of minor changes at the &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/50FreePersonalDevelopmentGifts.html" target="_new"&gt;50 Free Gifts&lt;/a&gt; link. In addition, I include a set of &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/featuredmonthly-forwardsteps.html" target="_new"&gt;Monthly Special Features&lt;/a&gt; on the home page at Forward Steps, you’ll see them in a slide. As well as all that, now Forward Steps has a &lt;a href="http://www.forwardstepsblog.com/" target="_new"&gt;new self-hosted Wordpress blog&lt;/a&gt;, which serves as my main blog. Do go and take a look at each of those links, if you have a few moments for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, on July 12th 2009, are you in Melbourne, Australia? Then book your ticket for this unique &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/docs/Fundraiserpostercolor-1.pdf" target="_new"&gt;Music And The Arts Event [PDF]&lt;/a&gt;, to raise funds for Marysville after the horrific February bushfires. Greg (my partner) will be there, and &lt;a href="http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.554606" target="_new"&gt;Lucas Barr&lt;/a&gt; (Greg's step-son, who has flown down from Germany) organized the event. Give them both a big hug for me if you attend! Greg and Lucas would love to meet you. Tell them you’re one of my Forward Steps friends. All proceeds go towards developing music and the arts in Marysville.&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/ffd9d04e-0d8c-4ded-a767-e28a54d85338/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=ffd9d04e-0d8c-4ded-a767-e28a54d85338" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/eb_fJWc9gvc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-07-08T17:50:52.786+08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/docs/Fundraiserpostercolor-1.pdf" length="737096" type="application/pdf" /><media:content url="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/docs/Fundraiserpostercolor-1.pdf" fileSize="737096" type="application/pdf" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>[Image via Wikipedia]A few evenings ago, I thoroughly enjoyed staying up till 2:30am and watching an epic game of Wimbledon tennis. It was such a pleasure to see Roger Federer reach this pinnacle in his career, apologies to Andy Roddick fans! I too like A</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>[Image via Wikipedia]A few evenings ago, I thoroughly enjoyed staying up till 2:30am and watching an epic game of Wimbledon tennis. It was such a pleasure to see Roger Federer reach this pinnacle in his career, apologies to Andy Roddick fans! I too like Andy, however I really wanted Roger to break all those tennis records with that one game. You can learn a lot by observing his career, in fact, by observing the career of any highly accomplished person who has achieved amazing personal victories. Then, last week Thursday here in Perth, Australia, I had the pleasure of going to see Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon, live. Theirs is the first ever album I bought, with saved pocket money (in 1973 that was a long time saving). Yes, it’s an LP record on vinyl, and I still have it if my sister has looked after it! The concert night was such fun, and I truly felt a part of something historic, just as with the Wimbledon match. I was in awe of the incredible talent on display, including the other musicians that shared the stage. Ten years ago, if someone had said to me that in 2009 I would be living in Perth, watching Simon and Garfunkel on stage, with two friends I did not yet know, I probably would have thought they were nuts to even suggest it. If they had added that I would be writing about that concert for a large list of readers from my personal website, I would have thought, "Totally impossible". I had sent my very first email only around 9 years ago! Consider this experience, when reflecting on your own life as you think of your personal dreams, and their possibility of fruition. A space of 24-hours IS a very long time! John Lennon said, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans". By the way, when did you last visit Forward Steps? The site has changed, plus there are also a couple of new videos at the Inspiring Videos page as well as a couple of minor changes at the 50 Free Gifts link. In addition, I include a set of Monthly Special Features on the home page at Forward Steps, you’ll see them in a slide. As well as all that, now Forward Steps has a new self-hosted Wordpress blog, which serves as my main blog. Do go and take a look at each of those links, if you have a few moments for that. Lastly, on July 12th 2009, are you in Melbourne, Australia? Then book your ticket for this unique Music And The Arts Event [PDF], to raise funds for Marysville after the horrific February bushfires. Greg (my partner) will be there, and Lucas Barr (Greg's step-son, who has flown down from Germany) organized the event. Give them both a big hug for me if you attend! Greg and Lucas would love to meet you. Tell them you’re one of my Forward Steps friends. All proceeds go towards developing music and the arts in Marysville.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Roger Federer, andyroddick, thea westra, andy roddick, Art Garfunkel, Perth, Paul Simon, australia, John Lennon, Tennis, forward steps, melbourne, WordPress</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/07/grand-slams-concerts-history-events-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Forward Steps Uses Twitter</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/P1GqclYrItk/forward-steps-uses-twitter.html</link><category>MySpace</category><category>forwardsteps</category><category>facebook</category><category>Online Communities</category><category>On the Web</category><category>Twitter</category><category>Social network service</category><category>Social network</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:12:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-5351435525572735710</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://twitter.com/ForwardSteps" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SiItNyNd1qI/AAAAAAAACMY/YaupQVJdQzU/s400/twitter_128x128.png" border="0" alt="Forward Steps At Twitter" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341881822854633122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Forward Steps is using Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join today to start receiving &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ForwardSteps" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps's Twitter&lt;/a&gt; updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see more places where Forward Steps is participating in online social networks by visiting this list of &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsSocialSites.html" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps social sites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well, Forward Steps has created three Twitter Twibes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twibes.com/group/goodmorning" target="_new"&gt;Goodmorning&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.twibes.com/group/forwardsteps" target="_new"&gt;ForwardSteps&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://www.twibes.com/group/time" target="_new"&gt;Time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are an avid Twitter user then you may love these two great resources that I recently found - &lt;a href="http://coach-resources.blogspot.com/2009/05/201-free-twitter-tools.html" target="_new"&gt;201 Free Twitter Tools&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://tr.im/twittercrosby" target="_new"&gt;Twitter Traffic Machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/df6bd714-1f7c-4af8-a52a-f86d5a552834/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=df6bd714-1f7c-4af8-a52a-f86d5a552834" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/P1GqclYrItk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-31T15:12:22.921+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SiItNyNd1qI/AAAAAAAACMY/YaupQVJdQzU/s72-c/twitter_128x128.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/05/forward-steps-uses-twitter.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Saturday 2 May 2009 Is Shutdown Day!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/7fJbwWIp8T0/saturday-2-may-2009-is-shutdown-day.html</link><category>society and culture</category><category>shutdown for the day</category><category>Health</category><category>your computer</category><category>Shutdown</category><category>Addiction</category><category>2 may 2009</category><category>Youth</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:01:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-936127641872910932</guid><description>&lt;center&gt;Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer?&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shutdownday.org/" target="_NEW"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 92px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SfkZrMn_SsI/AAAAAAAACLQ/fdFsm2uYz10/s400/shutdownday_logo.png" alt="Computer And Blog Shutdown Day 2 May 2009" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330319863883713218" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shutdown Day announces the Annual 2009 Campaign. Just like in years past, Shutdown Day 2009 calls on every net obsessed, computer–addicted individual to SHUT DOWN their computers for 24 hours on May 2, 2009 and do something else!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shutdownday.org/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shutdown Day 2009&lt;/a&gt; will be promoting several organizations that help young people suffering from computer addiction. A bunch of events are also organized for May 2, 2009, so visit their website and watch that space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="340" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Q8OMijrTVBU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Q8OMijrTVBU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/04567ac9-c4c6-4b53-82bd-4889ba8fc591/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=04567ac9-c4c6-4b53-82bd-4889ba8fc591" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/7fJbwWIp8T0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-05-01T00:01:00.827+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SfkZrMn_SsI/AAAAAAAACLQ/fdFsm2uYz10/s72-c/shutdownday_logo.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><enclosure url="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Q8OMijrTVBU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1" length="1261" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><media:content url="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Q8OMijrTVBU&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;amp;color2=0x999999&amp;amp;border=1" fileSize="1261" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer? Shutdown Day announces the Annual 2009 Campaign. Just like in years past, Shutdown Day 2009 calls on every net obsessed, computer–addicted individual to SHUT DOWN their computers for 24 hours on May 2, 2</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Can you survive for 24 hours without your computer? Shutdown Day announces the Annual 2009 Campaign. Just like in years past, Shutdown Day 2009 calls on every net obsessed, computer–addicted individual to SHUT DOWN their computers for 24 hours on May 2, 2009 and do something else! Shutdown Day 2009 will be promoting several organizations that help young people suffering from computer addiction. A bunch of events are also organized for May 2, 2009, so visit their website and watch that space. </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>society and culture, shutdown for the day, Health, your computer, Shutdown, Addiction, 2 may 2009, Youth</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/05/saturday-2-may-2009-is-shutdown-day.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Forward Steps Is Changing</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/WHCOHDN6HLo/forward-steps-is-changing.html</link><category>self-help</category><category>Productivity</category><category>success</category><category>Motivation</category><category>Website</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:04:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-6492663698237246145</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SfkU1c9xxWI/AAAAAAAACLA/FFghmd00FY8/s200/ForwardSteps-LifeDirectionsImg180px.png" border="0" alt="Forward Steps Personal Development" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330314542510622050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When was the last time you actually went to the &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps Personal Development&lt;/a&gt; website to take another look around?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am often making changes there and adding brand new material and resources for you, to support you with moving forward with your personal life goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the past couple of days (weeks), I have made several large changes with the layout. I think it will serve you better and make the site so much more easy to navigate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Forward Steps site is now split into a few main areas, such as...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/Triggers/ForwardStepsSubscribers.html" target="_new"&gt;Get Self Improvement By Mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsVideosAudios.html" target="_new"&gt;Inspiring Audios and Visuals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/50FreePersonalDevelopmentGifts.html" target="_new"&gt;Free Self Growth Gifts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsRecommendsSites.html" target="_new"&gt;Personal Development Sites List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsBooksArticlesReading.html" target="_new"&gt;Life Success Books And Articles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsTools.html" target="_new"&gt;Online Resources And Web Tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsBlogsEtcByTheaWestra.html" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps Blogs And Other Sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/contact.htm" target="_new"&gt;Contact Thea And Adverts At Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ForwardStepsSocialSites.html" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps Social Connections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you have a lot of spare time, there is lots to explore and there will be more added continuously!&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/30181cd3-5f77-47b6-900a-9f0e1bc8ef52/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=30181cd3-5f77-47b6-900a-9f0e1bc8ef52" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/WHCOHDN6HLo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-04-30T11:04:00.491+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SfkU1c9xxWI/AAAAAAAACLA/FFghmd00FY8/s72-c/ForwardSteps-LifeDirectionsImg180px.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/04/forward-steps-is-changing.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>These Are Currently Featured At Forward Steps</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/j1rjWxwNPGE/these-are-currently-featured-at-forward.html</link><category>Robin Sharma</category><category>new</category><category>Coaching</category><category>ryan</category><category>Byron Katie</category><category>what's new</category><category>self growth</category><category>forward steps</category><category>Deepak Chopra</category><category>self improvement</category><category>Alternative</category><category>personal coaching</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:22:42 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-3218560306255347165</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/ScrKhJgSzaI/AAAAAAAACJo/m_D2K2J5k6A/s320/CoffeeThea125px.png" border="0" alt="Forward Steps Personal DEvelopment" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317284980900154786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is something you really must watch today! You'll really love and be inspired, by this insightful (short) video interview between &lt;a href="http://tr.im/lawtosuccessmastery" target="_new"&gt;Ryan and Adrian Law&lt;/a&gt;. It contains a terrific piece of personal coaching for you. The tips given during the interview will change the way you look at any current circumstances in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tr.im/byronkatie" target="_new"&gt;The Work&lt;/a&gt; by Byron Katie is a simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question thoughts. The Work works for everyone who is open to it, and it has a profound effect on your whole life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robin Sharma's &lt;a href="http://tr.im/robinsharma" target="_new"&gt;Leadership for Everyone&lt;/a&gt; online program offers you the keys to understanding how to unleash the leader that lies within and offers a journey of transformation and growth. I have just begun this program myself, and I'm loving the entire experience and the super practical sessions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href="http://tr.im/deepakchopra" target="_new"&gt;Seven Spiritual Laws of Success&lt;/a&gt; were developed by Dr. Deepak Chopra to help people achieve success in life. The laws offer anyone who wants to create a meaningful and happier reality the practical tools and clear knowledge of what success is and how to reach it. Discover and practice them, and coach yourself to success!&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/f7ced59a-f45f-48f9-b9ae-562be529204f/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=f7ced59a-f45f-48f9-b9ae-562be529204f" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/j1rjWxwNPGE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-26T09:22:42.494+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/ScrKhJgSzaI/AAAAAAAACJo/m_D2K2J5k6A/s72-c/CoffeeThea125px.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/03/these-are-currently-featured-at-forward.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>List Of  Inspiring And Motivational Videos</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/n2Y_6M57DlE/list-of-inspiring-and-motivational.html</link><category>negative</category><category>thoughts</category><category>Living Things</category><category>images</category><category>free</category><category>ideas</category><category>memories</category><category>motivational videos</category><category>inspiring videos</category><category>Law of Attraction</category><category>mind</category><category>personal development</category><category>visualization</category><category>positive</category><category>mind's eye</category><category>mail list</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:35:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-8013257325298754532</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/inspiring-movies.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 165px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/Sb3Hf6NSwrI/AAAAAAAACJI/Ljixm9oIM_0/s320/rounded-square-silver-gold.jpg" alt="list of inspiring and motivational videos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313622486381937330" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The mind cannot think of two things at the very same time as each other. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, when I suggest that you think of a pink elephant, you can likely see one very clearly, in your mind's eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I now asked you to think of a purple turtle, you can see it very clearly too. However, where did that pink elephant go while you thought of the purple turtle?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give your mind a mini-positivity break! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have created a special &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/inspiring-movies.htm" target="_new"&gt;List Of  Inspiring And Motivational Videos&lt;/a&gt;, to transport your mind to another place for just a few moments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the images and ideas presented in the videos may stick around much longer than during just the viewing time. The memories of them will give your mind some other places to visit in your thoughts when you're next bombarded by negativity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy these, and by all means, share them around.&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/a212e23b-032c-4de4-86b0-970b918ae1cb/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=a212e23b-032c-4de4-86b0-970b918ae1cb" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/n2Y_6M57DlE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-16T12:35:34.935+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/Sb3Hf6NSwrI/AAAAAAAACJI/Ljixm9oIM_0/s72-c/rounded-square-silver-gold.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/03/list-of-inspiring-and-motivational.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>February in Australia</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/MHwSTDbqPpI/february-in-australia.html</link><category>victoria</category><category>contribute</category><category>australia</category><category>2009</category><category>Greg</category><category>bushfires</category><category>february</category><category>fires</category><category>marysville</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:08 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-8333607203763243253</guid><description>&lt;p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Location_Australia.svg/202px-Location_Australia.svg.png" alt="Locator map for Australia" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="202" height="103"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zemanta-img-attribution"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;[Image via &lt;a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Location_Australia.svg"&gt;Wikipedia]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;February 2009 will long live in the memories of very many Australians. I will simply direct you &lt;a href="http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm" target="_new"&gt;to this special page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you can do something to contribute, and make a difference, it will be very much appreciated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greg, my partner, was in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysville,_Victoria" target="_new"&gt;Marysville&lt;/a&gt; for the past two weeks. Greg's ex-wife, and her husband, have lost their home yet their business was one of the handful of remaining properties in that town. I could still smell the smoke in Greg's clothes when he flew home on Thursday night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In respect for those who have been through the experience of the fires, I won't expand with any more, here. Greg and I wish each of you much comfort and strength as you step forward, and begin your healing.&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/a7599604-05a9-44f9-992e-a38d1155ce16/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=a7599604-05a9-44f9-992e-a38d1155ce16" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zem-script more-related"&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/MHwSTDbqPpI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-03-06T07:00:08.545+09:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/03/february-in-australia.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>It Is Just About Time!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/G-YNMDQFgFk/it-is-just-about-time.html</link><category>self-help</category><category>publications</category><category>self growth list</category><category>Reminders</category><category>free</category><category>gift</category><category>Robert H. Schuller</category><category>personal growth</category><category>self improvement</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:22:21 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-5015784374408517554</guid><description>&lt;p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Government-Vedder-Highsmith-detail-1.jpeg/202px-Government-Vedder-Highsmith-detail-1.jpeg" alt="Free selection of Self Improvement Gifts" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="202" height="128"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zemanta-img-attribution"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;[Image via &lt;a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Government-Vedder-Highsmith-detail-1.jpeg"&gt;Wikipedia]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I just wanted to put out this quick reminder to you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is my personal link for you to get your hands on this amazing &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;free selection of Self Improvement Gifts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just take your pick from this incredible collection, and choose to your heart's content from a high quality range of material. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You only now have until &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;Friday 20 February&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. -Robert H. Schuller&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/3acb473b-020f-4248-9359-440da58a3387/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=3acb473b-020f-4248-9359-440da58a3387" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/G-YNMDQFgFk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-02-19T09:22:21.782+09:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/02/it-is-just-about-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>So Much To Celebrate This Month Of February!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/1P5w_10aTBc/we-have-spent-more-than-one-month-of.html</link><category>Greeting card</category><category>Open Letter</category><category>James Ray</category><category>valentines day</category><category>People and Society</category><category>Valentine's Day</category><category>Groundhog Day</category><category>Andy Lau</category><category>Ox</category><category>Chinese New Year</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:54:34 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-100247380176680492</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/valentine-verse" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SZe01oq5lII/AAAAAAAACHA/jcIqDMR54QA/s320/FSlogo125x125pxframed.png" alt="Forward Steps Valentine Card" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302905919795467394" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"&gt;We have spent more than one month of the year already. Congratulations America, to you and your new President. I love the participation enabled at &lt;a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/president-obama-delivers-your-weekly-address/" target="_new"&gt;www.whitehouse.org&lt;/a&gt;  and you may also like to know about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.jamesray.com/2009/01/open-letter-to-president-obama.html" target="_new"&gt;James Ray's Open Letter&lt;/a&gt; , and contribute to,  to President Obama.   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;To all my Chinese subscribers &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/ox-year-2009" target="_new"&gt;Gong Xi Fa Cai&lt;/a&gt; According to Chinese belief, the Ox is a symbol of wealth and success through hard work and resilience. Enjoy this celebratory presentation by &lt;a href="http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieb0iA6PReM" target="_new"&gt;Andy Lau&lt;/a&gt; and these beautiful &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/2009cards" target="_new"&gt;Chinese Greeting Cards&lt;/a&gt; for the 2009 New Year. This Chinese New Year or Spring Festival falls on Jan. 26, 2009. Chinese New Year celebration usually continues to the fifteenth day of the new year, Feb. 9, 2009.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;This month is &lt;a href="http://www.songlegacy.com/StandardSongs/50thBirthdaySong.html" target="_new"&gt;my 50th birthday&lt;/a&gt;, and Greg celebrated his 60th birthday last month. That's a collective 110 years of wisdom in our household! Anyone of my readers who are also turning 50 this year, you may &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960s" target="_new"&gt;enjoy this site&lt;/a&gt; and reminisce your first 10 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;During the month of January, Greg and I changed around and swapped four rooms in the house, plus we painted the main living areas. It all looks wonderful and everything works so much better for our activities. Greg's piano students now walk directly into the teaching area from the front door, rather that through our entire home. The back end of our home is now our own again. Plus, I have a new office space. Amazing what wireless routers make available!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Last, and not least in this jam packed month, we also celebrate &lt;a href="http://www.songlegacy.com/StandardSongs/ValentineSpringtimeSong.html" target="_new"&gt;Valentines Day&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.brownielocks.com/groundhog.html" target="_new"&gt;Ground Hog Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/images/Heart-red-20px.jpg"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Enjoy My Special &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/valentine-verse" target="_new"&gt;Valentine Card&lt;/a&gt; For You All!&lt;/i&gt;   &lt;img src="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/images/Heart-red-20px.jpg"&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/10ebb6cd-e17e-44f0-9800-50a9d1cc1138/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=10ebb6cd-e17e-44f0-9800-50a9d1cc1138" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/1P5w_10aTBc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-02-15T15:54:34.125+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SZe01oq5lII/AAAAAAAACHA/jcIqDMR54QA/s72-c/FSlogo125x125pxframed.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-have-spent-more-than-one-month-of.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Last Day Today! Free Gifts Reminder...</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/tEgvWo6oy6I/last-day-today-free-gifts-reminder.html</link><category>self-help</category><category>self growth list</category><category>free</category><category>gifts</category><category>gift</category><category>personal growth</category><category>self growth</category><category>self improvement</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:09:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-2490299971203620904</guid><description>&lt;span class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/London_fireworks.jpg/202px-London_fireworks.jpg" alt="umair shuaib." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" width="202" height="136"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="zemanta-img-attribution"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;[Image via &lt;a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:London_fireworks.jpg"&gt;Wikipedia]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Tuesday 20 January, 2009 is the last date for being able to download the incredible collection of gifts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please download  your 377 packages to your desktop immediately. This way you will not miss the deadline when the download link is removed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make it even easier for you, these packages are available in a very easy to navigate format, so click on the download link, follow two simple steps, and you've got your FREE products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... Every product has been checked for you, manually. This way, you can be sure that every product you download is truly useful to start or grow your business, as well as being a secure download.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And all you have to do is get your free access below and download all products into your desktop right away - that's all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS You Do Not Want To Miss...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is my personal access link for you to get your hands on this amazing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;Free Collection Of Self Improvement Gifts!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just take your pick, from this select assortment of personal growth material. All are terrific new year starters, from which you can choose to your heart's content.&lt;div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"&gt;&lt;a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/97ddf043-c020-4eb3-8797-da3d6b23c738/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"&gt;&lt;img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=97ddf043-c020-4eb3-8797-da3d6b23c738" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/tEgvWo6oy6I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-18T17:09:49.298+09:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/01/last-day-today-free-gifts-reminder.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>There's A New Kid In Town!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/RzTDEZ-Rq8A/theres-new-kid-in-town.html</link><category>resolutions</category><category>goals</category><category>mind movies</category><category>free</category><category>Office Products</category><category>triggers</category><category>new year</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:19:19 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-4346724797537278288</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.goalsettingstudio.com/thea.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 79px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SWP0jadtScI/AAAAAAAAB-8/8Lt4Mf3QgNc/s320/goals.png" border="0" alt="Goal Setting" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288339276699617730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is a wonderful new movie in town, and I know you will be hearing a lot more about the thrilling work being done at &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/wheeloflife" target="_new"&gt;The Wheel Of Life&lt;/a&gt;. It is a definite 'must see'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While resolutions for the New Year give us a wonderful sense of positive intent, they can be difficult to stick with unless we turn them into clear, well-defined goals.&lt;br /&gt;Arina's two &lt;a href="http://www.goalsettingstudio.com/thea.html" target="_new"&gt;Goal Setting Videos&lt;/a&gt; will help us stay on track with our resolutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Triggers ezine has a brand new look for 2009 and you can take a peek by opting in to receive a &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersSampleOptIn.htm" target="_new"&gt;Free Sample Edition&lt;/a&gt;. Let me know if you love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;This you do not want to miss!&lt;/b&gt; It is my personal link for you to get your hands on an amazing selection of &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;377 free products&lt;/a&gt;, and all are self improvement gifts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just take your pick, from that best collection of personal development material. They are terrific new year starters, from which you can choose to your heart's content. Remember too, that these 377 gifts are &lt;b&gt;only available for download until 18 January 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/RzTDEZ-Rq8A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-01-07T09:19:19.074+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SWP0jadtScI/AAAAAAAAB-8/8Lt4Mf3QgNc/s72-c/goals.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2009/01/theres-new-kid-in-town.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>A Happy Holiday Season To You</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/KyNB-dRAdeQ/have-happy-holiday.html</link><category>happy</category><category>season's greetings</category><category>Holiday</category><category>free</category><category>gifts</category><category>new year</category><category>Holidays</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:13:16 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-8346085040496842123</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tinyurl.com/forwardsteps-2009" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 5px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 129px;" src="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/images/NewYearFS190px.png" border="0" alt="Forward Steps New Year Greeting 2009" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281255239678768178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is my &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/forwardsteps-2009" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps New Year Card&lt;/a&gt;, with my greeting for you all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What will be accomplished in your life during the next twelve months. Remember, there is no such thing as “failure”; there is only “feedback”. List your 100 achievements over the last 12-months. You will feel so much more invigorated in creating your next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well as writing down my 100 accomplishments for 2008, I recorded the 100 things I will achieve during 2009. Where I most often fall down with that, is the 'staying focused' part. My first port of call will be to create personal environments that consistently remind me of my original purpose and of my intended, ultimate outcomes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;center&gt;************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS You Do Not Want To Miss!...&lt;br /&gt;It is my personal link for you to get your hands on this amazing&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="_new"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Free Collection Of Self Improvement Gifts&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;br /&gt;Just take your pick, from this select assortment of personal growth material. All are terrific new year starters, from which you can choose to your heart's content. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/777self-help" target="new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/images/gifs/Green-Snow--joy.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;************************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the break if you are having a spell from work over the next few days, or weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you again in 2009! :) Plus, remember to &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/NewYearQuiz.htm" target="_new"&gt;Set Your Intentions&lt;/a&gt; for the new year ahead, it is the very least you could do for yourself and those who are close to you.&lt;P&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/KyNB-dRAdeQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-26T21:13:16.022+09:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2008/12/have-happy-holiday.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>December 2008 has arrived</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/bG3b9bgJCAw/december-2008-has-arrived.html</link><category>december</category><category>thea westra</category><category>ezine</category><category>nwsletter</category><category>triggers</category><category>forward steps</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:00:57 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-1754127724736948951</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/DailyFSClickBank.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 92px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/STnOqNrSxCI/AAAAAAAAB9c/tx4O6nFKem0/s320/Dove100px.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276475663062320162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Well here it is, December 2008 has arrived. It's time for me to once again list my 100 accomplishments over the past twelve months. That is not a list I share publicly, rather it is something that I quietly do for myself enabling me to be clear to create the new year in January, 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps it is a regular practice that you'd now like to take on board, as part of your annual reflection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each year in December, I create for you my online &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/SeasonGreet.htm" targt="_new"&gt;Greeting Car&lt;/a&gt;d and I add to it this very special Forward Steps &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/ChristmasCalendar.htm" target="_new"&gt;Countdown Calendar&lt;/a&gt;, plus a bit of Forward Steps festive humor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, accept a 'December only' free gift from Brian, this month's &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/VIPListTriggers2008.html" target="_new"&gt;V.I.P.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This December Triggers edition is a Best Of 2008 Collection from all the past eleven editions this year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are someone who devours every teensy snippet of Triggers every month, then you will recognize many of the entries within this December edition. However, if you are someone who is a selective reader of Triggers and are not able to get through every inch of the magazine each month, then you will greatly appreciate this &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/DailyFSClickBank.htm" target="_new"&gt;December Best of 2008&lt;/a&gt; edition!&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/bG3b9bgJCAw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-06T10:00:57.797+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/STnOqNrSxCI/AAAAAAAAB9c/tx4O6nFKem0/s72-c/Dove100px.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2008/12/december-2008-has-arrived.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Where have I been?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/2A3HCI7Cmwk/where-have-i-been.html</link><category>programs</category><category>thea westra</category><category>self growth list</category><category>Products</category><category>personal growth</category><category>self growth</category><category>forward steps</category><category>self improvement</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:16:34 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-8218349923972237614</guid><description>Hi all, and once more, it's been a while since writing. I appreciate you dropping in again to check out what's new and happening at &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au" target="_new"&gt;Forward Steps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of you may not know that I also have a day job, and it's not really that important in the overall scheme of things. One's only as good as one's last posting, not all those gone before! :) Yet at my end, going to a workplace 6 days a week, does pose challenges because I'm so committed to providing great material for you and regularly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few pages that I've recently worked at, and I think you'll enjoy exploring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, I thought it was time to buy &lt;a href="http://www.theawestra.com" target="_new"&gt;www.theawestra.com&lt;/a&gt; The links at the taps on top of the page are handy for quick reference, they are for me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have also continued work on the &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/35selfgrowth.html" target="_new"&gt;35 Favorite Self Growth Products&lt;/a&gt; and my list of &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/50FreePersonalDevelopmentGifts.html" target="_new"&gt;50 Free Personal Development Gifts&lt;/a&gt; that I know you'll love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each month, the huge production of &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/DailyFSClickBank.htm" target="_new"&gt;Triggers &lt;/a&gt; takes a little doing as well. That continues behind the scenes during my weeks. I'm always on the look out for great things to share with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would delight me if you could share those with friends. They are a great gift and I am certain that it is something your friends will appreciate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don't spam, you are welcome to send them to personal contacts or to post those two links at your own blogs, or within messages when commenting at someone's blog. We all know the value of &lt;a href="http://www.payitforwardmovement.org" target="_new"&gt;Paying It Forward&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a terrific week and I'll catch you again soon. Cheers, Thea&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/2A3HCI7Cmwk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-11-23T17:16:34.425+09:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2008/11/where-have-i-been.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Blog Author's Quick Update</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/R8XUssqntsM/blogs-author-thea-westra-from-forward.html</link><category>Meditation</category><category>checks</category><category>thea westra</category><category>money</category><category>gifts</category><category>abundance</category><category>blogging</category><category>cheques</category><category>personal development</category><category>financial</category><category>pay it forward</category><category>present</category><category>Wealth</category><category>self growth</category><category>forward steps</category><category>self improvement</category><category>receive</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:52:14 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-5928660901784284885</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SQZMKZWLheI/AAAAAAAABhU/ygmeB-F5oYI/s200/Om.jpg" border="0" alt="Thea Westra - ForwardSteps.com.au" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261976956115322338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;While you wait for me to resume blogging... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;I give you these gifts to enjoy and share:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-ONE-&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;~ With increased costs and financial uncertainty there are still some great things available for free - please accept this &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Forward Steps October Birthday Present&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This gift is time-sensitive and it is something that I WILL NOT be offering to my readers again. True!~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-TWO-&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;~ If you don't like the look of the cheques that you currently receive, why not write your own? Here is access to your personalized &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/attract-wealth.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wealth Attraction Abundance Cheque&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-THREE-&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;~ Rather than listening to negative messages thrown at us via mainstream media, and to have a mini-break from all the hype - take some personal time-out for a &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/meditation.html" target="_new"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daily Meditation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to receive periodical emails from me, then I recommend choosing from one of my varied selections:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/DailyFSClickBank.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Triggers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a bumper issue, sent 1st of each month since 2002... &lt;i&gt;(Note: See the first gift at this post)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;B.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersSampleOptIn.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Samples of Triggers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are short snippets, sent weekly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;C.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/DailyFSClickBank.htm#DailyFS" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Forward Steps Daily&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are mid-sized &amp; for 1-year only...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;D.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/NewYearQuiz.htm" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Power Questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a power question sent for 52 weeks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;E.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Forward Steps Master List&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a brief note sent monthly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;F.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.onlinevisibleweb.com" target="_new"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Online Visible Web&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an online tool or gift monthly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy a productive week and a relaxing weekend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember to share this post. Spread these gifts by sharing them with a friend, or two. You CAN make a difference, and imagine the impact if every visitor here today shared with just one other! :) Pay it forward...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SPqkBCkGJRI/AAAAAAAABhE/L8hQMFouXjc/s320/TheaSigGrSmall.jpg" border="0" alt="Thea Westra - Forward Steps - Personal Development"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258695852683568402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;P.S. &lt;/span&gt;Share this message by using an easy &lt;!-- FreeTellaFriend - BEGIN --&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freetellafriend.com/tell/?u=2736" onclick="window.open('http://www.freetellafriend.com/tell/?u=2736&amp;title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&amp;url='+encodeURIComponent(document.location.href), 'freetellafriend','scrollbars=1,menubar=0,width=617,height=530,resizable=1,toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,screenX=210,screenY=100,left=230,top=170'); return false;"title="Tell a Friend" target="_blank"&gt;Tell-A-Friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- FreeTellaFriend - END --&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/R8XUssqntsM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-28T08:52:14.182+09:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SQZMKZWLheI/AAAAAAAABhU/ygmeB-F5oYI/s72-c/Om.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2008/10/blogs-author-thea-westra-from-forward.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Share A Free Gift</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~3/mv7Bmvuyowc/collect-for-yourself-and-share-free.html</link><category>thea westra</category><category>free guft</category><category>free</category><category>ezine</category><category>newsletter</category><category>triggers</category><category>forward steps</category><category>self improvement</category><category>personal development</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Thea)</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:26:02 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170303.post-7161145970769137170</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SOiMhfHcm6I/AAAAAAAABg0/tpTltaD-3YM/s1600-h/TriggersCoverLrgeWhite.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SOiMhfHcm6I/AAAAAAAABg0/tpTltaD-3YM/s200/TriggersCoverLrgeWhite.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253603472243989410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;October 2008 Triggers celebrates its 5th birthday, and as my thank you and my birthday gift to you, you can send ALL your friends to this specially created &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html" target="_new"&gt;Free Gift Subscription page...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That free gift is a value of $47.95, and that gift site will close down at midnight Perth, Australia time on 31 October, 2008...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are not yet subscribed to the monthly Triggers ezine, then you too can use that link to subscribe for free - a gift to yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;Don't miss this - I &lt;b&gt;am NOT&lt;/b&gt; offering Triggers free, again! &lt;br /&gt;+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's too valuable a resource for me to continue providing it free (unless you become an affiliate member for the Triggers sales page).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Triggers is like receiving a membership site every month. There are hundreds of free audios and great info links that are sent each year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It takes me many hours to collect those monthly gifts for you, so take advantage now and become a free member to receive your copy on the first day of every month - for as long as you stay subscribed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are already a subscriber and you love what you get in your in-box from me each month, then do be generous and share that around. Post it at blogs, share at communities or send an email to friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html" target="_new"&gt;www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS MONTH, I decided to set some personal guidelines for my emailed subscription messages. I recently focused on huge clean outs and clearing, everywhere. For all my emails to subscribers, I now have Personal Guidelines that I'll live by and REALLY needed to write them down for myself.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*1- I will only send mail on the dates promised to you. No extras.&lt;br /&gt;The only extras will be one October birthday and one December season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*2- I will be choosing my BEST 35 sales pages/products to recommend via mail.&lt;br /&gt;My intention is to have that list of 35 finalized by end October 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*3- The list will never go beyond 35. If I add one, then I remove one.&lt;br /&gt;This way, products I promote will become yet higher &amp; higher in quality.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;*4- Sites that I recommend beyond the top 35 will only ever be FREE gifts.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel so much better creating super crystal-clear guidelines for myself and for you. I value each and every one of you and forever want to give you only the very best of the material that I discover online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for being such loyal subscribers and for the lovely messages and news that I also regularly receive from you. Remember to collect &amp; share THE GIFT, of a &lt;a href="http://www.forwardsteps.com.au/TriggersFreeGift.html" target="_new"&gt;monthly free Triggers&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers, Thea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Oh yes, my book is coming along - it takes much longer than I thought! &lt;a href="http://www.timeformylife.com" target="_new"&gt;Place your name on the waiting list&lt;/a&gt; if you want to be the first to know when it's released. Won't be too far away now...&lt;P&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ForwardStepsLifeCoaching/~4/mv7Bmvuyowc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-10-19T11:26:02.017+08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mElV0tcMU4Q/SOiMhfHcm6I/AAAAAAAABg0/tpTltaD-3YM/s72-c/TriggersCoverLrgeWhite.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://forwardsteps.blogspot.com/2008/10/collect-for-yourself-and-share-free.html</feedburner:origLink></item><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>
