Elle Dailies » happiness http://blog.elledechampagne.com Follow Elle as she lives her dream, inspiring others to live theirs. Peace and love! Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:21:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Happy Holidays!!! http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/12/happy-holidays/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/12/happy-holidays/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:18:09 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=344 It’s that wonderful magical time of the year and I want to acknowledge the magic that you have brought to my life.

At this time of the year, I pick a theme for the coming year.  My theme for 2011 was “It’s happening!“, and indeed a lot of things happened.  Most notably, I moved to Los Angeles to be with my husband!  Yay!

My theme colors the year with a mantra that guides me and inspires me.  This year especially, I noticed that some of you reminded me, on several occations, that “It’s happening!”   I can’t begin to describe how helpful that was.

My theme for 2012 is “Abundance“.  Make sure you tell me yours so that we remind each other when the time comes.  :-)  I look forward to hearing what your theme is!

Throughout the holiday season and in 2012 remember that you make your dreams come true!  I wish you health, wealth, love, peace and happiness.

Season’s Greetings!

Joyeux Noel!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy 2112!

Elle
xox

]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/12/happy-holidays/feed/ 0 Allow – from Steve Straus http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/04/allow-from-steve-straus/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/04/allow-from-steve-straus/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:55:15 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=297 Here's another great 3 minutes from Steve that I felt compelled to share.  Enjoy!!! 


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Today's Topic - PRINCIPLE: Allow 
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, 
cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) 

(3rd in a series of 5) 

You might think allowing is easy. There is plenty of 
evidence to the contrary. 

Allowing is about getting you out of the way. 

It's so easy to think that you, and you alone, cause 
all of your outcomes to occur. "If it is to be, it's up 
to me" was a popular saying a few years ago. Well it is 
up to you...to ask and then release it. To allow, not 
to make happen. This is a big deal. Allowing is about 
not doing, and we so want to do! 

Allowing is about trusting. And about abundance. 
And about desire. 

Allowing follows asking. After you ask, allowing is 
opening the door to allow what you have asked for 
to come in. But you may have barriers to allowing. 

Some common barriers are, "I must earn what comes 
to me." "I don't really deserve what I've asked for." 
"I asked for more than I believe is possible." "If all of 
what I asked for really does come, I'll be overwhelmed." 

You will want to discover and resolve all your barriers 
to allowing. There, that will give you plenty to do! 


Coaching Point: Are you really throwing the door 
wide open to allow what you ask for to come in? 




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]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2011/04/allow-from-steve-straus/feed/ 0 It’s time to pick a Theme for 2011! http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/12/its-time-to-pick-a-theme-for-2011/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/12/its-time-to-pick-a-theme-for-2011/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:43:01 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=291
It’s that wonderful magical time of the year and I want to acknowledge you along with all the people who’ve been part of my life.  Whether we met briefly or that we’ve been friends for years or that you are part of my family, I feel so grateful that you have been a part of my life.  I hope that I was able to make a difference in yours and I hope to make an even greater impact in years to come.

This past year has been an extremely magical year on a personal basis.  The greatest change has been that I married the man of my dreams.  I look forward to many happy, magical and adventurous years with him.

A few years ago I began a holiday tradition of picking a Theme for the coming year and I encourage everyone to do the same.  It’s an opportunity to color the coming year with a mantra that will guide you and inspire you.  My theme for 2010 was Magical Moments. It works!

My theme for 2011 is… drumroll please… ”It’s happening!“  I know this will be a sentence that I will be repeating several times in 2011 as I have several projects that are sure to come to fruition.  I have a short film that is being groomed for the 2012 Oscars and 4 feature length scripts which are tentpole films for franchises.  YAY!  :)

Now it’s your turn.  Make sure you create a theme for yourself for 2011 and please share it with me by either sending me an email or posting it here.

Season’s Greetings!
Joyeux Noel!
Merry Christmas!
Happy Hanukkah!

Lets make 2011 the best year ever!!!
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Peace and Love,
Elle


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Today's Topic - QUOTE: Highways and Runways 
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) 


"A mile of highway can take you a mile. 

A mile of runway can take you anywhere" 

"Llano Larry" of the Llano, Texas airport 
(As quoted in Flying Magazine) 


Coaching Point: This quote is obviously about more than 
highways and runways; more than the difference between 
two strips of pavement. It's about perspective. Are you 
bound by the concrete of the here and now or do you leave 
it behind from time to time and live with the desire to see 
what's possible? 




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]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/09/highways-and-runways/feed/ 0 Force or Farce http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/07/force-or-farce/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/07/force-or-farce/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:21:40 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=283 Hope you are all doing well.  Here’s a new message from Steve Straus that I wanted to share with all of you.

Peace and Love,
Elle

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Today's Topic - PRINCIPLE: Farce 
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, 
cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)
"May the Farce be with you." Huh?
In the Star Wars movies the line is, "May the Force be 
with you." The movie line refers to some unseen, powerful, 
prevailing resource available to help you have your life 
be better. Whether you agree with that or not, there is 
another undeniable force at work in your life. It is also 
unseen, powerful, and prevailing, and it affects your life 
at least as much as the Force.
It is the stories you've made up that are not true. Self- 
limiting beliefs like: 
"I can't." "That's scary." "I'm afraid." "I don't know how."
These stories -- these farces -- keep you imprisoned. 
These stories keep you from experiencing all that you 
really are, from performing optimally, from enjoying the 
full expression of your life.
In the artistic world a farce includes an element of comedy, 
but you are probably not laughing at your self-limiting 
stories and certainly not at the results of them.
May the Farce be with you? No. It's may the Farce 
NOT be with you!
Look into your stories. Resolve them. Break free from 
the Farce.
Coaching Point: What is one story you're telling 
yourself right now that just simply is not true?
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Peace and love,

Elle

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Today's Topic - PRINCIPLE: Raising Rocks
	(Principles are basic truths that, when applied,
	cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) 

The old saying is that "a rising tide raises all boats."
While that's true enough, it has also been pointed out
that a rising tide won't raise rocks! 

The environments you create, and participate in, can
elevate you and those around you. But there are some
people who are resistant to having their life be better. 

Don't bother trying to raise the rocks. You've got plenty
of others who will enjoy sailing away with you. 

Coaching Point: Who comes to mind first? 

[Thanks to Jerry Hicks (Abraham-Hicks.com) for inspiring
this S3MC] 

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]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/05/raising-rocks/feed/ 6 $500,000 Tomorrow!!! http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/500000-tomorrow/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/500000-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:58:18 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=270 A couple of years back I read a book by Ester and Jerry Hicks called Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires.

Actually, I’m going to take a step back because the story behind me getting this book is so interesting and I love to tell it.

A few years back, I was taking some courses through Peak Potentials Training.  I highly recommend their courses.  One of the courses in particular is called The Enlightened Warrior Training Camp.  It’s a course on how to “tap into your higher self and unleash your full capacity for success and happiness”.  I highly recommend.

The sister camp to Warrior is called The Wizard Training Camp which is all about manifesting.  I really wanted to take the course along with my fellow Warriors with whom I had become very close.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to at the time.  However, during any course that you take with Peak Potentials, they provide a sheet of affirmations that I love reading out loud every morning.  It keeps you in the groove.  So I asked my fellow warriors if they would provide me with the list when they got back.  The thing is, we are sworn during these camps not to divulge any information to others in order for the new people taking the camps to have a full experience when they do take the camp.

I knew this but was not satisfied with this answer.  I wanted to become a Wizard without delay.  So the next morning I woke up absolutely determined to become a Wizard, with or without the affirmations or the courses, and I stated it out loud.

That evening I came home to a FedEx box that was delivered to my front door.  It was from my friend Anneloes in Holland.  Inside the box was a copy of Ask and It Is Given!  No word of a lie and also my friend had no idea about my desire.  She just sent me the book because she thought I would like it and I just happen to get it on the same day that I stated I would become a Wizard no matter what!  It was my most amazing experience of manifesting so far!

This book is so amazing.  It spoke to me like no other book had done before.  It answered some questions that I had been asking for a long time.

It also has some great exercises that teach you about manifesting, because it’s all a state of mind.  One of these exercises is the $1000/day exercise.  What you do is, on paper, you deposit $1000 into your account.  Then you have to spend that $1000 in the same day, on whatever you want.  The only thing you shouldn’t use this money for is paying bills because what you focus on is what you get.  Then, every day after you increase the amount that you have to spend by $1000.  So that means the next day you spend $2000 and the day after $3000 and so on.  When you get to a year, you have to spend $365,000 in a day!

Now you might think that this is easy.  Well at least that is what I thought at first.  And to tell you the truth, at first it was easy.  But then I got to about $16,000 and it started getting hard.  It got a little easier at the low 20′s because I started buying cars but then you run out of cars that you want.

I’ve been doing this for a year and a half and tomorrow is the day that I reach $500,000!

Obviously, I love this exercise and I recommend you give it a try.  You might not last as long as I have but it will open your eyes to possibilities!

Enjoy!

Peace and love,

Elle

]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/500000-tomorrow/feed/ 1 R.I.P. Marc Gauthier http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/r-i-p-marc-gauthier/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/r-i-p-marc-gauthier/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:24:37 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=264 Yesterday I learned that one of my best friends that I knew when I was going in college has passed away.

Ever since I came back to Ottawa, and even before then, I had been thinking about my friend Marc.  I’m not sure why.

Then this past weekend I was going through some old papers I had stored away at my parents place and I came across his parents address.  So I looked them up and they were still living in the same place.  I gave them a call and spoke to his father and he told me that Marc had passed away 6 years ago.

It’s such a shock to find out that someone I was really close to at one time in my life is now gone.   I’m not sure why I wanted to connect with him again but it’s very sad and frustrating not to be able to.  I also feel guilty that I didn’t do it sooner.  In fact, quite a few years ago he had contacted me and we visited for a few minutes.  It was a time in my life when I was struggling to figure out my identity and unfortunately I wasn’t very present to him and afterwords I didn’t keep in touch.

I regret not being able to be a better me at the time and I figured out last night that I have to be the best me I can be at all times and to really make an effort to enjoy every moment that I have.  Just like the saying goes, enjoy every moment as if it were your last.

Rest in peace Marc and I truly wish, no… I know that you are at peace now.

Peace and love,

Elle

]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2010/02/r-i-p-marc-gauthier/feed/ 3 Theme for 2010 http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2009/12/theme-for-2010/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2009/12/theme-for-2010/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:07:43 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=253 Every year at this time I choose a theme for the next year.   A theme is like a pair of  colored glasses that you wear all year long to guide and inspire you.   I’m really excited to announce that my theme for 2010 is…

drum roll please…

“Magical Moments“

I can’t wait!

Take a few moments to choose your theme and why not share it with me in the comments.

I wish you and yours a spendid holiday season and a joyous, prosperous, healthy and magical 2010!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2009/12/theme-for-2010/feed/ 0 My 2 cents about global warming http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2009/11/my-2-cents-about-global-warming/ http://blog.elledechampagne.com/2009/11/my-2-cents-about-global-warming/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:31:33 +0000 edbubbly http://blog.elledechampagne.com/?p=247 Did you know that scientists can’t even predict the past.

With all of their enginuity and tools, they cannot, I repeat CANNOT, reproduce results of past temperature changes…

SO HOW THE HELL CAN THEY PREDICT THE FUTURE!!!

They can’t.

The proof for Global Warming is the same as the proof for a new Ice Age.

So now what do we think or do?

Live as clean a life as possible.  Love as much as you can with everything that you do.  If you’re going to buy a refrigerator, buy the most energy efficient and safest to the environment.  Be happy and spread that happiness as far as you can.  Global warming or the Ice Age is going to happen whether you stress about it or not, so don’t stress!

Peace and love,

Elle

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