“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order,
confusion into clarity... it makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~ Melody Beattie

19 November 2020

Dear Renée,

We are officially in the year-end holiday season with Thanksgiving right around the corner! 🍁 

This Thanksgiving is likely to be like no other as we celebrate in the middle of a global pandemic. If you are like me, you’ve scaled your plans down to consider safety precautions. Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for quite some time. Having lived abroad for over 35 years, it was usually spent with friends who were family. Now that I’m back in my hometown looking after my 87-year-old mom, I was looking forward to having a celebration with family who are friends. But, in the desire to be extra cautious, the big dinner will have to wait until we can gather comfortably knowing we are all healthy. 

Our current situation reminds me of the Buddhist proverb, “Enough is a feast!”. We still have reason to give thanks, be grateful and to give back to others. With that in mind, this newsletter is different than what you are used to seeing.

A friend of mine recently mentioned to me that she likes to go to the resource section of my website when she needs some inspiration and wondered if others were aware of all the “goodies” to be found there! You can find resources to help you get inspired, find calm and relaxation, as well as tips and tool to be more organised and productive. In this newsletter, I am going to highlight some of my favorites! I hope you find them useful!

There is also a new resource I would like to share with you. It’s the last one listed. This Thanksgiving you may be having dinner with just your immediate family. It may cause you to wonder how you are going to make it special with the same people you see each and every day around the dining room table. Check out the Ponder or Pursue Deck Cards to get some thought-provoking questions you can ask around the dinner table. You might be surprised by the answers you get!  Have fun with it!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I so appreciate you and give thanks you are in my life. You may not know this, but you play a part in my fulfillment. Thank you!

Taking the LEAP with you!

Here are some of my favorite apps I use to destress, relax, get into the creative mindset and focus. I hope you find them helpful, if not interesting! Click here to find these and many more resources!

Super Coloring
I love coloring mandalas. In fact, I just bought a vast collection of different colored markers and pencils to make it even more fun! When I am coloring many minutes go by without me even thinking about my problems – I’m completely captivated by the picture unfolding.  Consequently, I find it best to set a timer! Do you find coloring helps you de-stress?  Click here to get a link to a free site offering free pages of mandalas you can print!

Here's a site offering free pages of mandalas you can print. http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/arts-culture/mandala

ThinkUp Positive Affirmations

I love this app!
I’ve been using it at least once a day, and some times several times a day! 

The free app allows you to choose positive affirmations available in their library or to use one of your own. You record and listen to your personal affirmations frequently and consistently to train your brain to set a positive mindset, engage the laws of vibration and attraction and increase self-esteem.

Because the affirmations are played back in your voice, the brain acknowledges and implements the affirmations faster than if recorded by someone else. If you decide to upgrade (not at all expensive) you can add more than three affirmations, choose the background music, set reminders and establish a much more powerful mindset practice. This app was ranked the #1 affirmation and motivation app. Very powerful! Everyone I’ve recommended this app to loves it.

Mindfulness Bell

For iPhone and iPad users, this is a great free app which allows you to set a timer (either scheduled or random) to keep you focused and living in the moment throughout the day. It also allows you to take time to breathe deeply, and give thanks or celebrate your achievements.

The Ponder or Pursue Personal Deck Cards by my friend and fellow coach Tina Asher might be the perfect thing to help you make this Thanksgiving even more meaningful. 

How well do you really know your family? In this deck you will find 52 thought-provoking cards to stimulate conversations and suggested activities to create an environment for positive change and growth. Go to www.ponderorpursue.com to order your deck today. There is also a professional deck.  BTW, these make great stocking stuffers too!

FREE GIFT
If you know it's time for a change in a specific area of your life, but you aren't sure how to make it happen, this is for you - Courage, Risks and Reward: Taking a Chance to Change Your Life -  a 5-part Coaching Program compliments of The LEAP Network! Click here to download the program.

COMPLIMENTARY REINVENT STRATEGY SESSION

Join me in a one-hour complimentary strategy session to help determine how you can move forward in getting unstuck, and gain momentum to move in the right direction for you.

During our session, we will go over one or two exercises and determine the one next step you can take on your own after the call to keep the momentum going. Click here to schedule your session

Renée Blasky is the Founder and CEO of The LEAP Network Ltd.

After realizing her career in the financial industry was no longer exciting, Renée started her journey as a Start-up Business Coach by completing the Tony Robbins and Cloe Maddanes Core 100 Strategic Intervention program and she has never looked back!

Through her Get Results Without the Overwhelm Program, she loves working with new solo entrepreneurs to help them become the CEO of their companies. Using her unique process she helps them strategize, set stick-worthy goals, and implement an action plan. The program includes valuable resources to help them stay focused, create the right mindset, and stay accountable.  She also gently pushes her clients outside of their comfort zones and helps them face their fears so they can achieve their dreams. Renée works with her clients through various online courses, webinars, one-on-one coaching, and group coaching programs.

In addition to her own Get Results Without the Overwhelm Program, Renée is a certified trainer for Marci Shimoff's Happy for No Reason and Susan Jeffer's Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway courses based on their respective books of the same name. 

Renée, who obtained her CFA Charter in 1990, has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry and first entered into the world of entrepreneurship in 1997 after discovering several ethical lapses at her places of employment.  She decided it was best to start her own business so she could dictate the values and beliefs from which to run her business.  Renée's coaching clients are based all over the world, and range from various types of coaches, import/exporters, to direct line marketers. 

Learn more about Renée and The LEAP Network by visiting her website here: www.theleapnetwork.coachesconsole.com.

You can also send an email directly to Renée at rkblasky@theleapnetwork.co (not “.com”)

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