Thoughts. Stories. Life.

Marathon Life. Week 6 and 7.

2014-05-04T22:42:00.001-07:00

Week before last was week six of my Portland Marathon training, but this was me that Friday night...

Wizards Vs. Bulls game with my girls in DC

So yeah.. let's just say I didn't show up for my Portland Fit training run on Saturday morning as planned. But I did rally and run four of the seven miles I was supposed to on the treadmill the next day.

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Inside the Mind of an Athlete.Part 4: NFL's Jonathan Stewart.

2014-05-02T02:50:00.000-07:00

Jonathan Stewart, giving God the Glory.

This is the 4th interview and story in my 5 part series "Inside the Mind of an Athlete." A series designed to inspire and motivate you to live your dream. Each with a different focus meant to provide you with tools and real life examples that these tools really do work. It's possible for anyone, for you, to take what you've learned in this series and change your life. All the tools to success using Hustle.Believe.Receive. have been demonstrated in this series, and if applied can bring you the life you desire and deserve to live.

This weeks focus is on what happens when you've achieved your Ultimate Dream; living it, day in and day out. It seems counter-intuitive on the surface to chose this topic for an interview, yet it's such a critical part of achieving success. If you've worked most of your life chasing your dream that requires one mindset, but actually living it is a whole different thing. It takes a strong mind to keep your footing and not get caught up in the pitfalls of success. It also takes aware intention so you don't become complacent and stagnate when you've reached your goal. This story will prepare you for when your dream comes true, so that you can handle it with grace.

Meet Jonathan Stewart, star running back for the Carolina Panthers. Jonathan was my "wild card" in this series, the only one out of the five players I profiled whom I did not know personally. But when I came up with this idea initially, he was the only player I wanted for the "NFL veteran" piece. I just knew he'd be perfect. I've known of Jonathan for several years, as we have many common friends and have followed him on social media, so I knew his reputation for being a upstanding positive guy and devout Christian was exactly what I wanted this piece to be about. I even wrote out the interview questions specifically for him over a month ago, yet had no idea how I was going to make it happen. But I was determined, trying to get the story idea in front of him, hoping he'd see it somehow. A week ago he commented on a post about Kenjon Barner's story, saying that he'd be happy to share his story as well. When he called yesterday I was so glad I'd taken the time weeks ago to prepare for this interview and was ready on the spot! For me it was a great manifestation of everything I teach; gotta put the work in (Hustle), believe it will happen (Believe) and be ready when it does (Receive).

Jonathan, like the other athletes in this series played football at Oregon, entering the NFL draft his junior year. He was selected as the 13th overall pick in the 2008 draft by the Panthers, and is entering his 7th season with the team. I asked Jonathan, to tell me his story and what football meant to him growing up.

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Easy Guide to Being Grateful.

2014-04-29T09:33:00.003-07:00

*The following is an excerpt from my new book Hustle.Believe.Receive. The Urban Guide to Recreating Your Life and Living Your Dream." Coming Soon!

STOP BITCHIN'

Why Being Grateful Matters.

Hate your life? Welcome to humanity. Most of us at one point or another have hated our lives. Have tried to drown ourselves in a pool of self-pity. Have found ourselves bitchin’ endlessly to anyone who will listen about how much our life sucks. I know you get what I’m sayin’ and can relate. Your job sucks, you have no money, you’re sick of being broke, your relationships are hanging on by a thread; life in general seems like an ocean of quicksand. I get it. I was there.

In 2006 while pregnant with my twins, I found myself in this destructive hell-hole. Those were black days. I remember stressing endlessly about finances, as I packed up our home that had just been foreclosed on. I felt defeated and broken, having spent years trying to establish a respectable life for my then husband and son. It seemed like the world was dead-ending as it all got stripped away. Day and night I obsessed about our problems. The lack of money, and the stress of providing for a family with more on the way, left me utterly hopeless.

It seemed like the more I obsessed about how bad shit was the worse it got. Almost daily. It felt like standing under an avalanche and not even having the energy to get out of the way. Hopelessness is a dangerous thing. Bitchin’ about our issues and problems is equally as dangerous. That’s what had led to my feeling of hopelessness, the more I verbalized my problems, the worse they became.

Inside the Mind of an Athlete: Part 5. Patrick Johnson.

2014-04-24T23:18:00.003-07:00

Meet Patrick Johnson. He is my fifth example and story in my series Inside the Mind of an Athlete. 5 Oregon Football Players: Their Lessons Could Change Your Life and his story is all about what happens when your Ultimate Dream has been achieved? How do you cope with no longer living a certain type of life, or that specific dream? How do you redefine the next phase of your life and make it just as rewarding?

Patrick grew up in a small town in Georgia, playing baseball at the Boys and Girls Club. "There were not a lot of opportunities for kids where I came from." Patrick tells me. "I never really played organized sports until my Junior year of high school. So I didn't grow up with that dream of becoming a college football star or playing in the NFL." Patrick joined the football team with prompting from his friends, his Junior of high school. That first year he wasn't allowed to play (transfer policy), but he practiced with the team relentlessly. Finally his Senior year he started at quarterback, taking the field with guys who had been playing the game their entire life. "I knew that the learning curve was going to be tough. But I've always tried to be the best at anything I do."

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Chick on a Mission...Marathon Life: Week 5.

2014-04-20T16:01:00.000-07:00

The 3 mile wall...endless hill

So I've had this goal to run a marathon by the time I'm 40, and like I said a few weeks ago in The Hustle, are You all In? This is my second attempt at achieving that goal. And since this June I'll be 39 I figured it's now or never! Mind you I am NOT a runner. The only running I've ever done was when I was in my early twenties, a few miles here and there, and my marathon training four years ago. So this is an exercise in proving my point that Anything is Possible for Anyone. Hence my mission; to prove I can do this. Something I'm not good at, don't really enjoy, is extremely difficult, and something that most people quit before reaching their goal. So I figured what better way to proving my Hustle.Believe.Receive. coaching method than to apply it to something this tangible?

We started March 22nd, and that morning I showed up with a few hundred other runners for Portland Fit, to train for the Portland Marathon. Some wannabe's like myself, and some lifelong veterans, all there with the best intentions to make it to the October race. It was freezing cold, fog in the air and three miles ahead of us as we started out together for our run along Portland's water front. It was the first time I'd tried to run in well over a year...but I did it.

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Inside the Mind of an Athlete Part 3: NFL's Kenjon Barner.

2014-04-18T01:02:00.001-07:00

The always smiling Kenjon

This is the third story in my four part series; "Inside the Mind of an Athlete". And this story is all about how you adjust to life once you've achieved your Ultimate Dream. It seems so easy, but like everything else it's something that you need to prepare and plan for, because adjusting to living your dream can actually destroy you if your not prepared for it.

Meet Kenjon Barner, former star running back for Oregon. I asked Kenjon to tell me his story, share with us his dream and how he's been able to achieve so much at such a young age. This is his story...

Kenjon grew up in a home full of love and competitive brotherly rivalries, his parents had their hands full; six boys and a girl. So from a young age he learned that confidence was king! Being great at basketball gave him that confidence from the start. "I played basketball from the time I was three years old, it's all I ever wanted to do." He tells me when I ask him when football became his dream. "I wasn't really even thinking about football, I'd never played it, except with my friends in the yard growing up. But basketball was what I loved and was good at, and it's what my family expected me to play."

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Sarah Centrella: Manifest That! New Reality TV Show REVERSED.

2014-04-17T21:24:00.003-07:00

Everything happens for a reason. I know it's a cliché, but it's a phrase I actually live by and find so much comfort in. Why? Because when you really know and trust this to be true, it takes away the stress when something "bad" happens. I don't know about you, but I'd spent most of my life stressing about everything, money, work, you name it. But all that stress brought me was more stress. When I began to understand that everything we go through on this journey is really part of the plan to get us closer to our dream, I began to relax. I settled into the current rather than constantly trying to fight it and wear myself out. And time and time again it's proven to be true in my life.

Here's my most recent example...

You may remember a few weeks ago when I was a guest on the Steve Harvey Show and immediately after it aired, AOL did a truly disgusting story covering my appearance that intentionally misrepresented me. Well that day my Facebook exploded (they directly linked the story to my personal Facebook). By the end of that day I had over 200 friend requests and about that many messages in my inbox, of all those messages I respond to one: Charles Mattocks.

Reality TV with a Purpose! Charles Mattocks Talks About Creating REVERSED.

2014-04-15T23:54:00.002-07:00

Over the years on my blog I've tried to be a living example of the methods I teach, proving that Hustle.Believe.Receive. really does work. I've shown it to be true in my life, over and over again, working hard and manifesting my dreams. But even I get tired of my story, and I think sometimes it's good for all of us to have examples of people who are living by the same principles I teach and achieving great success. The hope is that these stories continue to inspire your journey, and that you take from them lessons you can apply in your own life. Oprah says "Surround yourself with people who will only bring you higher." This is advice I've tried hard to follow with great results. People who are on a mission to achieve their dream are the kind of people I want in my circle.

One such person is Charles Mattocks, aka The Poor Chef. Charles is on a mission to change the way we think about Diabetes and effect change on a global scale. He is the producer, creator and host of the new Reality TV show Reversed. Charles got his start in show-business as a late teen moving from New York to LA to follow his dream of being an actor and rapper. Music and show business run in his blood as the nephew of the Legendary Bob Marley. But Charles has always had to work hard, hustle for his success at each stage of his journey as his dream matured over time. He made a name for himself as a celebrity chef on his TV show The Poor Chef, and has used that recognition to affect change as an advocate for Diabetes, a cause close to his heart.

I spoke to Charles today and asked him to tell us his story....

Inside the Mind of an Athlete. Part 2: Lavasier Tuinei

2014-04-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

Inside the Mind of an Athlete: Part 2, is all about the hustle, overcoming adversity and never giving up. I wanted to share this story because it's an unbelievable example of what is possible when you are committed to your dream, put the work in and don't take "no" for an answer. It proves that you can overcome "bad luck" and any other obstacle that comes your way if you are truly committed to living your dream.

This is the story of Lavasier Tuinei, former Oregon Duck, and Rose Bowl MVP. I chose "LT," as he's commonly known by friends and family, because his journey has been far from a bed of roses (pun intended), yet he's remained focused on his goal and committed to his dream. As a kid growing up in Indiana, the son of an NFL player you'd think he would have been born with a football in his hand, but in fact basketball was his passion. His parents divorced when LT was very young, and his mother wasn't at all interested in her son playing football, encouraging his love for basketball instead. But when he was eight years old he went to live with his father, and held a football for the first time.

Sarah: When did you discover your love of football?
LT: (I can hear the excitement and nostalgia in his voice). The first time I touched that football. I didn't want to put it down, I took it everywhere with me. I wanted to be just like my dad, who was playing for the Chicago Bears at the time. I asked him to teach me how to play and he gave me a choice. He said "go to sleep tonight and set your alarm for 5:00 AM, if you still want to learn how to play in the morning, come wake me up and I'll train you." The next morning I woke him up at 5:00 AM and we trained for two hours before school every morning he was home through high school.

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Inside the Mind of an Athlete. 5 Oregon Football Players: Their Lessons Can Change Your Life.

2014-04-05T23:48:00.003-07:00

What can a football player teach you about achieving your dream and finding success? A lot. Over the next five weeks I will interview and share, five inspiring stories of Oregon football players who prove that anything is possible, for anyone. Five unique stories, five stages of the same journey, one common dream, united by a common brotherhood. Each is on a mission to fulfill their Ultimate Dream. What is their common key to success? The answer to that question, and what they have taught me could change your life, the way it did mine.

Living his dream.. Derrick Malone Jr.

This series will feature players with one common background, they are all alumni of the University of Oregon football program, but their stories couldn't be more different. I will feature each stage of the journey:
1. A current college player, with hopes of playing in the NFL.
2. A un-drafted free agent who's been signed and released from several teams, still hoping for a contract.
3. A rookie finishing his first season in the NFL
4. A seven year veteran in the NFL
5. And finally a retired Super Bowl champion.

My goal is to tell their stories from a new lenses. This is not just another football story, it’s the truth behind how they create their future, and manifested their dream. But most importantly it is proof that “regular people” can use the same tools (visualization, prayer/meditation, mantras, belief, and hustle) to create the life of their dreams, the same way these athletes have. I have taken these lessons, and as a single mom in my 30's applied them to change my life and live my dream. You can too. These guys are not “super-human,” they simply apply a common formula to achieve success. And one I've been sharing on this blog for the past few years, and coach in my Success Coaching practice. I want to motivate and inspire you to apply these same methods to live your dream. The stories are fresh, personal, with a new perspective, and FINALLY something positive about football players!

I have chronicled five different athletes in five different stages of the same dream, to show you that this is a life long journey and that success is not achieved overnight. Also to show you that even successful people, who've lived their "dream," also face defeat and seemingly insurmountable adversity. It's what they do to overcome this adversity, that makes them great, and their stories so inspiring.

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Inside the Mind of an Athlete: Part 1: Oregon's Derrick Malone Jr.

2014-04-05T00:19:00.005-07:00

*This is the first story in a 5 part series titled "Inside the Mind of an Athlete". Check the link to learn more about the series and see who else will be featured in upcoming articles.

I chose to feature Derrick as Part 1 of this series because I've always chosen to associate myself with players who have a similar positive mindset. Ones that are focused on their goals, determined to stay grounded through the process of fame and success, and who are constantly looking for ways to grow and become better.

Derrick is known for his contagious smile and upbeat personality

Derrick Malone Jr. embodies these qualities. As the star starting linebacker for the Oregon Ducks Derrick has always impressed me with his positive attitude, uplifting social media posts, and general demeanor, so I was thrilled when he agreed to let me interview him for this piece. I wanted to know if what I've learned so far about the law of attraction and the connection I've made with it and athletes was true for him as well. I wanted to see if he lives his life by these principles without even realizing it. I have to say I got goosebumps with many of his answers, seeing once again how the simple formula Hustle.Believe.Receive. really does apply.

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Shine.

2014-04-03T22:11:00.002-07:00

It’s my time.

Time to get what I want from this life.

Time to reflect, to redirect intention, replenish ambition create drive.

Time to reinvent.

Time to push on through, past the pain to the results.

Time to hustle, time to grind.

Time to shine.

If what you see outside your window is not a view you like,

Change it.
If the reflection in the mirror is not one that draws a smile of self-pride,

Change it.

What holds you down?

Knocks the wind out of you?

Drains your power, towers above you?

Change it.

If the thoughts in your head haunt you, discourage and cage you,

Change them.

If what surrounds you drowns you,

Change it.

This life is my life.

This life is my choice.

The results are the aftermath of my decisions.

Traded in my broke life, for a life in progress.

Traded in my old attitude for a new mind-set.

Traded the aftermath for RESULTS.

Traded disappointment for gratitude.

I Decided to shine.

I came to win.

Author Bio:
Sarah Centrella is a Success Coach for professional athletes, the Reality TV show REVERSED, and anyone with a dream. She is also an author an motivational speaker. Follow her on Twitter for motivation and inspiration, and sign up to be a Member of her blog for free coaching classes.

Ready for Love.

2014-03-27T20:09:00.005-07:00

So in January of this year I made a new vision board. One focused on finding love. I've always had love represented on my board, but after reading The Soulmate Secret I was ready to break old habits and learn a how to attract the right man.

I believe strongly that everything happens for a reason, and that truth has lead my life in a positive and beautiful direction the past five years. It's also helped me to weather any storm and given me confidence that my dreams are manifesting even if at the moment that is sometimes difficult to see. So when the show came to me about doing a piece on dating I knew it was not only a manifestation of my dream to share my story with the world, but also part of the "find me a man" vibe I'd released into the universe a few months ago.

I'm the first to admit that dating has been difficult for me. In fact it's totally sucked! I'd never dated before age 35 and it was all a bit of a train wreck to say the least! I went out with guys I shouldn't have, because I knew I wouldn't be interested, but I honestly didn't know how to handle it or what to do. It was two years of trial and error, learning what type of guy I was interested in and learning how to set limits and boundaries and respect myself. It was probably a lot like being in college for most people, going through all of that for the very first time. All those heartbreaks, stupid mistakes, bad decisions, you name it. My kids are with me full time, so on the two weekends a month they were gone, I couldn't handle being home without them so I'd meet someone for a drink or dinner, or coffee or whatever even if I wasn't interested, sometimes just because that was the first person I'd have talked to all day. I've been blogging through all this time, so feel free to read those old blogs and see some of that cringe worthy pain first hand, back in the 2009/10 years! It wasn't pretty. And I knew I needed and was open to whatever advise or help in that area I could get, so that's what my reasoning was for doing the show. It was a manifestation on both fronts.
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Steve Harvey's Dating Advice

2014-03-25T23:55:00.001-07:00

So today was a pretty epic day... to say the least! I had my national television talk show debut on the Steve Harvey Show. I woke up this morning with that all too familiar knot in the pit of my stomach, the one that says "you are about to stand naked in front of the whole world, now's a good time to freak out!" And I mean metaphorically naked of course, like the dream we had as kids giving a speech in front of our class naked, only this was in front of millions of people and I was totally (as is my norm) emotionally raw and exposed.

But it wasn't long before the messages started pouring in on my facebook pages, twitter and all the other media, and texts from people around the world, most I don't know, supporting me and my dream. See I've had a dream for a few years now to share my story with the world on a talk show or reality show. Although this episode was on a topic that is very relevant to me (dating), and not my story, it was still a huge manifestation of that dream, and I had a blast being part of it all. It was my first experience with all of that, a live audience, camera's out in a public place, hair and make-up and it was exactly what I'd always envisioned it to be. It's absolutely what I see in my long-term future and will continue to work towards. Plus it got me a meeting with OWN/Harpo producers so I have nothing but gratitude for the entire experience, it was a dream come true.
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The Hustle. Are You All In?

2014-03-23T19:01:00.000-07:00

What to know how you get from where you're at right now, to that moment when you're living your dream? It's called HUSTLE and commitment! I was coaching one of my VIP Member clients the other day and she mentioned her husband always comes back with the same response any time she talks about making a vision board or changing her life plan... "How?" Is all he wants to know. How are you going to do that?

Hustle is the how. Commitment is the when.

Those are the big questions we face when we are starting out. We look at our current circumstances, the reality of our "now" and say, how the hell am I going to achieve that end result? And when will it get here? It seems so impossible and overwhelming. So unattainable. And we focus on that for a while, and then we start to get depressed, and convince ourselves that it's crazy to have set goals/dreams so out of our actual reach, and we slowly resign to the "truth" we believe, which is that we can't really do it, so why bother trying.

I will be the first to raise my hand and say I've used this exact thought process throughout my life when it came to dieting and working out. You look at yourself in the mirror, or in a picture that someone with no-photo-taking-skills took of you, and say "oh my god! I need to make a change!" So you put a picture on your wall of a perfectly fit person and you tell yourself every day that you are that perfectly fit person. And then you tell your girlfriend that you intend to become that perfectly fit person while eating a bag of chips and drinking a margarita. And she looks at you and says... "Oh realllllly? How?" And you look at yourself and then at the picture, and you say... "Damnit, you're right. That is ridiculous. What the hell, let's have another drink!"

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Vision Board Success: 4 Steps to Manifesting your Dream Life.

2014-03-10T21:49:00.003-07:00

The point of a Future Board is not to manifest a new car, or an expensive handbag, it’s to intentionally design your entire dream life. To create a LIFE PLAN. To reconstruct your life from the ground up, like an architect remodels an old building. You map out each area, room by room, creating a blueprint for a whole new masterpiece. That’s what makes a vision board magical, because it’s the physical representation of the life you’ve carefully and thoughtfully redesigned. You have the power to create your destiny; these four simple steps will help you do exactly that.

Step 1: The Audacity to Dream.

Learning how to dream can be surprisingly difficult for most of us in the beginning. It goes against our very nature, it feels foolish and ridiculous at first, but it’s a critical first step to success. A great way to get this process started is to create an extensive, all inclusive bucket list. This is essentially a list of everything you would like to do, or experience in your lifetime. I love this exercise because it forces you to visually walk through your life and imagine what it could be. Resist at all costs, the urge to be “realistic”. This is a dream list, it’s not bound by your current situation, it’s not an action plan that you need to budget for, it is free from all those constraints. If it helps, call it a “fantasy list”, or your “what if” list. On this list, all things are possible; there are no boundaries, no limits, no expiration dates.

Single Mom's Club... If Only.

2014-03-09T22:25:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching both of Oprah's Lifeclass's on Single moms, and though I was disappointed I wasn't one of those chosen to be in the audience for the show, I was so grateful to her for doing it. The first show blew me away... all these mom's in one room verbalizing the exact thing's I've been feeling and experiencing for the last five years. It was honest to god the first time I've heard other woman say those things, and I cried watching it, because for the first time EVER I didn't feel alone. I know it sounds crazy but unless you are a *single mom, there is just no way for you to relate to what we face on a daily basis. This is not "poor me" it's just the reality we live in. I was married with three kids for almost nine years, so I believe I can speak from both sides of the coin. And trust me when I say; doing it alone and unmarried is not even in the same league, as doing it married or with a partner.

It was the first time I'd heard other woman say they deal with judgment from friends, family and the world at large for parenting alone. I swear I thought it was just me! And the first time I heard women cry because they are constantly beating themselves up about every little thing, and dealing with the intense isolation that makes you think you are losing your mind. And I heard Oprah say... Forgive yourself, because you are allowed to make a mistake. That one knocked the wind out of me. Because for whatever reason, that one is huge! You really feel like you are not afforded the opportunity to make mistakes as a single mom. Maybe because we have a different relationship with our kids, one where the line between parent and child is very blurred, and where the children are very aware of what goes on in their mom's life, mostly because mom has no one to talk to on a daily basis but her kids. So decisions that would normally not involve children, or ones where they would normally be unaware of, now are a joint family decision. And when you fail there is no covering it up. There is no way that your kids aren't involved in watching that failure, and sharing in that disappointment. The buffer zone does not exist. So we hold ourselves to this ridiculous standard where to shield our kids from our mistakes we go the extra mile to try not to make them, all the while making them of course, but just submerged in total self-loathing when we do. There is no one to say "it's okay, you did the best you could, everything will be fine." And because of that you never forgive yourself, you never stop questioning every little decision.

Little Dreamer.

2014-03-05T19:35:00.002-08:00

Author Bio:
Sarah Centrella is a Success Coach for athletes and anyone with a dream. She is also an author an motivational speaker. Follow her on Twitter for motivation and inspiration, and sign up to be a Member of her blog for free success coaching classes.

Living My Dream.

2014-03-03T19:04:00.001-08:00

Tomorrow will quite possibly be the biggest day of my life (aside from the day my babies came into the world of course), but epic non the less. And it's impossible to try and do justice to the flood of emotions I'm feeling, with words on a page, but I will try.

If you've followed my story, than you know that I'm a chick on a mission to PROVE that the law of attraction (as I know it) works, and that anything is possible for ANYONE. And you also know how much I'm totally obsessed with Oprah. I credit her for giving me the tools that changed my life, and I've been out to prove those tools can work for anyone, using myself as a Genny-pig. As you know that decision has been life altering for me, and continues to be on a daily basis and I see more and more of my dreams becoming a reality. You've seen me struggle; and work, and fall down, and get back up, and want to quit, and fight through the defeat to try again. And you've seen it WORK. You KNOW it works, I know you do.

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4 Easy Steps to Get Out of a Funk.

2014-02-27T23:29:00.001-08:00

Three months ago I was struggling. I'd come off my most "successful" year ever, had manifested an entire vision board and a whole new tax bracket, yet felt so stuck and uninspired. Crazy I know, but true. I began to think negatively and even started questioning my dreams, vision and purpose. It seemed like the spark had left and I wasn't sure how to bring it back, or even if I could. Half of me knew exactly what to do, and wanted to punch the other half of me in the face for being such a lame-ass. But when you get in a negative place you start feeding off of it, and that self-pity starts to feel comforting, and even if you know how to extinguish it, you think... I will; tomorrow.

When January 1st rolled around I knew it was time to kick that dark cloud to the curb, even if it was going to take renewed energy and way more effort then if I'd never strayed in the first place. So here's exactly what I did to try and get myself out of my funk and back to my happy place.

1. I made a concrete decision that I was going to change my attitude, turn things around, get back to my dream.

2. To accomplish that I recognized I needed help. Motivation and inspiration aren't something we are born with and naturally have every day, sometimes we gotta create and cultivate it. I also knew I needed support.

For inspiration: I began listening to Joel Osteen's sermons on YouTube (and I'm not even religious). But his "I Am" speech shook me when I heard it on Oprah's LifeClass, and I instantly recognized how far I'd fallen off my path. I made a commitment to listen to a different one every day for ten days, and focus that day on whatever his topic was. I felt like a new woman after day two!
For support: I challenged my life long bestie to take this next step in our journey with me, and do the 10 day Joel meditation marathon. By day three and four we were on fire! So inspired and excited and shocked at how we'd ever gotten so off track in the first place. We compared notes and aha moments and encouraged each others progress. All of this is so much more fun when you have a support system! (That's why I started my coaching calls, for those of you who don't have a bestie like mine!)
For motivation: I decided it was time to redo my Future Boards. I have two main boards that I've used over the past few years and they needed a make-over! I spent days focusing on the new version of my dream, one I could get fired up for again, one that scared me again, and then I looked for the perfect pictures to represent that life for my new boards. It's crazy how much joy that exersize brings and how much I love looking at those pretty boards. I was feeling strong, empowered and focused again, in a way I hadn't in a long time.

I'm a Single Mom; Not a Sterotype.

2014-02-24T22:22:00.002-08:00

It took me a long time to accept, and figure out what the label single mom, meant for me after my husband left. I knew what it meant to be a "wife" and a "mother", but I had no idea how to be a “single mom.” And to my shock, I realized quickly that the perception of a single mom is totally different than that of a married mom.

Suddenly it was like I was no longer part of the "mom" club, somehow overnight I'd become less of a parent and a less qualified mother. But my married mom friends would say things like "Oh I totally understand, my husband travels all the time and never helps around the house, I'm basically a single mom too." And I'd think; I pray you are never in my shoes, because you'd not last a day. The two are in no way comparable. Slowly they'd stop calling because they couldn't relate to me anymore, we were no longer the same. I was on my own, in more ways than one.

And when I'd meet friends and mom's who never knew me when I was married, I was still not "one of them," because even though I'd been married eight years, it was somehow no longer relevant. I felt like the girl on the outside who "just doesn't get what it's like to be married with kids." Being a single mom is more isolating than anyone can imagine. The isolation is deep and intense, and no one gets it, or understands, and so you just move forward... alone. And that's not self-pity talking, that is cold reality, and one that takes a lot of time to adjust to.

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Success Coaching That WORKS!

2014-02-21T22:46:00.003-08:00

I'm super excited about my new website www.sarahcentrella.com and a more formal offering including two awesome coaching programs for anyone who needs advice, tips, tools and encouragement on how to apply Hustle.Believe.Receive. and live your dream.

We will be discussing topics like:

How to get started with using the Law of Attraction
How to believe
Mantras, and affirmations
The importance of the Hustle.
Vision boards.
Bucket Lists.
Everything happens for a reason.
How to dream.
Focusing on the big picture.
How this applies to your career, your relationships, parenting and family life
And much much more.

The First Program:

Member Coaching Calls

This is a free weekly call available to anyone who's a subscribed member.
*Calls are Monday mornings from 8:30-9:00AM PST
Subscribers will get the dial-in info emailed directly to their inbox, and a follow up with the recording if they missed it live.
You'll be able to submit questions or topics for discussion on the call by replying to the invite.
The goal it to make this a quick high impact call to start your week off right. I'll give you a "take-away" at the end of the call to focus on for that week.
I'll be looking for stories and examples of how that week went for you, so be sure to email those to me before the next weeks call.
All Members will also get my periodic motivational tips, quotes and inspiration, via email as well as invites to the calls. So be sure to sign up!

Amazing Law of Attraction Success Story.

2014-02-19T18:45:00.004-08:00

A text message changed my life. On an ordinary day in September 2008, while my then husband of eight years and high school sweetheart of sixteen, was in the shower, I picked up his phone and read “I can’t wait till your finally free, and all mine. No more sharing.”

That message instantly ended a marriage. It left me with three small children (my twins had just turned a year old, and my son was five), without a job or income to support them. Overnight the world I’d spent a lifetime building crashed and burned, and I found myself in an unthinkably vulnerable and terrifying position. It seemed beyond impossible.

The day I found out, I had nothing. No access to bank accounts, not five dollars to my name. The rent and utilities were past due, and I was out of formula and diapers for the babies. He was our only source of income, and when he left so did the ability to feed and take care of my family. That night amid the devastation and my inability to inhabit my body or feel reality, I remember my girlfriend walking through the front door. I was lying on the living room floor, my face on the cold wood, sobbing. I don’t remember much, it’s honestly a blur. But I do remember her arms overflowing with industrial-size boxes of diapers, cans of formula, food, and enough cash to keep the water and lights on. That moment is the defining moment of my life. It’s the moment that has driven my relentless pursuit. The moment I hustle and grind for. It’s the reason I get up when the floor looks like such a damn good alternative. I decided that night, to stand. In that moment, I realized that somehow, some way, I would survive this and find a way to reinvent my life.

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Fear. The Roadblock to Success.

2014-02-17T23:18:00.001-08:00

Fear is such a roadblock to success. You can know that in theory, but in practice, silencing our fear is easier said than done. Every time I've been faced with a chance, or the opportunity to follow my passion I have tried to always step-up and take that leap of faith. I don't know how my dream is going to come true, but I know in my very bones that it will one day, so I act on faith and continue in the direction of that dream.

But fear is a tricky little bastard. It has the ability to create self-doubt which can quickly spiral into questioning your decision and even questioning your dream. It tries to convince you that you're not ready, you're not good enough, that no one will support your path, and that you're being ridiculous. Fear has the power (if you enable it) to talk you out of success.

Don't let fear get you thinkin'

There has always been a point for me as I've been on this rebuilding my life journey the past few years, where fear has caused me to pause. And as I've taken steps to peruse my passion, it's been more and more aggressive. I can honestly tell you, that every single time I've posted something where I pushed my own boundaries way beyond what was comfortable, I took a moment to pause, to let fear; get a word in edge wise. Whether it was something deeply personal, or sharing my story the first time it went public, each of those things might seem easy, but they made me physically sick to my stomach. Many times it feels like I'm standing naked in the middle of Times Square. Maybe bearing your insides the way I've done is even worse than showing your ass, I'm not sure...but I can assure you it feels equally terrifying and drafty!

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Fision Board Classes: Get Ready!

2014-02-16T11:43:00.003-08:00

For the past three years I've had people from around the world ask me when I'd be teaching an online class, sharing my keys to success manifesting a new life using my board. I've hesitated mainly because of the logistics and time investment it takes to put a web seminar together, but the response form my Vision Board Magic video last week was so overwhelming I could no longer ignore it. I've had this dream to share my story with the world, teaching my tools and unique view of the Hustle.Believe.Receive. and how to make a vision board successful for several years now, and believing as I do that everything happens for a reason, I know this was the push I needed.

Up to this point I've shared my knowledge, examples, and advise, for free on this blog because I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to have access to this life changing information. I set out to prove this works, and over the years you've watched me do just that. I've always resisted any offers (I get approached all the time) to turn this blog into the stereotypical "buy my online CD. I can teach you how to make millions in 30 days" type crap that is all over the internet. I just wanted to show that a real girl, with real life problems could apply simple tools to change her circumstances and her life. I feel like I've been able to do that successfully and hopefully in a non-self serving way.

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