The Devon O'Day Webzine

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The Devonzine began as Devon O'Day's newsletter and because of volume (and pesky viruses) it is no longer emailed.  But it has now become a webzine full of inspired stuff, smiles, and stories!

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How To Survive The Pain Of Divorce
By Lynne Rosiak

Divorce is a major life change that can leave a person reeling. Suddenly being on your own to deal with issues such as money, children, career changes and downsizing the family home can seem overwhelming. Coping and managing the emotions, the stress, the alienation, the despair of being a "couple" and now transitioning to be "on your own" can be overwhelming at the beginning of a breakup, separation or divorce.

Have you been wondering what am I going to do? How am I going to move past this pain and release this broken relationship?

Consider the follow:

• There is life after this marriage

• Get out of denial

• Take the catastrophic language out of your mind

• Don't waste time with regret You've accepted it. Now it's time to jumpstart your life!

• Define a new relationship with your former spouse for your children

• Talk to your kids

• Make a plan

• Create a support team

• Get your resources and assets around you

• Make time for yourself

• Make your dream home

• Find your passion

Through my seminars, teleclasses and divorce recovery coaching, I can help you identify what you want in your life, acquire skills and tools to start a new job or career, or mobilize your existing position, heal the feelings that have kept you stuck, learn communication skills so that you ask for what you want, and learn to "set boundaries" with others so you experience work/life balance, start making new friends, take time to have fun, meet people, and start reconnecting with who you are and build healthy relations that bring you respect and dignity.

One of the benefits of a using a Divorce Recovery coach is that you can complete the coaching calls by phone and don't have to drive to any building. This saves time and money.

Don't delay. Take the first step to recovery from a recent breakup, separation, or divorce, so you don't just survive, you thrive. It's your life! It's time to honor yourself and create the life you want.

About the Author: Lynne has a Masters in Education and A Masters in Spiritual Psychology. When providing group and individual coaching, LQM uses a "whole person" approach and asks questions to help the client identify what aspect or issue needs to be addressed. We understand and recognize the value of work/life balance in our clients' lives.

Discover your true essence.

Want help with divorce recovery and/ or your life/career transformation to make a life change. Visit Lynne Rosiak at http://www.lifequestmentoring.com and learn more about what coaching is and Lynne.

Register for the FREE Life Quest Mentoring monthly e-newsletter, and receive the FREE "Success Map Questionnaire" to help you with your Life Quest when you visit http://www.lifequestmentoring.com

Copyright 2007 Lynne Rosiak Life Quest Mentoring.com

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Stillness Speaks, Unlocking the Power of Presence
By Paul Davis

Stillness speaks
Quiets my soul to keep
Frees me to not think
That's right, no thinking
Oops, are you thinking?
I know it's hard to stop
Since the mind is persisting
It seems to continuously
Be fighting and resisting
Precious sacred solitude
The power of presence
Captivating effervescence
Intoxicating aliveness
Invigorating in stillness
An irony that stumps us
In a society that says do
In a culture pressuring you
To always perform and act.
How pleasant it truly is
To withdraw from all that
Sit quietly and meditate
Go within and gravitate
Toward the depths within
Feel the greatness of zen
Let go of your ideological spin
Stop wrestling and feverishly fighting
Experience enlightenment transforming
Happily enter the world of being
As you do the stress is fleeing
The mental confusion melting
The worries and concerns leaving
The burdens of the day dropping
The guilt from yesterday dissolving
The fears of the future fading
Ah yes, now we're experiencing
The awesome power of presence
The sweet, sublime inner confidence
Experience and feel it from within
By no means is is unattainable or distant
Release the mental fixation with mysterious
Simply be, accepting what is unconditionally
Rejoice fully and dynamically experience
All the inner world and senses have to offer
Freedom to ride the waves like a surfer
Intuitive precision as that of a golfer
The blossoming of consciousness
Like a gorgeous hibiscus flower
Be fully present and forget the hour
Transcend the months and the days
Move beyond the minutes and delays
Simply be in the moment with exuberant praise
Let not yourself, nor your thoughts get in the way
For stillness is contemplative and enlightening today.

Paul Davis is a highly sought after worldwide professional speaker, purpose coach, and change master transforming organizations and empowering individuals to live their dreams.

Paul is the author of several books including United States of Arrogance; Poems that Propel the Planet; Breakthrough for a Broken Heart; Adultery: 101 Reasons Not to Cheat; Are You Ready for True Love; Stop Lusting & Start Living; Waves of God; Supernatural Fire; God vs. Religion; and many more!

Paul's compassion for people & passion to travel has taken him to over 50 countries of the world where he has had a tremendous impact. Paul's organization Dream-Maker Inc. builds dreams, transcends limitations, & reconciles nations.

Contact Paul to speak at your event or for consulting:

RevivingNations@yahoo.com
407-284-1705

www.PaulFDavis.com

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My Motivational Poster For The Office

* Never give me work in the morning.  Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me.  The challenge of a deadline is refreshing. 

*If it's really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going.  That helps.  Even better, hover behind me, and advise me at every keystroke.

*Always leave without telling anyone where you're going.  It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

*If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don't open the door for me.  I need to learn how to function with no one to help me, plus opening doors with no arms is good training in case I should ever be injured and unable to use my arms for awhile.

*If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is priority.  I'm psychic.

*Do your best to keep me late.  I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do.  I have no life beyond work. 

*If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret.  If that gets out, it could mean a promotion.

*If you don't like my work, tell everyone.  I like my name to be popular in conversations.  I was born to be whipped.

*If you have special instrucitons for a job, don't write them down.  In fact save them until the job is almost done.  No use confusing me with useful information. 

*Never introduce me to the people you're with.  I have no right to know anything.  In the corporate food chain, I am plankton.  When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them. 

*Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for you could reeally change your life and send you straight to manager's hell.

*Tell me all your little problems.  No one else has any and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate.  I especially like the story about having to pay so many taxes on the bonus check you received to being such a good manager.

*Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been.  Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase.  I'm not here for the money, anyway.

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