We are currently running an experiment in our home...no television. We cancelled our satellite service and do not have an antenna, so we have no television viewing in our home right now.

I have not watched much television in several years, but my husband uses television as a way to relax and unwind. He loves the sports, the Sopranos and the financial talk shows. We've been exploring ways to have more personal connection, and also to generally spend our time more productively. You know spend our time meditating and exercising and cooking together. Things we say we don't have time for. It was his idea (and yes, I was shocked) to turn off the television.

Not having the television doesn't have much direct impact on me, but it's huge for my husband. So what has he discovered since we haven't had the television as an escape?

I haven't quite finished the line-up for the summer, so I'll be sending out an email next week with the workshops for the summer.

Available workshop possibilities include:

• Attract Money Now!
• The Attraction Circle
• I Create My Day
• Quantum Goal Setting Group Coaching
• The Dream Board with a Twist!
• Meditation 101
• Stop Fear in its Tracks - NEW!

If you are interested, let me know, maybe your workshop will make the summer list. All are available via teleclass or in person, so let me know that too.

Write me at maf@lifeunfolds.com today!

Even though I've not quite put my summer line-up together, the same cannot be said for my great friend, Kay Kemp of Wild Heart Art. She has a number of new offerings, including workshops for young people, so if you haven't visited lately, check her workshops out at Wild Heart Art in Houston.

In my coaching and workshops, I often encourage clients to "visualize" their dreams. The instructions often go something like this. Imagine in your mind what your new life will look like. Create the scenes in your mind as if you were watching movie. Build up the scene so that it is incredibly realistic and makes you feel joyful and excited. Be playful. Use sights, sounds, smells, sensations, feelings and the environment to make the pictures realistic, just like watching a movie. It should be just the way you would want it if you could have anything you desired...because you can!

I just learned a new technique from Jeanna Gabellini and Eva Gregory. It's called Virtual Reality. It is a way of visualizing that may be easier for some of us than creating a movie in your head.

You write a letter or an email each day to the Universe or to a friend who will play the game with you. It describes your dream as if you are already living it. It's that simple. The resulting letter should have you feeling joyous, excited and buzzing with anticipation of all the good that is on its way to you right now!

Here's an example: Hi Universe: As you read this, I’m sitting on my back porch at our North Carolina mountain retreat. You know it’s the one near Asheville. We just love it here. The air is crystal clear and the temperature is perfect. There are hawks flying overhead and lots of birds and butterflies around the garden. Yesterday there was a large herd of deer down the road. Our landscaper/gardener is just incredible. He has the entire 50 acres in perfect condition. It is so beautiful, natural and lush. It’s amazing that he has been able to keep the pristine, natural look but still be able to add a few trails and walkways, even on the side of a mountain where we are. I could do all my exercise walking on the land here if I wanted to. But of course we are so close to so many gorgeous natural sites, that I love to hike there as well. From our porch, in fact, from anywhere around the house, you can hear the waterfalls and the rushing creek down below. It crosses our land but we’re far enough above it to never get flooded. It is so relaxing and beautiful here. I can’t see any other houses or at least they are not noticeable from where I sit. It is just incredibly quiet and natural here. It is what I have always dreamed of for a country house. With gratitude and love, Mary Anne

Here's another just to get the ball rolling for you: Dear Universe: My masseuse is here. We’re giving a big party tonight and I am going to be relaxed and radiant before the caterer arrives. Oh, I forgot to mention, I have now achieved my ideal weight and look younger and better than I have in the last 20 years! I just feel so full of energy and so healthy. Everyone says I look just beautiful. Much love and appreciation, Mary Anne

Try it and let me know what you think! Feel free to email it to me if you like. I'd love to share in and support your dreams! Email me at maf@lifeunfolds.com

"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself." --Og Mandino

"I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. That they were going to achieve success. And some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50, and most people never make it at all." -- Brian Tracy

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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