“I want to be a good person and live my life the right way, keeping in mind that there might be a little kid who’s watching what I do.”

Rebecca Lobo,
U.S. Olympic basketball player

Sharyn Abbott over at a new Facebook group called “Challenge to Succeed” asks the question:

If you could ask for one thing to feel like your life is more successful, whether it is your personal relationships, your job, your health or anything else, what would it be?

I’ve been thinking about this question for a while and reviewing it against the current status of my life… my answer’s below. What do you think? If you could ask for just one thing to feel like your life is more successful, what would it be?

I’m curious what you think, or what your answer would be.

Here’s what I posted:

Sharyn, this is such an interesting question. I keep coming back to it and thinking about what that one item or thing would be. I honestly don’t have an answer, as I feel like every day is yet another opportunity to be grateful and also to work on what my vision of a “successful life” looks like.

So health, family, relationships, money, my business…. all of these can always be improved.. and they are already continually being improved/renewed.

I recently took out my “big goals” list that I set almost 7 years ago and it’s totally true (amazingly so) that most of the important things on that list have become a reality for me and my partner in the last few years.

I now use www.futureme.org to e-mail myself periodic updates on my current big goals list. I’d also be interested in what other people think they need to be more successful.

I think in the long run it boils down to our own motivation, what we think success looks like, our path towards that and the relationships we make along the way.

Today I’d like to share with you a very interesting tool provided by Akemi Gaines, the personal coach at Yes-to-me.com. I am already working with a coach through Rob Seidenspinner at Sage Circle Coaching; however, Akemi is offering a special on “Akashic Record Readings” which are some of her new services. This sounded somewhat “new-agey” to me but I was willing to take a try.

From her website: www.akashicrecordreading.com

WHAT ARE THE AKASHIC RECORDS?
The Akashic Records are the soul’s records of all its experiences in all the lifetimes it’s been through. Each soul has its Akashic Records, like a series of books with each book representing one lifetime. The Hall (or Temple) of Akashic Records is where all souls’ Akashic Records are stored, like a library.

Each reading is as unique as your life. I start with the general overview, and when I find some issues that may be affecting you negatively, I go deeper into details. So this is really just a few things I often discuss with my clients:

Soul’s group of origination (fundamental makeup of who you are)
Soul’s primary energy center (as it relates to one of the seven main chakra)
Sou’s primary life lesson
Damages your Golden Web (what some people see as aura) may have
Whether you are traveling to negative astrals during your sleep, causing you nightmares or sleep fatigue
Whether you are “bound” with someone against your conscious choice
Energetic blocks that are interfering you from reaching your goals and utilizing the law of attraction
Whether earthbound spirits or ghosts are interfering your soul
. . . and more. . .

Akemi only needs a few pieces of information such as your birthdate and location of birth and your name. She also mentions in her FAQs (and this is for those of you who are more hard-nosed) that “as long as you are willing and open to have your soul record read, I can read it. It doesn’t matter if you have religious affiliations or not, or whether you believe in the spirituality / New Age stuff.”

She takes the information you provide, creates the reading, and then offers a phone consultation for you to ask her questions (you also have the option of receiving a written summary).

I found the reading immensely fascinating, because it put a lot of things currently going on in my life into a larger context. For me as a details person, this “big picture” approach was very helpful and inspiring. She also gives you “homework” with ideas on how to effectively make changes based on your new knowledge.

I am very grateful to Akemi for sharing this knowledge with me: it has helped me think more in-depth on my own soul’s path and what steps I want to be taking. It’s also given me some more insight into why I behave certain ways in certain situations: with this insight, I have a chance to make more choices.

Thank you, Akemi!