CONSCIOUS DIVAS: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE of being ORDINARY

Or is it the other way around?
Is it the ordinary life of being extraordinary?

Regardless of how we slice it, being extraordinary is cool- it is the buzz word, it is the aim of each and every one of us!
Take a moment, close your eyes and reflect on your life!
Did you stand on top of The Eifel Tower, or on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro?
Have you ever experienced the thrill of going diving with sharks, sliding down one of the biggest, longest, scariest water slides in the world? Yes? No?
Does this mean you are / are not extraordinary?

Rubbish!
Of course you are!
We all are!
And not only this:
It is always the small stuff that makes life extraordinary! 
It's the small stuff inside YOU that makes YOU extraordinary!

It's not so much your achievement - the stuff you portrait to the outside world, it's the twinkle in your eyes, the way you say "I love you", the way you hold hands with your children, the way you write a letter, the way you muster any situation in life...in other words the way you do things makes you extraordinary!
This is my definition of being extraordinary! What is yours?
Not quite sure about it? Let me help you out:

Here in Vancouver we have an event that focuses on Being Extraordinary, called Conscious Divas:


Founder Kate Muker has created this event "to provide a platform that inspires and empowers women to be extraordinary versions of themselves by connecting within to discover their authentic path, speak their truth and live their dreams. We are a community for conscious women who value inner growth, have a desire to passionately live life without excuses and step into their power; expressing authenticity, feminine essence and uniqueness."

On Tuesday, October 22 you can be part of this extraordinary event about being extraordinary! 
However, this is not only for women, aka Divas! Men, aka Divos are also welcome!

Join Conscious Divas for
Living Extraordinary! 

10 local luminaries. 7 minutes each. 1 shared vision.

Tuesday, Oct 21st, 2014 at 6:30-9:30pm
Location: Imperial Theatre, 319 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

I so want to listen to this. Do you want to join me and app. 400 other attendees? It is not too late yet!

The good folks at Conscious Divas will give you a 25% discount if you type in your promo code "My Friend" .

Go to their site to purchase your ticket!

Click here to find them on Facebook

or here for their Facebook event page.

The tweeters can follow on Twitter:@conscious_divas

So much for reading about an extraordinary event. Now go out there and let your own "extraordinaryness"shine through! See ya' next Tuesday!

CELEBRATION in THE PRAIRIE

Congratulations and jubilations are in order during my last night in the prairie.
[caption id="attachment_809" align="alignnone" width="300"] Workshop completed, PROST C.Waschko[/caption]

Today we did our second LIVE LIFE NOW event in the middle of nowhere (Weyburn), we rocked it, our guests laughed, cried and interacted vividly with us. If this isn't enough reason for celebration, here is another one: I am flying home in the morning. Back to kids, husband, dog (don't have one, it sounds good though) and castle.

It has been four days of no rest, not much relaxation and lots of running around. I really hope Dominic (my husband) didn't mistake this for a well deserved holiday on my behalf. Because it wasn't. The next time I prefer to get invited by an organisation who organized everything for me! Did somebody say it Is easy to create, market AND facilitate your own event? I don't think so - if they did, they were lying! If it's easy, everybody would do it - and where is the fun at that?

I look forward to coming home, being a mother again! Please, please, please, let there be a big pile of dirty laundry waiting for me. Let the fridge be empty! Please- I want to get back into the swing of things.
Told ya. the prairie makes me crazy!

Oh, and I nearly forget to tell you, the folks down here have a saying: "After three days you can still see your dog running." Yeap, it's that flat here!



Tomorrow I am back, reporting from luscious, green, hilly, picturesque, more busy and more crowded Lower Mainland B.C!

STILL In THE PRAIRIE

...and definitely not in love!
There is something about this flatness that depresses me - only kidding, nothing ever depresses me!
Rather, it feels like I stepped into yesterday world, straight from a movie set. After seventeen months of looking at the mountains in BC I can honestly say, the prairie is not for me (the power of snow covered mountain ranges makes you fall in love with them.)

Stop whinging Christina and get back to business:
My venture partner Gail and I are facilitating LIVE LIFE NOW here in Weyburn. Our event, nor we, aren't known (famous!!!) - yet. There is no sponsor, no event manager, no booking agent, no huge crowds waiting for us to hear our pearls of wisdom. All we have is our combined enthusiasm, stories, knowledge, experiences and a deep desire to inspire, help and motivate the ladies to LIVE LIFE NOW.

Today, we were busy was a capital B. We even did last day cold calling for our event at the local community. The employment agency, the Chamber of Commerce, schools, banks and kindergarden got their fair share of a quality 'Christina & Gail" -motivation pitch.
More shopping had to be done, Gail baked, broiled, printed, decorated and finalized the order of our presentation.
What was my involvement in all of this? I stressed Gail out, reminded her of the next tasks ahead, wrote the shopping list, ironed my shirts (even the folks here on the prairie like to see their presenter in a neatly pressed outfit, so I hope), packed my books and wrote this blog. Fair is fair!
[caption id="attachment_798" align="alignnone" width="224"] One busy lady![/caption]

Unfortunately, wishing, hoping and praying doesn't make it far in life if you don't get up and do your part! Fortunately, we did everything that needed to be done to make it a fantastic day tomorrow. Maybe I should go to bed wishing, hoping and praying for a successful 1 x event tomorrow.
Will see ya; tomorrow!