The best Christmas present, bar none

The best Christmas present you can give yourself and others? – presence.
I want to invite you to give two extra presents to yourself this year. The gift of presence. The present of presence.
It’s perfect. It’s free, it feels good and it doesn’t require wrapping paper.
It just requires a little bit of time and attention.
Let me be clear about what I mean.
Being present with yourself means being right here, right now. It means you’re not worrying about the future or fretting about the past.
Being present with others means that you give them your full attention, right here, right now.
Can you imagine the level of energy that you would release if you stopped thinking about the past and what you should have done, or what you should have said and how things could have been different? Think of the energy that would be available to you in the here and now if you re-routed the energy you’re using worrying about a future that hasn’t even come to pass. It’s staggering.
Is there anything more delicious than being with someone who is really being present with you? Who is listening to every word you’re saying and really understanding what you’re saying?
Is there any more precious gift that you could give to someone than giving them your full attention?
Is there any more precious gift that you could give to yourself than being present?
Do this for Christmas
Give a present to yourself and to others. For yourself, do this – at sometime during the holiday, take just a few minutes to be alone and quiet. Take a deep breath and light a candle. Look at the flame and give it your full attention for a few minutes. Focus only on the fire and the flame and if thoughts of other things come into your head, keep bringing yourself back to the flame. Make a commitment to yourself that starting now you are going to stay more and more in the present moment – bringing yourself back whenever you wander off.
For the present to others, use this with a family member or friend at a gathering or a party. Decide that with at least one person you are going to be completely present with them. Look them in the eye, listen to every word they say, ask them questions based on what they’ve said to you. Don’t look at other people in the party, other people walking in the door, or your cell phone. Just hang on every word they say. That person will probably not have had anyone really listen to them like that in a long time, and it will feel delicious to them.
These practices are simple, but powerful. They affect everything on all the levels – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. As you do this practice, you’ll find it gets easier and easier, but more and more powerful.
I hope you have a blessed holiday and know that we are here for you. If you’ve been reading my newsletters for a long time, and thought about doing a retreat but you haven’t given yourself permission, maybe this is the year. It’s definitely the gift that keeps on giving. Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a wonderful holiday week,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
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Carly Simon and Unworthiness

I think almost everyone has at least some level of unworthiness in them. At least, in all the years I’ve spent working with people, it seems to be true. It’s been amazing to me to find people in all walks of life, incredibly successful and accomplished, but who suffer from a sense of unworthiness.
But I have to say it was really stunning for me to read Carly Simon’s new memoir Boys in the Trees and to discover how insecure and unworthy she felt. I have always loved Carly Simon. I had all her albums and belted them out when I was alone. I thought she had it all — she was an incredible songwriter, she had a fabulous voice, she was gorgeous in an offbeat way, she had an amazing and long career and she married my other favorite singer, James Taylor, and they had 2 beautiful children. No matter how you look at it, she had it all, right?
But it wasn’t enough. When she married James Taylor in 1982, her 2nd album had just come out and it was climbing the charts and getting rave reviews. In her diary at the time she wrote “I don’t feel any more worthy inside than I did previously”.
In the book she writes:
“Where, oh where did that feeling of unworthiness come from? I knew only that it was something that was with me all the time. Why did I expect marriage to change how I felt? Were my expectations too dramatic?… These thoughts mixed in with another voice… “But you’re not quite good enough.”
If Carly Simon, at the height of her fame and at the apex of her relationship thought she wasn’t good enough, what hope is there for the rest of us?
But that’s the real point — your worthiness (or lack of it) doesn’t have anything to do with what you’re doing or not doing. It has to do with how you feel at your core.
Do you feel like you’re a good person?
Do you feel lovable?
Do you feel like you’re living your life the way it was meant to be lived?
I always loved the old Stuart Smalley skits on Saturday Night Live. Stuart was a 12 step and self development junkie who had a mock self help show called “Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley”. He always ended his show by looking in the mirror and saying “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!”. It was always funny and sad to watch poor Stuart saying that to himself (because you could tell he didn’t really believe it). So, how about you?
Are you good enough?
Are you smart enough?
And doggone it, do people actually like you?
Unworthiness is an issue we deal with in so many of the retreats we do here at Sedona Soul Adventures. Not only in the individual retreats, but also in our couples retreats, because a deep feeling of unworthiness affects all parts of your life, not only your success, but also your relationships. One of my favorites of these sessions is called Core Belief Transformation. The first part of the session uses a number of processes to discover the deepest core belief that is not serving you and is holding you back. Then other processes are used to release that belief. Then other processes are used to substitute the old belief with a new belief that is rock solid and empowering. It’s not just a positive thinking exercise. The different processes that are used deal with all the levels — physical, mental, emotional and spiritual — so that the empowering beliefs are really set in at your core.
The first time I did this session, I assumed I knew what the disempowering belief was. I was completely wrong! Discovering what it was, moving it out and then moving the new one in was one of the most powerful sessions I’ve ever done (and as you can imagine, I’ve done a lot of sessions!) But most importantly, it had a life changing impact on how I felt about myself and my life.
One of the things I know for sure about you is that you are a beloved child of God. Every single religion in the world teaches us this. So if God loves us, don’t you think it’s time for you to start loving you?
I know it’s easy for me to tell you “start loving yourself”. I know it’s easier said than done. When I first started coming to Sedona in 1999, unworthiness was an issue I had to deal with in a big way and truth be told, it’s still something that will show itself. But the good news is, help is available. This is one of the biggest issues we deal with here and the results are extraordinary. Read what happened with Susan, who not only did not love herself, but was in a deep depression:

 
Susan says after her Soul Adventure “I’m not afraid, I’m high on life and I love myself like I never have before”
“Tears fill my eyes as I write this. I was in a major depression for the past 2 years. I have slept through the daytime during this time because I didn’t have the strength or desire to face life. It was so very dark. I was only up during the night and I was so alone and felt completely lost. My best friend of thirty years has been involved with Sedona Soul Adventures for a couple of years and she knew this would be the right place for me. I loved every minute of my experience. I am now alive and awake for the first time in 20 years. It is a new birth for me, an exciting new beginning. I can’t wait to get up every day. I am so high on life it’s so exciting. I am not afraid anymore. I love myself like I never have before.I am forever grateful to all of my teachers and healers. I can’t wait for my next trip. I love you Sedona Soul Adventures! My Prayers of love will be sent out into the Universe for you to be helping others like myself.”

Susan P., Stone Mountain, Georgia

 
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. They will talk to you (or both of you if it’s a couple), they’ll figure out the blocks that are holding you back and they’ll design a retreat that will bring you into the love and joy that is your birthright.
As I always say, if you knew what could happen, you’d be contacting us right now!
Wishing you a week filled with the knowing that you’re good enough, your smart enough and doggone it, people like you!,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Taking the portal to other dimensions on our Peru trip (June 17-30, 2016)
I don’t know why, but I love this picture. The one on the left is me doing ceremony at the Doorway of Aramu Muru on one of our past trips to Peru. This is another of the wonderful ceremonies we do on our trip each year. Jorge Luis Delgado (our shaman and guide) is very well known for discovering the Doorway of Aramu Muru (the photo on the right is Jorge doing ceremony at the Doorway). And each year we do an amazing ceremony here. The doorway is considered a portal to other dimensions, but I’m happy to say we’ve never lost anyone yet! I’ve had some amazing experiences at this place.
“The Peru trip was life changing”
Alan & Susan Gold
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From separate hotel rooms to marriage saved

I love it so much that we’ve had so many couples that we’ve helped through Sedona Soul Adventures. We’ve had so many couples come here on the brink of divorce (or breaking up if they’re not married) and it’s so amazing what happens. But a few weeks ago I was afraid it wasn’t going to work for one of the couples that came to us.
In the 13 years of doing this work, I had never seen before. The relationship was so done, so over, that they weren’t even staying in the same hotel room together. They didn’t even travel to Sedona together.
The first session that we do with everyone is an Orientation, so they know what’s happening and what’s going to happen and sort of ease them into the retreat. When it’s possible, I like to come to the Orientations for just a few minutes and say hello. When I got to the office for this Orientation, I was expecting to see Chris and Pat together but only Chris was there. I was early and their Angel Guide wasn’t there yet, so I started talking to Chris. Most people starting a retreat are usually a combination of excited and nervous. But Chris started telling me she wasn’t excited, she wasn’t all that interested in being here and doing this because as far as she was concerned the relationship was over. She felt like she was just doing this as a final ending for Pat to accept that it was over. And that’s when I found out they were staying in separate hotels.
Pat came in next and we hugged. I told them both I was happy to meet them and they went onto their Orientation. As I left, my heart felt a little sad, because I assumed the marriage wouldn’t be saved. I said a prayer for both of them that whatever would happen would be best for both of them, but there was a part of me that felt that disappointment that we wouldn’t be able to work our magic on this.
But I was wrong.
A miracle happened.
Everything turned around.
The marriage was saved.
You would think that after all these years and thousands of people that I wouldn’t get amazed anymore. But I really did with this one.
So what happened? Well, the first thing that happened was that the Angel Guide put together an absolutely perfect retreat for this situation. Again, I shouldn’t be amazed at that, the Angel Guides always do that, but it really was beyond perfect. One of the things I’ve found over the years in working with couples (first as a divorce attorney for 20 years and now doing couples retreats with Sedona Soul Adventures) is that when a relationship is coming close to ending that usually both people are very focused on what’s wrong with the other person. They’re usually so focused on that, that they aren’t looking at their part in the situation, not even a little bit. That’s completely understandable, especially when there have been a lot of hurts, or when infidelity is an issue.
If you aren’t familiar with how we do our retreats, we have you spend a lot of time talking with one of our Angel Guides on the phone before you come to Sedona so that the Angel Guide can get a really good idea of what’s going on, what’s happening, and what you would like to have happen in the retreat. When it’s a couples retreat, the Angel Guide speaks with both people separately. Then based on that deep conversation, the Angel Guide custom designs your retreat with different sessions and different practitioners. We have over 50 practitioners and many of them have been doing work with individuals and couples for over 20 years. The Angel Guide is a master at putting you together with the perfect sessions and the perfect practitioners.
We have a Proven Process that we use and it is so amazing how incredibly well it works. All of the sessions are completely private, so that you are working one-on-one or two-on-one with the Practitioners. In a couples retreat we find that the best retreat is usually a combination of some sessions as a couple and some sessions focused on each individual. What we find is that each person is bringing their own hurts, triggers, blocks and issues to the relationship and when we can clear those, magic can happen.
And that’s exactly what happened here. The retreat started with a session with both of them together, talking about the problems and the hurts, but that first session ended with both of them saying they loved each other and even Chris said that if the marriage could work again that would make her very happy, but she didn’t see how that could be possible.
Then they each did two days of individual sessions focused on their own issues. For Pat, she realized what a huge issue her anger is, especially within the relationship. During these sessions, she was able to see the source of her anger and change her relationship with it (which would then change the anger issues within the relationship with Chris). She said she felt free after this experience.
For Chris, she saw how events in her childhood had given her the false belief that she is unloveable. She saw how she was telling herself that the relationship with Pat was giving her more feedback that she is unloveable. She saw how by demanding that Pat love her, she was actually pushing Pat away. When she could stand solidly in her love for herself, all the negative parts dropped away. In her breath journey session, she saw visions and felt a direct connection with that highest part of herself, feeling a deep love for herself. She said she felt like a weight had been lifted.
They came into their final day of sessions as a couple, but things had changed for each them as individuals. Chris had dropped all her anger at Pat. Pat had dropped her demands. They learned a powerful forgiveness process that brought them into the realization that they love each other and want to stay together. Everything had changed around.
They left here in love with themselves and in love with each other and with tools to not only maintain that, but to keep it growing deeper.
As they said, it was “a new beginning for their relationship and for their personal self renewal”.
When I heard all this I was amazed and so happy.
As I said, we do this all the time so I shouldn’t have been so amazed. But with the way this started off, I was especially happy and grateful.
If your relationship is not where you want it to be, don’t wait until things are at the point of no return. Speak to one of our Angel Guides and have them custom design a retreat that will be perfect for you and your beloved.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week filled with miracles,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Sue says her life has been forever changed by her her Soul Adventure
“I expected results but was overwhelmed with the tremendous spiritual and emotional experience that took place. My adventures were paced perfectly so that each session seemed to build upon the next and I felt my body and mind were ready to move to the next level. The intentions I set the first day were achieved and my life has been forever changed for the better. I would recommend Sedona Soul Adventures to everyone, everywhere!”

Sue B., Aptos, California

 
Do ceremony at Machu Picchu on the Solstice on our amazing Peru trip (June 17-30)
One of the most amazing things we do on our Peru trip is the ceremony we do at Machu Picchu on the Solstice (June 21) with our incredible shaman, Jorge Luis Delgado. We rise before dawn and Jorge takes us to a special place within the complex. We’re sort of hidden away and on our own in this majestic place. Jorge leads us in a special ceremony as we start to feel the sun’s rays. It’s magical.
Come with me and other soul adventurers as we experience mystical Peru with one of the spiritual masters of our time, Jorge Luis Delgado. It’s truly a life changing experience.
“How do I EXPLAIN our trip to Peru with words? It’s almost impossible. But let me start by saying that Sedona Soul Adventures delivered the most sacred, fun and caring container for diving into an exploration of my own self and the connection to the Universe. Debra took complete care of us to fly and go deep, and Jorge was the perfect guide to open the real connection to the roots of Peru. Thank you Sedona Soul Adventures!!! We’ll travel with you to Egypt soon…”

Juan Montenegro

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What knocks you off your game?

We were watching a basketball game last week and at one point the announcer said “he’s really on his game”. And it was so true — he was jumping, he was scoring, he was rebounding, it was a joy to see.
And, of course, it wasn’t just the physical aspects of all this. There was an energy, a joy, a confidence, an ease that went with this that was so beautiful.
Think about those times when you just feel wonderful for no reason. You just feel good, the sun is shining, it just feels great to be alive. Nothing in particular has happened, you just feel great. It’s thrilling.
So why don’t we feel that way all the time? What happens to knock us off our game? What’s happening to knock you off your game?
For some of us, something really serious is happening — death of loved ones, serious illness, constant money trouble, big problems in a relationship. Serious issues like that can suck the joy right out of us.
But for most of us, we don’t have really serious issues going on. We just let everyday life knock us off our game.
In thinking about this, I’m realizing that for me the things thatif keep me out of really being joyful all the time are overwhelm and what is universally referred to as stinkin’ thinkin’.
Let’s talk about overwhelm first. I’ll justify it by saying I’m busy and I lead a full life. But that’s actually a very wonderful thing. Why do we allow ourselves to get so caught up with everything? Going to LA this week for Thanksgiving was so much fun, but it essentially condensed my week down to 2 days. There were so many times when I had to stop myself and say “wait a minute”, “breathe”, “this is the holiday, it’s supposed to be fun!”
How did your holiday go? Was it crazy and chaotic? Or warm and wonderful? We lose sight of the fact that we have the ability to make it one way or the other. We get to choose how we feel. We get to decide how we’re reacting to everything.
The other thing that knocks me off my game is stinkin’ thinkin’. Even after everything that I write about and talk about and coach people about, I still sometimes find myself going down that road where I’m thinking about something that doesn’t make me feel good. And once you start down that road, it always just gets worse and worse.
Why do we do that? Why do I do that? It’s amazing to me after everything I know about turning those things around, that I still allow myself to do that. One of the earliest self development books I ever read was “You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought” by Peter McWilliams. The title says it all. We simply can’t allow ourselves to go there. And if we’ve started going there, we have to do something — Anything — to stop continuing down that path.
So what are the things that knock you off your game? Do you let yourself get overwhelmed? Do you sometimes allow yourself the luxury of a negative thought? Do you allow everyday life to keep you from feeling good?
The good news is there are so many things you can do to turn these around. An excellent one is to remind yourself that the things you’re worried about probably aren’t that huge in the large scheme of things. Are you worried and concerned and using your precious life force energy thinking about something that is tremendously important, or are you just continuing a familiar pattern of low level worry? You can stop that by becoming more conscious about what you’re thinking about.
Staying in the present moment is another effective means of doing this. Stop worrying about the future and regretting the past. All that we have is here and now. Let go of thoughts that are future oriented or past oriented.
And since we just celebrated Thanksgiving, I’ll put in another plug for gratitude. Feeling truly grateful for everything that you have in your life is the easiest way to stay on top of your game than anything I know of.
If you really want to amp up your game I would invite you to come to Sedona and do a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat. Many times we don’t know where to start in the letting go process and we need help. Sometimes we need to come into compassion and love for ourselves. Nothing will do that faster and more dramatically than a Sedona Soul Adventure.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. They will talk to you (or both of you if it’s a couple) and in that deep conversation, they’ll figure out the blocks that are holding you back and design a retreat that will bring you into the life and relationship you’re craving.
As I always say, if you knew what could happen, you’d be contacting us right now!
Wishing you a week at the top of your game,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Melissa says her Soul Adventure was “life changing”
“I would recommend Soul Adventures to anyone who is looking for peace and connection. It is truly a life-changing experience that is so personal and so profound that I would urge anyone who is seeking personal growth to do this. I came away with so many gifts and insights that my life experience has truly been enriched and my perspective now comes from a place of peace and clarity.”

Melissa L., Averill Park, NY

 
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An active, life changing way to be grateful

I’m continuing my annual Thanksgiving tradition by inviting you, cajoling you and, if need be, begging you to start doing a Gratitude Journal each day.
If people like Oprah Winfrey do this, don’t you think it might be a good idea for you to consider it?
The idea is simple. Every day when you wake up, write down 3 things that you are grateful for in your life. This doesn’t have to take a long time, in fact, being brief can insure that you keep doing it every day. You can download the Gratitude Process below and it will give you the simple instructions.
The most important part is what the Gratitude Journal DOES:
• It brings you into a higher, faster vibration
• It starts your day with a feeling of well being
• It can bring you back into connection and help you maintain connection
• It can change things around with situations or people in an almost amazing way
The Gratitude Process I’ve attached recommends using if for 28 days for a particular situation. But after all these years, this is something that I do every morning. It brings everything into perspective.
And this year I want to invite you to do even more. I want you to think about spending just a few minutes in the evening before you go to sleep going over three things during your day that went well and why they went well. This process has been scientifically proven to work. It comes from the work of Martin Seligman, PhD. He reports:
“People who are grateful tend to be happier, healthier and more fulfilled. Being grateful can help people cope with stress and can even have a beneficial effect on heart rate. This action is easy to do yet its benefits have been scientifically proven. In tests, people who tried it each night for just one week were happier and less depressed one month, three months and six months later.”
Isn’t that incredible? In these tests, people who did this exercise for only a week were happier and less depressed six months later!
Dr. Seligman says he believes this works because it changes people’s focus from what went wrong to things that go well. He says that this shift in attention “breaks up depression and increases happiness”. As you all know, this is completely in line with what I am continually talking about and writing about — what we put our focus on gets bigger and creates our reality. If we focus on the negative, we get more negative. If we are focusing on what works, we get more of what works.
I also believe that doing this before you go to bed at night has an impact on your vibrational connection with All That Is. I believe that when we sleep we have the ability to connect with that Highest part of ourselves in an even bigger way than we can when we are awake.
Going into gratitude raises our vibration. By raising our vibration before we go to sleep, we increase the likelihood of truly connecting with that Highest part of ourselves during sleep.

 
Liz is so grateful — she says she’s “permanently changed” by her Sedona Soul Adventure
“I’m just so grateful! You gave me a framework to jumpstart the next step in my spiritual growth. The whole experience was really beautiful. I do feel that I am permanently changed for having done this. And I really hope I can join you on a Sacred Travel!” (I’m happy to report that since doing her Soul Adventure, Liz has gone with me to both Egypt and Peru!)

Elizabeth P., San Francisco, California

 
I hope I’ve convinced you. You can download the 28 Day Gratitude Process if you Click here
Keep that gratitude flowing in every part of your life. And if you’re finding that you’re having a hard time maintaining gratitude or having a difficult time appreciating every area of your life, maybe it’s time to do something about it. A Sedona Soul Adventures retreat can shift everything around and give you the tools to maintain all those shifts.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Your Angel Guide will spend time with you, really focusing on where you are and where you want to be. Then they’ll design a retreat that’s perfect for you.
Wishing you a week filled with appreciation and gratitude,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

3 tips on how to not gain weight this Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving, especially because I love to eat. It’s the one holiday that just completely revolves around food!
Many of you know that I struggled with my weight my entire life. I was a ballet dancer starting at age 3, I remember my body being criticized at age 8 and I was put on my first diet at age 12 (even though I look back at pictures of myself and I was not fat!)
Those of you who have been reading this newsletter for awhile also know that I believe in and teach about Creating Your Own Reality – what we think about we get more of, what we focus on expands.
So you can imagine, that all that attention on my body and weight (by my dance teachers, my mother and fellow ballerinas) resulted in one thing – I started gaining weight! I expanded! It was a self fulfilling prophecy!
It wasn’t until I came to Sedona and changed everything about my life that things started changing with my body. I tell the whole story in my new book that’s coming out, but basically when I gave up the fight, I released the weight. One day I suddenly said “I’m done”. I’m done with the crazy dieting and the manic working out. I thought I would balloon to 250 pounds. Instead, I lost 40 pounds without diet or exercise and I now eat whatever I want whenever I want it (as I’m writing this, I just finished a venti cappuccino and chocolate croissant – yum!).
Everything is all about energy — that includes our bodies, money, relationships, everything. The energy of the situation defines what is happening and what will happen. When I was so consumed about losing weight it made it harder and harder to lose weight. When I thought I was fat, I was fat. When I finally changed the energy around, everything changed.
If food and eating and exercising and dieting are issues for you, I want to give you 3 tips that could start helping you right now and can really help during the eating marathon that is Thanksgiving. They are simple, but incredibly powerful. And if you do them, I think you will be astounded at what can happen in a short period of time.
Decide to do these just for the Thanksgiving week-end. It makes your brain go on overload if you decide “I’m doing this for the rest of my life”. Try these just for the long Thanksgiving week-end (Thursday through Sunday) and see how you feel by the end of that time. After that, you can decide how you want to continue.
1. Decide (just for the week-end) to start Loving Your Body
This is simple, but not easy. Most of us are so judgmental and critical about our bodies and I will tell you, my friend, this is what’s creating all the resistance and all the trouble. Decide just for these 4 days that you are going to not think bad thoughts about your body or say bad things about your body, but instead be grateful for your body for all the things it does for you. Your heart pumps blood, you’re able to digest all this glorious food and you’re able to see how beautiful the world is. This one shift can change everything.
2. Decide (just for the Thanksgiving week-end) to stop talking about how fattening everything is and how unhealthy everything is
It absolutely amazes me how much time and energy people spend talking about how fattening and unhealthy everything is. Decide you aren’t going to go there. Decide to be grateful for how wonderful everything tastes, how yummy and delicious it is. If other people start talking about it, you be the one to say, “but it tastes so good!” My grandmother Stangl had the most wonderful Thanksgivings, she made the most incredible pies. She ate red meat, lard, drank coffee all day long and she lived to be 108!
3. Decide (just for the Thanksgiving week-end) that you don’t care at all about gaining weight
This is the trickiest and craziest one. What I have found in the past 8 years (since all this changed for me) is that when I stopped caring about losing weight, that’s when I lost weight! The more manic we are about something, the more the energy stays stuck and it can’t move. The energy shifts when we shift. Be grateful for all this food. Be grateful that you have plenty to eat. Be grateful that there are so many wonderful things in your life. Focus on all the good things you have in your life and it’s amazing how the energy starts to shift.
The other crazy thing that starts happening when the energy starts to shift is that you’ll find you are feeling fuller faster and you won’t even want to overeat. Before, when I would allow myself to eat something, I would always eat the entire thing and would probably lick the plate. Now, that I’m not all manic about it, I eat until I feel full and I just naturally stop. There is no self control involved, I eat what I want until I don’t want to eat anymore.
And I’m so grateful!
Coming to Sedona and doing sessions with the amazing practitioners here is what changed everything around in my life. If that sounds good to you, I want to invite you to do the same. Speak to one of our Angel Guides. They’ll custom design a retreat that will shift your life (or your relationship) to where you want it to be.
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week filled with many blessings,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Amberly says that “miracles and shifts” have happened after her Sedona Soul Adventures retreat
“Sedona Soul Adventures is amazing. They have truly thought of everything to make it a seamless transition from the chaos of everyday to the bliss of the red rocks. Each one of my healers I felt a deep connection to but more importantly they allowed me to remember who I really am and the power that I truly possess. During my 3 day journey I realized how to tune back into my higher self and hone my strength and brighten my light. I am taking the time to “be” instead of “do” and allowing the God force within me to do the heavy lifting. Miracles and shifts have happened both large and small since I have been home and I am working each day to keep that bliss alive.”

Amberly A., Houston, Texas

 
Our Peru & Machu Picchu trip (June 17-30) is filling up – are you coming?
I spent a lot of time this past week talking about the Peru trip and I love talking about the Peru trip! I’m so grateful that I get to go to Peru each year and take excited Soul Adventurers with me. Machu Picchu is so incredible and the ceremonies we do there are so amazing. The Sacred Valley, Lake Titicaca, Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, it almost seems like every year it just gets better.
To download our Peru brochure (which has all the information on our amazing Itinerary and Pricing) Click here
All the detailed information is on our web site – Click here
If you have questions, send me an email – debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
Or even better, give me a call. You can reach me on my cell phone – 928/301-2896
I’d love to have you join me on this trip of a lifetime!
 

Don't be alone for the holidays, come to Sedona

Do you find yourself suddenly single this year? Or do you find the holidays to be a particularly difficult time?
We had a number of people this past week who booked a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat for Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Year’s. When I asked one of my wonderful Angel Guides, Rick, about it, he wrote me these beautiful words:
These are people who just don’t want to be sitting in their empty house surrounded by the memories of holidays past, lost loved ones, kids who have left the nest, or who are off with the other parent for the first holiday after the divorce. It’s not so much about being alone, it’s about being alone surrounded by the memories. So many of the men and women I’ve spoken with have spent every holiday season doing too much of everything — shopping, cooking, giving, giving, giving to others and a Soul Adventure is a chance to give to themselves. This isn’t about “not being lonely”, it’s about creating a sense of power and excitement around being on your own…
Isn’t that beautiful?
Because that’s exactly what we do here, is to create a sense of power and excitement about living your best life.
The other wonderful thing is that we do our retreats 365 days per year. So coming during the holidays isn’t a problem, in fact it’s a wonderful time to come. We are starting to fill up, though, so if it’s something that feels right to you, contact us and speak to one of our Angel Guides. They’ll talk to you in depth about what’s going on in your life and how a Soul Adventure can take you from where you are to where you want to be.
I want to reach out to you to contact us. Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you.
A Sedona Soul Adventures retreat is the perfect present to give yourself and what a way to start out the New Year!
Wishing you a week filled with many blessings,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Charlotte says her “amazing” Soul Adventures retreat helped her “focus on putting the oxygen mask on myself first so I can better help myself and others.”
“I needed relief from being a caretaker and the stress of my own transition. Sedona Soul Adventures helped me focus on putting the oxygen mask on myself first so I can better help myself and others. It was an amazing experience and one I strongly recommend. The greatest journey of all is the journey into oneself.”

Charlotte M., New Lenox, IL

I love the way Charlotte talks about “putting the oxygen mask on myself first”.  It’s so true. Even on the airplane, the flight attendants tell you to take care of yourself first (put the oxygen mask on first) before putting it on a child or an adult who needs help. Otherwise, conditions could make it that you’re so overcome that you can’t help anyone, not even yourself. And isn’t this so true in our lives? If we don’t take care of ourselves we can get so overwhelmed we’re of no help to anyone else.

 
Can you imagine doing ceremony on the Solstice (June 21) in Machu Picchu?
One of the most amazing parts of our Peru and Machu Picchu Tour (June 17-30, 2016) is the amazing ceremony we do on the Solstice at Machu Picchu. We wake before dawn so that we are in position just as the sun starts peaking over the mountains. Our shaman and guide, Jorge Luis Delgado, leads us in the most amazing ceremony, designed to truly connect us with Pachamama, the Earth Mother. It’s an extraordinary experience and one you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
Isn’t it time to add these kind of memories to your life? Join me on this amazing journey. Two weeks in Peru, learning the ways of the shaman is life changing.
“The Sedona Soul Adventures Peru Trip in June 2015 was AMAZING! It is my second Sedona Soul Sacred Travel trip and it, like the first one in Egypt, was life changing. The magic of Machu Picchu, the peacefulness of Lake Titicaca, the energy of the Apu mountain spirits is not something you can read about – it must be experienced! On this trip, we had the privilege of being in the presence of Jorge Luis Delgado, our Peruvian Shaman and Chacaruna (bridge person – messenger of light) who is an extraordinary guide, teacher and spiritual Master. Jorge had an incredible way of saying thing in such simple powerful ways. I experienced with him the power of oral tradition – that it isn’t just the words that he spoke, but it was the energy and intention he imbued into his words that is the specialness of oral tradition. It is that energy which touches you and teaches you. He reaches you heart to heart, rather than from your mind. He led me on a Pilgrimage to my Inner Sun that deepened my commitment to a higher level of consciousness, that increased my understanding of the Cosmos and its wonder, and that fueled my desire to shine brightly in the world. I will be forever grateful for this trip and the positive impact it has had on my life.”

Suzanne West, Alberta, Canada

To download our Peru brochure (which has all the information on our amazing Itinerary and Pricing) Click here
All the detailed information is on our web site – Click here
If you have questions, send me an email – debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
Or even better, give me a call. You can reach me on my cell phone – 928/301-2896
I love talking about Peru.
 

4 unusual reasons why you should do a spiritual retreat (you could meet Stevie Wonder!)

Very often in these newsletters, I write about all the obvious reasons why people should do a spiritual retreat. For most of the people who come to us, they have something going on in their lives and they’re really in need of the help that a spiritual retreat can give them. Some people are at the end of their rope, some people have an issue that they just can’t seem to get resolved and a spiritual retreat is the answer. Sometimes couples reach a crisis in their relationship and they’ve done lots of traditional therapy and it hasn’t helped. In that situation, a spiritual retreat can be amazing for bringing them together and getting them back on track.
We had something happen this past week that was kind of mind blowing and it made me think of the many unusual things that have happened after people have done a spiritual retreat with us (myself included). What we see over and over again is that when things start to shift in one part of your life, seemingly amazing things start to happen in all areas of your life.
So here are 4 unusual reasons why you should do a spiritual retreat:
1. You could meet Stevie Wonder.

Margaret came to Sedona last week for her second Soul Adventure. She came back for a spiritual tune up, plus she loves Sedona. At the end she told us she didn’t think it was possible, but the second Soul Adventure was even more mind blowing and amazing and incredible than the first one. She left and went to the Phoenix airport and discovered her flight had been cancelled. Instead of being upset, she thought “okay, I’m going to use my Sedona Soul Adventures tools and trust that there is a reason why this is happening”. Two minutes later, she looked up and there was Stevie Wonder on his way to a concert (and she’s a huge fan). She got to meet him, take this picture with him and he was so gracious. She got home safe and sound and gloriously happy for this confirmation from the Universe. As she told me in her email after she got home “I’m absolutely amazed”.
It reminded me that shortly after I came to Sedona for the first time, I set the intention that I wanted to meet Sting within the next 12 months. Within 9 months, I got to meet him and speak with him and it still feels like one of the best manifestations I’ve ever done in my life!
So wouldn’t it be cool if as a result of doing your spiritual retreat you not only transform your life but you get to meet someone you’ve always wanted to meet! It’s just such a wonderful example of how when things start to shift, they shift in amazing ways.
2.  You could lose weight. Our retreats are all designed for the emotional and spiritual aspects of a person’s life, but it’s amazing to me how many people report that after they go home from their spiritual retreat, they lose a bunch of weight easily and seamlessly. One woman even posted a YouTube video about her Sedona Soul Adventure, talking about how she came to us to deal with emotional losses in her life and in addition to doing that, she lost 17 pounds of what she called “protection weight” within 3 weeks of returning home. She wasn’t doing any dieting or trying to lose the weight, it just came off.
My Sedona story includes the same thing. After struggling with my weight my entire life, I suddenly lost 40 pounds and went from a size 14 to a size 6 within 5 weeks with no dieting or exercising. It just shows you that the transformations that happen in a spiritual retreat take place on all the levels — physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
3. Money could come out of nowhere. As I think about it, this is actually one of the most common of the unusual occurrences that happen when people have done a spiritual retreat with us. We’ve had so many people who contacted us wanting to do a spiritual retreat, but cost was an issue. It has happened so many times where people have said, “I don’t know how this is going to happen, but I’m telling the Universe I want this” and then suddenly, something happens. With one woman, the next day, she went to her mailbox and received a check from the insurance company that was much larger than she had anticipated. I told you a few months ago about Andrew’s story where suddenly the next day his brother offered to pay for his Soul Adventure (and I just heard from Andrew a few weeks ago that his new healing practice is going spectacularly well!). Another woman received a bonus at work that she had no idea was coming or even possible and it paid for her entire retreat.
What I love in these instances is that the shift happened as soon as they said “Yes, I’m going to do this!”. There is so much power just in making the decision.
I think my favorite one, though, is the woman who came here when she was unemployed and had no money. She had applied for her dream job and they offered the job to someone else. She didn’t tell us what financial straits she was in until she got here to Sedona. She had put everything on a credit card and wasn’t sure how she was going to pay the credit card after she got home. She told us she just knew that she had to do a spiritual retreat with us and that she was trusting that everything would be okay. She completed her Soul Adventure and it was absolutely fantastic. Within one week of returning home she got the dream job (the other person had to turn it down because her husband got transferred to another town). They offered her more money and more opportunity that she had even hoped for.
I love that one because something like it happened to me. When I first came to Sedona, I had just started my 20th year of law practice and even though my practice had been quite lucrative, through a strange set of circumstances I suddenly found myself $50,000 in debt. At the time, the last thing I should have been spending money on was a spiritual retreat. But I came to Sedona and within 3 weeks of returning home, $50,000 dropped out of the sky. That allowed me to leave my law practice and three years later I started Sedona Soul Adventures.
Money is energy and when you shift your energy around, all the energy in your life starts shifting around. If you’re telling yourself you can’t afford to do a Sedona Soul Adventure, maybe the truth is that you can’t afford not to do a Soul Adventure!
4. You could meet your soul mate. A man came to us a few months ago to do a spiritual retreat, wanting to move on from his divorce. On the last day of his Soul Adventure he met a woman at Whole Foods and they struck up a conversation. They’ve now started a relationship and he’s convinced he’s found his soul mate.
A number of years ago a man and woman were here each doing a spiritual retreat with us. They didn’t know each other and would never have met except that as Fate would have it, I went into the coffee house one morning and I saw him and invited him to have a cappuccino with me. Then I saw her and invited her to join us and introduced them. When I left, they were talking about their respective Soul Adventures and the amazing transformations that had happened. That started their relationship and two months later they moved to Sedona and 1 year later they were married at a beautiful hilltop ceremony overlooking the Red Rocks.
Of course, I’m not promising that if you do a Sedona Soul Adventures retreat that you’re going to meet Stevie Wonder (or Sting) or that you’ll lose weight or have $50,000 drop out of the sky or meet your soul mate. But, WHAT IF? What if, in addition to fixing the problem you’re wanting to fix some other incredible things start happening in your life? As I said before, when one thing shifts, lots of other things start shifting as well.
So if you’d like to have some unusual things start happening in your life, let’s get started. Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. They’ll connect with you (or both of you if it’s a couple) on a deep level and then they’ll custom design the perfect retreat that’s designed to take you from where you are to where you want to be. And who knows what could happen after that?
Wishing you a week filled with unusual (and wonderful) occurrences,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
5 Reasons Why You Should Go on the Peru Trip (June 17-30, 2016)

1. You will have a mystical, magical experience. From doing ceremonies at Machu Picchu to experiencing Ollantaytambo, the Sacred Valley and Lake Titicaca, this is truly the trip of a lifetime.
2. You will experience one of the most important teachers on the planet today, Jorge Luis Delgado. Jorge will be with us as our shaman and guide throughout the trip. Just being in his presence is incredible and receiving his teachings is life changing.
3. You will make friendships that last a lifetime. This is one of my favorite things that people love about our trips. Everyone pretty much falls in love with each other within the first 48 hours. Don’t worry if you don’t have someone to travel with – you’ll have new friends immediately, taking in all these amazing experiences together.
4. We take care of everything. Getting around a foreign country, arranging transportation, deciding on where to stay and where to eat can be pretty daunting (and incredibly time consuming) when you’re on your own. We make all the arrangements — including three flights within Peru, all transportation, all accommodations, admission to all the sites and the food is terrific! Having all the details handled gives you the freedom to focus on your spiritual journey and creates the space for magical transformations to happen.
5. We have fun! Someone who booked the trip this week asked me, “Since this is a spiritual trip, does that mean we’re going to be serious all the time and only eat vegetarian food and no drinking?” The answer is an emphatic no! For me, spirituality is about being the best we can be and that includes having fun. If you want vegetarian meals, that’s fine and we can provide that, but we will be talking, laughing, eating, drinking and we want everyone to have as much fun as possible.
Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has all the information (including pricing) on this incredible journey or Click here to read all about it on our web site.
If you have any questions, send me an email at
Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com or better yet, give me a call. You can reach me directly on my cell phone – 928/301-2896.

I'm worried…

“Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don’t want” – Abraham-Hicks
This past week-end I went to see the new Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg movie “Bridge of Spies” (it’s great). The movie takes place during the Cold War and Tom Hanks plays an attorney who is asked to represent a Russian spy. If found guilty, the spy is facing the death penalty. The Russian spy is one cool customer — throughout the movie, he is completely calm, unruffled and dignified. As he remains so cool and collected (in spite of the potentially dire circumstances), Tom Hanks asks him [tiny spoiler alert] “Aren’t you worried?” And he replies, “Would it help?”
My friend and I laughed heartily at this response, but we also talked about it later. We both know the answer is, not only does it not help to worry, it can be harmful. We both believe (and I hope you do too) that
• We are all creating our reality in every moment
• Everything is all about energy
• What we put out, we get back
• What we think about, we get more of
• What we think about gets bigger
So if all that is true, that’s why I love that Abraham quote and that’s why I know that worrying doesn’t help!
Think about it. When we let ourselves start worrying about something, pretty soon our minds are off to the races. We’re suddenly thinking about all these crazy things. Thinking about all these things that are probably never going to happen. But what’s worse, if you think about it from the Abraham perspective, your worrying is energizing and making bigger exactly what you don’t want to have happen! You’re using your imagination to create something you don’t want!
Watching the movie and watching Tom Hanks with his client reminded me of what used to happen during the 20 years that I was a divorce attorney. My clients were always worried and understandably so. They were going through one of the most difficult situations a person can go through. The outcome of their divorce would be affecting them for the rest of their lives and they were justifiably concerned. In the last 10 years of my practice, I had started to really embrace all these concepts, so I knew that worrying about the case not only would not help, it was actually counter-productive for my clients and would only get them what they did not want.
Knowing that my clients couldn’t help but worry, I made a deal with them. I told them that if they needed to worry, they should do this little trick. Schedule 10 minutes each day to worry about their case. If they found themselves constantly thinking about it and worrying about it throughout the day, they should tell themselves, “I’m going to worry about that in the 10 minutes I have set aside, I won’t worry about it now”. Then when they did the 10 minutes, invariably, they would find they could only keep the worrying up for 2-3 minutes!
After they had done the scheduled worrying, I had them think about what they did want. I told them to take a few more minutes to visualize the judge announcing the verdict and awarding them what they wanted (custody of the kids, keeping the house, or whatever it was that was important to them) and how much better they would feel when that happened. Virtually all of my clients who did this faithfully reported that they felt much calmer and much more peaceful even in the midst of the stress of the divorce. And I’m happy to say that the vast majority of them got exactly what they wanted (but also let’s remember they had an excellent attorney – ha ha).
I’m not saying that you won’t every worry again. You will – it’s human nature. Do I ever worry? Yes, my mind goes there automatically sometimes, especially about things that are important to me. And it’s also interesting to me when I materialize something that I’ve worried about. What a terrible way to prove what I teach — when I get something I don’t want because I’ve worried about it! Physician, heal thyself!
But when I find my mind going there, I always try to make myself stop and remind myself that I’m energizing what I do not want. That usually stops my mind in its tracks. I then ask myself what I want in this situation and I start thinking about that instead. It’s not that I don’t ever worry, it’s just that (most of the time) I can stop it and start flowing my thoughts and energy toward what I do want.
It’s simple but not easy. It’s a simple process, but not always easy to do consistently. But when you know that worry is actually increasing your chances for getting what you do no want, this process gets easier and easier to do.
Sometimes we find ourselves at a point in our lives when we are overwhelmed with our worry and we can’t seem to make it stop. Most worries are coming from fears and those fears can come from a number of sources, some of which are conscious and some of which might be from our unconscious. If you find yourself overwhelmed with worry about something in your life or your relationship, you need to think seriously about doing something about it. Once we get on that merry go round it’s hard to get off, it’s hard to stop obsessing.
Think about coming to Sedona and doing a Soul Adventure. Can you imagine being in a situation where the worry starts to melt away and it’s replaced by a deep trust and knowing that all is well? Can you imagine what it would feel like to know (on a deep level) that all is well? That’s what happens to people here all the time. They come here stressed out, burned out, worried and anxious about things in their life or things in their relationship. They leave happy, connected and at peace. It’s still amazing to me after all these years and the thousands of people who have done this.
If you’re looking for peace, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada) or Click here to contact us. For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988. Speak to an Angel Guide, tell them what’s going on with you and they’ll custom design the perfect retreat to take you from where you are to where you want to be.
Wishing you a week of no worries,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Harry says his Soul Adventure “changed everything”, living his life without fear, worry or angst
“I came to Sedona wrought with fear, anxiety, and grief. Within the first three sessions, I was well on the road to a spiritual Re-Awakening that would change everything. After my five days of Soul Adventuring I returned to Seattle with a new outlook on life and ready to walk my Great Path without fear, worry or angst. Thank you all for Reminding me of how important my existence in this world is, and most of all for Reminding me of all the love that is here supporting all of us. I LOVE ME!”

Harry C., Seattle, Washington

 
Is fear keeping you from the Egypt trip?

II find that people typically say 2 things to me about the Egypt trip (and they’ve been saying both things since I started going there in 1983): 1) “I’ve always wanted to go to Egypt and 2) “Aren’t you afraid to go to Egypt?” And my answer has always been the same – No. This next trip will be my 15th time going to Egypt and I’ve been taking groups each year since 2004. The Egyptian people are some of the warmest, friendliest people I’ve ever met and I’ve always felt safe there. The US State Department issues Travel Advisories for countries they do not feel are safe for Americans to travel to and there are no Travel Advisories for Egypt.
But don’t take my word for it, here’s what 2 people said who went on the trip this February (2015):
“This trip was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, especially because I felt very safe during the entire experience.” – Ginger Wishik, MD
“The Egypt trip was life changing. I personally felt very safe in Egypt.” – Shelly Pitts (that’s Shelly in the picture above on the right – I don’t believe she could look anymore relaxed than she does!)
Or as one of the people from last year’s trip (2014) said:
“Please don’t let fear keep you from one of the most exciting adventures in your life. You will never regret your trip to Egypt.” – Joyce Eleanor
Our Return to Egypt tour is February 14-28, 2016. It’s an amazing journey – we see the Pyramids (and have 2 hours of private time just for our group inside the Great Pyramid for ceremony), the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, Karnak, Luxor, the Isis Temple at Philae and much more. We stay at 5 star hotels and do a 5 day cruise down the Nile on a 5 star ship. Everything is taken care of for you and traveling with like-minded soul adventurers is so wonderful. The cost is virtually all inclusive.
Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has all the information on pricing and our fabulous Itinerary.
Or you can read all about it on our web site – Click here
I’d love to have you join me. If you’ve always wanted to go to Egypt, now is the time to go! Send me an email if you have any questions:
debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com
Or better yet, give me a call — 928/301-2896.

I guess I struck a nerve

I guess I struck a nerve last week with my newsletter about the Top 5 Deathbed Regrets. I can’t remember (in 13 years of doing this newsletter), a response like I got from this one — I was deluged with emails from people, we had so many calls to the office and requests for Angel Guide sessions, so many people who booked retreats, plus I had many more people than usual contact me about the Peru and Egypt trips and a bunch of people who signed up for both trips.
Whew! It’s so funny, I almost didn’t write that newsletter because I thought it might be too “down”. I even sent it to 2 people whose opinion I value, asking them if they thought this was an okay subject or too depressing? They both loved it and judging from the response, I guess I was right. This is something we all have to be thinking about — we have a limited amount of time on this planet and we have to be thinking about how we are spending our precious time here and how can we live with no regrets?
The emails I received were so sweet and telling. One woman wrote “Debra, I’ve been reading your newsletter for 8 years telling myself that “someday” I’ll do a Soul Adventure. I’ve been telling myself I couldn’t afford it and, hopefully, “someday” I’ll be able to do it. Now I realize I can’t afford Not to do it. And I know I need to do it Now!”
It reminded me of one of my favorite quotes from one of my teachers, Abraham:
“Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in that time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here. It’s not when you’ve moved into the new house. It’s not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now!”
Is there a dream in your life that is unfulfilled? Is there something you’ve been telling yourself you’re going to do “someday”, but so far nothing is happening in that direction?
Do you keep waiting for something to be different? A situation or a person? As Einstein said (and you’ve heard a million times) ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’
I spent over 10 years being dissatisfied with my work, my life, my body, my relationship and always telling myself that “someday” things would be different, even though I was never really doing anything about it. I admit I was completely insane – I kept doing the same thing over and over again somehow, magically, expecting a different result. It wasn’t until I came to Sedona for the first time (in January, 1999) that things started to really turn around for me. Here’s some advice from a formerly insane person:
Nothing will be different in your life until you do something different.
If you’re unhappy about your work, you need to do something about your work.
If you feel like you aren’t living your life purpose, when are you going to start?
If you feel like you don’t know what your life purpose is, what are you doing to find out?
If you’re unhappy about your relationship, you need to do something about your relationship.
If you’re unhappy or dissatisfied about anything in your life, you have to do something about it. It’s not going to miraculously change without you doing something different.
I met with a couple this week who were here starting their couples retreat and the husband told me they had never done anything like this before and he was freaking out a little because it was out of his comfort zone. They had been in traditional therapy for over a year, it wasn’t working and it looked like they were headed for divorce. I told him this works exactly because what we do IS different and not like anything they had done before. As Einstein says, the only way to get different results is to do something different.
I was so happy to see them on the last day of their retreat. Everything had turned around, they both even looked different. Their relationship has been completely transformed — they were able to get to the heart of their issues and come back onto love and connection, plus they received tools to continue to maintain and deepen that connection. He told me he could hardly believe what had happened in just 4 days. Four days of doing something different had given them completely different results.
I love it so much that this past week we had such a surge of people contacting us to take steps to do something different with their lives and their relationships, as well as people signing up for bucket list trips like Egypt and Peru. Do you want something different in your life? If so, call us – we we can help you do exactly that!
Click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you. Or if you’d prefer, call us toll free at 1-877-204-3664 (US and Canada). For our friends outside the US and Canada call 01 928-204-5988 or click here and one of our Angel Guides will call you.
Wishing you a week of different and better,
Debra

Debra Stangl / Founder

Sedona Soul Adventures – Transforming Lives One Soul At A Time
(877) 204-3664
https://old.sedonasouladventures.com

 
Ian says his Soul Adventure was the most important week of his life
“It’s been a year since my Sedona Soul Adventure. Who knew the extent of the results, I can hardly believe the year I’ve had, and to this day, my week with Sedona Soul Adventures and all the lovely angels that I met remains the most important week of my life. I came for three days of soul work and had so many blocks removed and so many profound shifts and awakenings. I had no idea just how quickly my new life would unfold. I cannot thank you enough.”

Ian S., Edmonton, Alberta

 
Egypt or Peru? Don’t wait

In the spirit of what I’ve been talking about this week, what are you waiting for? If going to Egypt has been something you’ve wanted to do your entire life, do it now! If seeing Machu Picchu is on your bucket list, you’re not getting any younger!
Both of the trips are amazing and spectacular, with everything planned for you and deep spiritual connection waiting for you.
The Egypt trip is February 14-28, 2016. Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has information on our Itinerary and Pricing.
The Peru trip is June 17-30, 2016. Click here to download our beautiful brochure which has information on our Itinerary and Pricing.
Send me an email if you have questions – Debra@SedonaSoulAdventures.com or better yet, give me a call on my cell – 928/301-2896