Shift – A Game About Love, Fear and Life

April Shift Circles are posted at the Shift Circles page. Even more exciting is the announcement of our full day THINK IT, SHIFT IT AND MAKE YOUR MOVE!
The full day Shift and Make your Move Intensive is here! This is an opportunity to identify and release those thoughts that are holding you back from your full potential and apply the rules of the game to your daily life. You will learn the techniques and the tools to shift your thinking in 30 days or less. Join us for a full day workout of your mental muscles at The Shift and Make your Move Intensive on Saturday, May 19th 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Boulder, CO, beautiful location TBD. Cost is $150/person. You will leave this day of insight and play facilitated by Shift creators, Nicole Casanova and her team, with a new understanding of your power because you will own the experience that “one small shift in thought can shift your life.” Space is limited, so RSVP today at Circles@ShiftTheGame.com or call 303-666-0168.

“The Secret” is about the law of attraction. It says our thoughts create our reality. Shift shows us exactly what those thoughts are. We get to see what’s holding us back from our full potential and why we keep attracting the same situations. Shift shows us why we do what we do and allows us to see that one small shift in thought can shift our lives.

Shift Circles are gatherings of people ready to make a shift. Shift Circles are the place to work your mental muscles so that we can live from a place of love. The evening includes space for networking from the heart, game play and each month we’ll focus on a new muscle and do some dedicated exercise around it. We’ve already worked Gratitude and Trust, come see which muscle we’ll tone in March.

You’ve seen The Secret, now apply the lessons to your life with Shift. “The Secret?”
COME PLAY WITH US! Tuesday, March 13 at Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch, 6-9 pm. Space is limited so we suggest reservations at CIRCLES@ShiftTheGame.com or call 303-666-0168.

Mark your calendars for up-coming Shift Circles:
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Tattered Cover, LoDo, 6-9 pm
TBA April, 2007 at Flatirons Borders Bookstore in Broomfield and Translations Gallery in Denver

If you cannot attend these events, please forward this newsletter to someone who can.

We’ve had so much going on lately… we had an amazing evening playing Shift with some of Colorado’s top executives from companies such as Crocs, Corporate Express, Bowne, Mclain Finlon, WorldWit, Entercom, Strategize & Organize, Sassy Martini Radio 107 FM, at the owner of SieGal Media, Candy Campbell’s stunning home. Be on the lookout for the upcoming article and series in Colorado Company Magazine.

We just exhibited as a feature presenter at the World Wellness Weekend. There were incredible keynotes from T. Harv Eker and Jean Huston. We got to connect with amazing people including Mark Victor Hansen, Reggie Rivers and Rod Smith. We’ve had so much fun meeting and playing Shift with everyone.

We had our first Shift Circles of the year last night at the Tattered Cover and started to work our mental muscles by conditioning our Gratitude muscle.

LOTS GOING ON… and I have so much to write about… yet there’s much to do… so I’ll leave you with this. It was the closing meditation we read last night. It is our new Shift Meditation that we read to acknowledge the work we’ve done. Enjoy.

The Shift Meditation
I am abundance, joy and peace.
And I acknowledge all that I am.
I Trust, I am open and I live in gratitude.
And I acknowledge all that I do.
I am complete and know I need ask and I’ll receive.
And I acknowledge all that I have.

I am loved and I know that loving is my purpose.
I am a catalyst for change and my shifts start within. I walk in triumph for I have made a choice and the choice I’ve made is Love.

nicole –

i love the show grey’s anatomy –
and i love many of the quotes – this one is about fear and is about mistakes but most of all it’s experience.

you have the experience to back your word, you’ve learned from our mistakes and from what worked and didnt.

go big nikki, go big.

i’m with you – k

“A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong? What if you’re making a mistake you can’t undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can’t pretend we hadn’t been told. We’ve all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today’s possibility under tomorrow’s rug until we can’t anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.” meredith grey

For as long as I can remember, I have used art as some form of outlet for my emotions.  My senior year of college my art dirction class required me to fill a giant hard bound sketch pad – double sided.  Intimidating to say the least – I tackled the challenge and in turn – gave myself a treasured gift.

Now I have this giant black book – half destroyed, binding broken, things falling from it… but in some sense, it became 6 months in a book that I will keep forever.  And when the semester ended I felt as if I was saying goodbye to a friend, so I did the only logical thing there was to do – rush out to buy a new one.  But this new one wasn’t the same.  It was white and spotless and perfect and so smooth.  I’m a fan of the broken-in t-shirt; this was the new stiff, crunchy kind.  And now, a year later, it still isn’t the same as the original.

I’ve noticed when I use the outlet that things fall into place.  When we let things out, we weigh less.  Also, when we let things out, we let things go.  And by putting them down on paper, we have permission to go back and visit and then once again, say goodbye. 

Last Friday we started our first sales calls. It’s been over 4 years since I’ve sold a product… or worn anything close to professional. I must admit I had my concerns about whether I had it in me anymore. In recent years I’ve gone to networking events where I’ve been more than happy to support a wall in the corner instead of working the room and collecting business cards like the old me.

Turns out I still got it. The truth is, selling is easy when you’ve got a compelling product. Since last Friday, we’ve been picked up in The Boulder Bookstore, Atmosphere in Boulder, Om Yoga, McGuckins and The Tattered Cover. Shift circles or game nights will take place at the Boulder Co-Op and The Unity Church in Boulder is incorporating Shift game nights into their weekly Course in Miracles study groups. I must say, having Unity implement a game night into the Course in Miracles study groups really got me. I almost shed some tears during my meeting. Oh and did I mention that last week we got a letter from Marianne Williamson giving us permission to incorporate some of her content and oh yeah, we met Deepak Chopra!! This is what the last 2 weeks have been like. We’re cookin! and we’re having fun. I’m amazed by the response we’ve had so far and am so thankful that people are receptive.

I’ve been working on this for four years and even though I just pawned off all my gold jewelry today for extra spending money and tried my hardest to make my clothes seem like great consignment pieces, it’s all been worth it. I am so thankful for the people that have shown up to support our project… I am plain ole grateful…. and I am super excited. We are just a few weeks away from getting our first run back. I can not wait to hold this game in my hands.

A year ago, the game was still an idea. When my chiropractor, Dr. Pete, would adjust me, I’d deal with my anxiety by visioning something great. Although my “adjustment visions” were often scenes on a far away beach, more often than not, the thing I visioned most was seeing the game. I remember when I would try to see the vision- I’d try my hardest to see the board or the box… little by little the vision became more clear. On the scary neck adjustments, I would vision the game on some store shelf. For so long, I had no idea what it would look like. Well, within the month, I will actually see that box sitting on a store shelf.

Amazing.

I’m jazzed…

Lately, I’ve found myself spending much of my time watching my roommate’s collection of Sex and the City DVD’s. 

i was sitting out in the driveway with chris tonight (or crying as i do again lately…)  and i couldnt help but think about when you and i used to sit in the driveway and talk and watch lightning and even catch an occasional shooting star.

and i guess i’ve known that i miss you for a while now, but tonight really made me realize just that, and most of all, it made me sad.  i dont even know you right now.  not to sound like mad – because i dont hold it against you by any means – me of all people can understand how insane life gets and starts spinning around you and before you realize it, another week has passed and all of the catching up you planned to do is still left to do.

but then i think that we are worth so much more than that.  i look at everything we’ve been through, gained and lost, and realize that we are given few people that are really really going to understand us – and i guess i think that it is those relationships that are put in place to make life worth it and keep us going.  and i’ve realized i’m missing one.  and i’d like to think that you are missing one too.

i’m not asking for a dramatic change.  i’m just asking for effort.  i’m asking for effort from myself too.  a holding each other accountable to make sure we know who each other are anymore.

life is crazy.  i’m starting a job that is a giant leap of faith, i’m moving to a new big city, i’m a single chihuahua mother, and i’m in a long distance scary-because-its-serious-relationship – and i just really want to be able to take you all of these places with me.

so dont read this and be sad – but read this and be happy that i love you so much.  just thought it was worth putting out there – because you never know what can happen when you do.

love you,  k

I’m finally listening to the Jack Johnson CD that Kristen gave me.  I’m finally alone!!!!!!!! With me, with my thoughts…. I’ve been crying for the last hour. Oddly, I’ve been crying while I’m doing yoga and dancing.  I’ve been moving, listening to great music, being with me- celebrating. I just came off the most intense couple weeks of my life and I have so many reasons to cry…and for every reason, the truth is I’m in joy!

I am so thankful for everything that’s been happening, for the support around me, for me… for me finally hearing myself.  These last few weeks, I’ve been arming myself as if I’ve been sent to battle.  In the last 2 weeks I conducted 14 blindplaytests, moved out of my apartment in and into my boyfriend’s place, finished my business plan and financials and had 7 meetings in SF in the space of a day and a half.

I am emotionally exhausted.

I’m in Maui with my fiance (that word will never sit with me- I have so much judgment around it- so my husband to be? boyfriend?) and all of his family- and although I love all of them, I had to be with me today.  I actually heard myself this morning- day 2 of our vacation- and decided I need to spend some time with me.  That would have been impossible for me in the past. I would have felt guilty about spending time with his family (can you imagine? I can hear his mom in the next room chopping up the kalbe for tonight’s dinner and I’m choosing me- the guilt I could have!) We have not had more than an hour to ourselves in over a month and I decided not to go surfing with him. I chose me.

I’m in the room on a beautiful day, celebrating me. SF was total acknowlegement. All more than positive. I know what needs to happen next and feel elated that everything is on track.  But this crying- is for so much more than that. I’m just proud of myself for making it through the last couple weeks, for choosing me more, for having this moment here to hear myself and force relaxation so that when I come back, I’m on purpose and that purpose includes listening to the needs of my male, female and child. I’ve been working so hard. It’s all been male energy and now I’m releasing it all. I’m here to nurture myself, to support my female- do my yoga, read, get sun, get a massage- spend time just being.  I’m so thankful for this time and that I’m listening.

I realize I need to play and have fun too. We went boating, snorkeling and wakeboarding yesterday. I’m about to go for a walk and explore and then go snorkeling by myself. When I get back to Colorado, I’m taking a dance class. Now it’s in writing, so I have to do it.  I need to keep everyone happy.  My child has been resentful that she couldn’t play.

I also miss my best friend who’s on the other side of the world in Melbourne. She wants me to come out to see her this year and has made me promise and I’ve been wishy washy because of work.  i miss her so much and know that I need to see her on my own. Not with my fiance because it’s crazy that I’ll marry someone she’s never met. Just us. Just the girls. Having girl time- I need that.  It’s something I really don’t have and need to put back into my life. 

I’m going to go walking and call her.

I’m going outside to feel the sun on my shoulders and take it all in. Take it all in. mmmm. Ok. heading out.

I’m at a loss of words. 

And then my phone rings…

Riley.

Its funny how hearing someone’s voice can bring you right back to another place and another time.  Riley has proved himself to be one of the best friends I’ll ever have.  He has annoying things about him (riley time, inviting the world, no commitment, etc.)  and I know I annoy him – but we have an amazing ability to look past and love as friends.

“You’re so lucky you have a job…” he says.  “Everyone keeps asking me what I’m doing with myself now that I’ve graduated, and I’ve started just making things up.  Sometimes I think it would be easier if I just had an answer.”

“I used to tell people I was going to save the world,” I tell him.  “When they ask me how, I just smile and tell them I haven’t figured out the details.  They look confused, but stop asking questions.”

“I’ll have to try that,” Riley answers with a laugh.

It seems after graduation we all have moved on and moved away.  We have found our own direction (or lack there of…) and are making our own lives, despite the family we formed at school.  I knew it would happen. 

But as I find myself instantly re-connecting, I feel warm and happy and not sitting on my mom’s family room sofa, with a computer on my lap, staring out the window…

I think I took a voice vacation.