09 May 2013 -

Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success

When SuccessfulSelfEmployment.com launched in early 2002, I felt apprehensive. My real name, photo, and contact information were on the site for the entire world to see.

Then there was my message: you can attract business success by connecting to spirit within you.

Right.

As the first few nail-biting  months passed, and I did not receive a single hate e-mail, I slowly began to relax. It turned out my website was blessedly invisible except to people drawn to my message. Thank you, universe!

Even my own family never checked out my website – as far as I can tell, they still haven’t. One time my sister called, anxious because she didn’t have my new mailing address, which billions of people with Internet access could pull up in an instant.

Eleven years and more than 1,000 spiritual entrepreneur clients later I can attest to this: deciding to go public with your identity and your business message is very likely to Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2013 -

Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success

In the early ’90s, when my day job was product marketing for a leading computer firm, we were led through numerous branding exercises by various advertising and other agencies. Though I played along I secretly believed  branding was complete overpriced BS. But I couldn’t put my finger on why.

Today I still cringe and think “rip off” when I hear about a company or program designed to “build my brand.” I am not cattle, and I do not need to be marked in order to stand apart from all the other dappled Holsteins on the open range.

Or have I been living in the American West for way too long?

Huge corporations selling commodity products to mass markets do benefit from branding – and in particular brand advertising -  because so many of their products are virtually identical. Take cereal, for example.  In 2011 cereal companies in the U.S. spent $264 million to advertise children’s cereals, mainly on children’s TV shows. As if sugary, starchy Frosted Flakes were less terrible for kids than sugary, starchy Cap’n Crunch.

But branding for spiritual entrepreneurs is different, precisely because we’re not commodities.

Here’s what matters about  Law of Attraction branding for spiritual entrepreneurs:

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14 Apr 2013 -

Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success

Listening to a recent Abraham workshop CD, I was elated to hear them address the question, “Does Source energy have a preference?”

As a Law of Attraction coach I regularly hear this question: “Am I  really on the right path?”

The questioners want to know if spirit approves of their direction. Typically this happens at the beginning of a new venture that feels risky, or after an apparent setback, or  sometimes after someone close has voiced doubt about this crazy and risky idea of creating a business.

Beneath the “right path” question, there’s usually an outside factor triggering insecurity:

“If my spouse/parent/child/friend is so against this idea, maybe it’s a message from the universe for me to stop.”

“Why is getting my business where I want it  so hard – is spirit trying to tell me to go in a different direction?”

“If I’m on my true path shouldn’t everything fall into place easily?”

Listening to my CD, I was certain the answer would be that source has no preference (after all, I have been listening to Abraham and Esther Hicks for 24 years now and should know something). Still I was eager to hear the response, because the Abe message is always expanding.

The principles of the Abraham-Hicks teachings are unchanging, but as our capacity to understand keeps expanding, the answers expand as well. Guess that’s why I still listen to Abraham on a near-daily basis.

So there I was, confidently anticipating the answer, “No, source has no preference.”

But what I heard instead was:  Yes, Source does have a preference.

WHAT??? Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2013 -

Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success

Attention Abraham Hicks grid fans! Many of you tell me you enjoy creating Law of Attraction grids – but you’re still puzzled by Abraham’s frequent suggestions to “go general.”

If you’re new to Abraham Hicks Law of Attraction grids, you’ll find that it’s easy and fun to create a grid for your business every day – and  it requires only a few minutes. Just write down  statements of how you want to feel about your business – it’s all explained here.

When we create a grid for our business (or on any other topic) we establish a fresh, new, good-feeling point of attraction for the universe to respond to.

What does Abraham mean by”going general” with a Law of Attraction grid?

If you’ve listened to Abraham and Esther and Jerry Hicks for a while, you know that one of their basic teachings is: the universe and the Law of Attraction respond to your vibration, which is determined primarily by your feelings on a specific topic.

Feelings about a topic generally arise from our predominant thoughts, beliefs and expectations on that topic. Feelings generate an invisible field of energy that the universe responds to. Law of Attraction brings you circumstances and events that Continue Reading »

15 Mar 2013 -

Posted by Andrea Conway Law of Attraction coach for small business success

Law of Attraction business owners love it when we feel successful, effective in serving others, optimistic and abundant.

When our business thrives it’s easy to cruise along at that happy vibrational set point.  Feeling good, we’re in alignment with spirit, and it’s a beautiful world.

When something goes wrong,  you feel like you just slammed into a brick wall. Not so beautiful.

One of the most helpful Abraham-Hicks stories I’ve heard over the years illustrates how to avoid the usual misery when we take a sudden hit.

The story is about a woman suffering from terrible arthritis. She’s in constant pain and demands to know how Abraham can expect her to feel good when she hurts all the time.

They responded: Continue Reading »