I have wanted to get back to doing video blogs and here is my first one in a while. This video series will be titled “Inspiration Nation TV” as my purpose is to help create a nation of inspiration through the world of words.

This week I wanted to share a inspirational tip about something that can help you when you are overwhelmed and frustrated with either your life–personal or business.

Please let me know and share with me how you have used writing or other methods to help you beat overwhelm.

Whoohoo! I am super excited this week I get to share with you a continued conversation with Jean Adrienne Miller.

She will share with listeners about her Inner Speak program that has helped thousands of people find the obstacles and limited beliefs that have stopped them from living their best selves and how to transform that in their lives.

She also reveals whom “The Beings of Now” are in her life and how they help her with her work.

I was thrilled to be able to bring you more of Jean’s insight, knowledge and inspiration to give you the power tools to help you in your life.

I hope you enjoy this continued conversation with Jean and I.

If you missed last week’s conversation on Book Talk, you can listen to it at Creating Calm Network and then be sure to follow it by listening starting at 10 am when Ann White offers her book review and then Ginger Dawn shares and then I will be on at 10:30amET with Part 2 of my conversation with Jean Adrienne Miller, author of Power Tools.
With the music interludes by the talented, Jeff Gold.

You can pick up your copy of Power Tools: The Ultimate Owner’s Guide to Personal Empowerment on Amazon and you can learn more about Jean on her website, Jean Adrienne.com.

ENJOY!

Today we have the capability to connect with people easier than ever, however, I find that the lack of really connecting with another person seems to be too common. If you have the opportunity to connect directly with someone, go for it. I’ve always said, when you don’t do it, you are choosing the answer to be “no”. If you decide to try, you open up the answer to change to a “yes”.

What I mean by that is —don’t be afraid to contact someone either by email, phone or social media if you wish to connect with them.

There are some “rules”:
1) When connecting, share with them the reason why you are connecting with them.
2) Be authentic to yourself and to the conversation.
3) Don’t force a connection or conversation. If they don’t reciprocate, don’t worry. Allow the connection to happen when and if it is supposed to happen.

Here’s an example I will share with you:
Just yesterday, I had been online and was looking up the website for a radio show interview I will be doing later on today. Once on the website, this lady, Janet was hosting her show, Anger 911. Talk about a topic that resonates with me. This is a topic I share in my latest book, DISOWNED: A Journey of Transformation from Abandonment to Healing.

As I listened to Janet Pfieffer and her poignant advice on anger and how you can allow it to rule your life and you can diminish it from your life. I decided to go on her website and check out her work. As I read about her, I noticed she had been on such shows as The 700 Club, LifeTime, CBN News and her latest book, The Great Truth, was endorsed by Marci Shimoff, author of Happy for No Reason and published by Balboa Press.

She had mentioned her book, The Secret Side of Anger and I thought, she would be a great guest on my show, Inspiration Nation. I decided on the spot to send her an email asking her if she would like to be a guest on Inspiration Nation.
When I find someone online that resonates with me, I then try to be sure I stay connected with what they are doing online.

I went to Facebook and I sent a friend request with a personal message stating how I found her and why I would like to connect with her.

Her show had ended and I got a “bing” from Facebook that she was on chat. She was online and connected with me within minutes! In her FB message, she said had sent me an email. She thanked me and accepted the invite to be on my show. YAY!
I went to my email and then she had invited me to chat on the phone with her. WHOOHOO!

For me, I hadn’t thought all of this would be happening, I reached out and got not only a almost instant positive response, but then she invited me to chat on the phone!

Janet and I had a lovely conversation and it was a great opportunity to get to know each other better. Solid connection and the start of a lasting supportive mutual relationship with a like minded spiritual person.

Thanks Janet!

Don’t be scared to reach out and ask for a connection with someone—you may just get many blessings in return!

I would love to hear your stories of connections you’ve had online? Please share.

But now
in this moment
you are incarnating
a new moment
Of the tomorrows

You hold the power
Build and create moments
Filling life
With love
Compassion
Trust
Beauty
and Inspiration

For if you give it
You will receive it
Don’t fret
Over the noise
That surrounds you
But embrace the
light that is waiting
To become a part of you
~Teresa Morrow

If you are reader of different and various types of books, you will enjoy tomorrow’s Book Talk, part of Creating Calm Network.

Ann White – a confessed book jones follows up on her discussion of Stephanie Bond’s Body Mover series and reviews Tom Schreck’s Duffy Dombroski series.

The Legendary Ginger Dawn Harman, our West Virginia Housewife and Book Blogger Supreme tackles the moving story in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Henrietta was a poor tobacco worker who’s cells were taken from her without her knowledge and today are the cause of great scientific and medical discoveries while she lies forgotten in her grave.

And on Inspiration Nation, Teresa Morrow interviews Jean Adrienne, author of Power Tools – an owner’s manual for personnal improvement. When we settle for less than what we truly desire, we are compromising and that sets up wounds for us to clear. Learn more about healing and uplifting your life during this interview.

Musical interludes by Jeff Gold.

Listen to it now in case you missed it or even if you wish to listen to it again –Book Talk, Creating Calm Network

Change is a part of life. No matter how much we try to stop it, move around it, get ahead of it, figure it out, it always seems to surprise us when we least expect it.

My friend, Jenn Givler, owner of Blended Yoga, published this vlog (video blog) yesterday on change and I thought I would share it with you.

Inspiration comes in all forms—yoga many times has allowed me to center me, ground me, and bring me back to myself. Whether a minor and dramatic change, this yoga sequence can help you & I, get back in touch with our bodies and mind. When you and I become more centered, we can take on life challenges (or change) much easier.

Thanks Jenn for providing this to us.

Jenn Givler Blended Yoga video blog post on Change

Last week, I started a series of marketing tips on networking for writers and authors.

This week, I wanted to share another tip–giving the networking some time to develop.

Networking is about nurturing the relationship with other people. It is not the “go in, talk with someone for 2 seconds and then BOOM! they want to work with you or even get to know you more”.

True networking takes time to build a solid foundation of mutual respect and support for each other. There have been some whom teach others that if you meet someone that means you can add them to your mailing list or email list. I believe it shouldn’t be done this way. You should wait until you have the commitment and understanding from the other person that they WANT to be a part of your network before you ASSUME they want to join in your community (also known as your tribe).

Networking is built upon creating a bond not just “hit and run” mentality.

So the next time you are at a event, whether online or in person, go in with the understanding, it will take time and energy to nourish the relationships you have begun.

Happy Networking!

I had the pleasure of meeting Rachel while networking online and when I read about her book, I knew I wanted to share her work and book with you.

Please share about your background (where you were born, where you grew up, siblings/family dynamic, career background , where you live now, etc.)

I was born in Rochester, NY and grew up in a tiny historic village called Scottsville. I will put it to you this way we had one street light, could walk the perimeter of the town in under and hour, and our McDonald’s closed down after only
a few months because it could not get enough business!
I am an only child, but I am very close to my oldest cousin. He was referred to as my weekend brother when we were growing up. I am incredibly close with my parents and extended family and feel very blessed for that. I married my high school
sweetheart after my freshman year of college. He has just graduated from Army Basic Training so within 2 weeks of being married we moved to Hawaii. We lived there for nine years and are currently living in SC where he is now a Drill Sergeant. It’s nice to be back in the same time zone as our family!
I originally started out as an IT major in college, because this is what my father, uncle, and grandfather all went to college for. I even attended the same university! However, it was clear to me that this was so not me. I ended up
taking several years off of school when we got married, just not knowing what I really wanted to do. Then around age 20, I was treated with cognitive behavior therapy for chronic pain
from a back injury I suffered at age 14. I was so shocked that I could manage that level of pain without having to be doped up on narcotic painkillers, which I detested taking. It was then that I realized I wanted to pursue psychology.
Currently I am completing my doctoral dissertation in health psychology and I am a board certified holistic health practitioner with the AADP. I plan to continue writing self help books and teaching workshops online and in person to help people manage stress and chronic pain naturally.

When did you begin your writing journey?
My writing journey began in earnest in the Fall of 2012. This is when I was starting to question what I really wanted to do with my degree. However, I can recall sitting in my room when I was 11 years old typing away at my father’s old laptop computer, with DOS, green text, and huge floppy disks, thinking I was going to write a novel. Then those dreams faded away, because the world trains us to think we cannot make money with creative endeavors. Now as an adult, I am
realizing that I have a deep passion and drive to be creative and that YES I can make a living out of this. It was a liberating feeling. I don’t want to or feel I need to fit into the mold of “psychologist” just because that is my formal
training. I need to pursue what makes my heart soar and that is being creative, writing, and teaching others.

What inspired you to write this book?

I was inspired to write Stress the Silent Killer because, well, stress is on my brain right now! My masters thesis was on meditation for stress management and my doctoral dissertation is on stress management among Army spouses. Seeing how much stress there is around us, how many people struggle with stress, and the instant jump towards medication as a “treatment,” I knew I needed to write my book to help
people naturally and permanently manage stress.

Please share about your latest book.

Stress the Silent Killer is about how to naturally manage stress. I provide a five week program designed to help people form new healthy habits, thought patterns, and
experiences around things that cause them stress. In the book I teach meditation, the law of attraction, how food impacts mood, using sleep to improve mood, and the basics of aromatherapy for stress management. As an added bonus, I included two meditation audios that were created for past clients of mine dealing with stress, anxiety, panics attacks, and insomnia. The book beings with an overview of stress and how it can negatively impact mental and physical health. Then the techniques are described, each includes a case study
from past clients. The end of the book provides a step by step five week program with additional exercises and areas for notes and goal setting. This book is designed to be manageable and allow people to form new healthy habits that will help them with current and future stress.

What are some takeaways you would like your reader to get from reading your book?
I want people to realize that they do not need to endure stress and that using medications for stress management is only a bandaid. I would like my readers to walk away feeling better about their life and themselves. Being able to effect
change in your life can be empowering and help build confidence and self worth.

What is your advice to beginning writers?

I would like to tell beginning writers to keep their chin up and their fingers moving. There will be days that are challenging and people that will not always get what you want to do. But, if this is your passion then you need to keep
plowing ahead. Talk to other writers, join local or online groups for support, and explain to loved ones what this means to you. If you write with support and passion behind your words, your reads will be able to sense this and your writing
will come off as genuine.

Most writers are readers. What books are on your “to-read” list?
Right now is Second Stone book #2 in the Souls of Stones Series by Kelly Walker is at the top of my queue. I am reading the first book in the series, Cornerstone, and absolutely cannot put it down. YA fiction is my guilty pleasure and I hope to write my own someday soon

Where can readers find out more about you and your book? (add in blog/website/social media links)
Official Author Website: http://www.AuthorRachel.com
Writing/ Book Blog: http://www.IndieBookCorner.com
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/rachelfrank
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/authorrachel
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/authorrachelfrank
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/happyhealthcoach
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/authorrachel

Question for fun sake—what is your favorite color and why?
My all time favorite color has to be purple! It is such an inviting, calming, and spiritual color. It always soothes me and at the same time can provide me with inspiration.

Explore
To uncover
Craft a new voice
Drown out the clutter
Suffocating your heart
Bring through the light
Define a new choice
From Within

~ Teresa Morrow ~

This week on Inspiration Nation, part of Book Talk program on the Creating Calm Network, we have another great lineup.

First, Ann White will share with listeners about While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax, hints at her love of writings by J.D. Rhoades, and discovers and loves Stephanie Bond and The Body Movers experience.

Then Ginger Dawn offers her insights and reviews the book Family Constellations by Joy Manne – a psychological book of how families work.

Next, I will bring you a interview with author Denise Cunningham, author of Whispers of Hope.

Enjoy and please feel free to leave comments or questions on the show.