The Wisdom and Magic Blog

Amping up the Self Care

Written by: Anne Bolender When you hear the words "self-care", what do you automatically think of? For a lot of people, 'self-care' involves a day spa and bodywork of some kind - facials, massages, mani-pedis - you get the idea. Or self-care is going on a diet and...

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Manifesting Easy

Written by: Anne Bolender I don't know about you, but this past winter has been a brutal one. Even the thought of trying to make a major change or a complicated transformation in my life right now is beyond what I want to attempt. Supercharging my superpowers!! Yeah,...

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Successfully Certified

Written by: Anne Bolender For the past 15 months, I have been learning everything that I could about being a Law of Attraction Coach - and I loved every minute of it!! Last week, I passed my certification panel interview and became fully certified. This was, without...

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TnT Thursday – Gaining Clarity

Written by: Anne Bolender Gaining Clarity involves more than getting focused on specific outcomes, activities or tasks, and setting goals - although focus and goals are a big part of gaining Clarity. Clarity is tapping in to your internal compass, the one that...

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TnT Thursday – Clearing Space

Written by: Anne Bolender TnT Thursday is coming to you on Friday this week - hope everyone in the United States had/is still having, a wonderful Thanksgiving!! This week's Tips and Techniques are focused on clearing space to make room for all the big changes that you...

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Self Care Tips & Techniques

Written by: Anne Bolender In last Monday's post, I began this new series on Manifesting a Magical 2014 with a bonus post on Self Care. With self-care there is the understanding that the more you take care of yourself, the more energy you will have for manifesting, so...

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Manifesting a Magical 2014

Written by: Anne Bolender Counting this week, there are only seven weeks left until the new year!! A brand spanking shiny new year that is loaded with all of the promise and potential that a new beginning can possibly hold. Unencumbered by the past, unconcerned about...

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Autumn Melancholy

Written by: Anne Bolender I looked at my calendar the other day and was surprised to see that it was already the first of November. Where had October gone?? Where has this year gone!!?!! So many things I had wanted to accomplish this year have remained firmly etched...

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My “Good Life” Bucket List

Written by: Anne Bolender The other night my daughter respectfully reminded me of an upcoming Big "0" birthday that I will be celebrating later this year. There is something about Big "0" birthdays that make them different from other birthdays. They seem to trigger...

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Creating Powerful Intentions

  Written by: Anne Bolender We have a tendency to use intentions as a type of goal, as something concrete that we need to achieve or some action that needs to be completed - or at least I used to. I would often "set" intentions like: "My intention is to hike...

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Never Give Up On Your Dream

. Written by: Anne Bolender On Monday September 2, 2013, Diana Nyad, a 64 year old grandmother, stepped out of the waters onto a beach in Key West Florida. Diana had entered the ocean from a beach in Cuba. Swimming for 53 hours straight, across the Straits of Florida,...

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Clarity Coaching

Written by: Anne Bolender Some clarity coaching spots just opened up on my schedule so I thought I would offer them to you first before I open them up to the general public!! If you are interested in being coached around something in your life or in your business...

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Sometimes Its The Small Things

Written by: Anne Bolender Yesterday was one of those beautiful, lazy Saturdays. The weather was just-right-warm and those skies - showing off their deep blue color. The blue that looks perfect in photos! So, rather than putter around the house I decided to check out...

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8 Powerful Clarity Questions

written by Anne Bolender One of the most effective ways to gain clarity of self (to know who you are and what you want) or of any project that is important to you, is to honestly answer some powerful questions. Below are eight of the most powerful questions I know for...

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Are You “Fear Fit”?

written by Anne Bolender Being ‘fear fit’ is all about: iden­ti­fy­ing if the fear we are feel­ing is one that will help us, or if its a fear that will harm us, and expand­ing our com­fort zone so that we become increas­ingly more com­fort­able with feel­ing our fear...

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Have You Met Your Gremlin?

written by Anne Bolender We all have one. That little voice inside our head that likes to 'help' us by offering us advice whether want it or not. You know the type of advice I mean. It's the "What do you mean you want to try that. Are you crazy?" or the straight out...

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Are You Honoring Your Core Values?

written by Anne Bolender What is a 'Core Value'? Basically, personal core values provide us with an internal reference on how our authentic self wants to feel. 'Core Values' can also be referred to as 'Core Desired Feelings'. Okay, so let me try to explain that first...

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Dissolving Assumptions of Self

  written by Anne Bolender From the moment we are born, our 'reality' is built on a rocky foundation of assumptions. As we grow up, these assumptions create the patterns, the roles, and the relationships that become the reality of our lives, our understanding of...

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