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Success Blueprint Radio interview

Mindie Kniss — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:18:08 +0000

This afternoon, Lynn Pierce interviewed me for her Success Blueprint Radio show. We talk about everything from having a vision to pull you forward in your business (and life) to how I got into the business of love.

Enjoy! Click HERE to listen.

Kniss on Mindfulness

Mindie Kniss — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:33:40 +0000

A talk I presented in Costa Rica last December on Mindfulness… plus a simple tool to re-center in the NOW.

Many thanks to the folks at MindValley and FinerMinds for the recording.

Be Your Own Guru

Mindie Kniss — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:11:41 +0000

this is an excerpt from a recent email I wrote to a client:

do I think you should “waste” more time and money on countless self-improvement programs? no. that being said, I also believe that personal development is the best investment we can make.

it seems like there’s a disconnect for you… (correct me if I’m off base) you’re assuming that there is some specific end-point of your development journey where things will suddenly unfold into perfection and you won’t ever feel sad, lonely, hurt (etc…) again. that is not real life, my friend. the beauty is in the contrast.

I have spent tens of thousands of dollars on personal growth seminars, books, and programs. I teach this stuff and I still continue to figure it out, work on myself, grow and occasionally fall down. the choice is whether or not to get back up.

I’m not interested in selling you another program or signing you up for further coaching at this point. do I believe you can have everything you want in this lifetime? absolutely. but YOU need to believe that for it to come into fruition. coaches and therapists can guide, advise and help course-correct, but ultimately you need to do the work. and doing the work is not attending a seminar, reading a book, or buying another coaching program. the work comes after that in the day-to-day, minute-by-minute choices that you make.

be your own guru. read and learn all you can, use whatever resonates as true, and throw out the rest. and then apply it.

you are right… it HAS been a good effort, but “facing reality” doesn’t equal quitting in my book. you have learned so many tools. the next step is learning to use them, integrating them into your mindset and your routine, up until the point that they are healthy, unconscious aspects of who, and how, you are. and then there will be the next thing to work on… and the next, and the next. we are here (i.e., in this life) to experience, learn and grow. you can either come from the perspective that it’s all a failure and there’s no hope, or you can embrace the journey and see how far you can go, how much you can shine. the choice is yours.

Who are you trying to please?

Mindie Kniss — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:41:22 +0000

I noticed that I hadn’t posted any Kniss Connection videos on my YouTube channel since August — and admittedly, I’ve been busy. Here are a few of the things I’ve been up to:

Moving from Portland, OR to Chicago
Developing a beautiful, connected relationship with my SoulMatch
Traveling to Salt Lake City, Maine, Dallas, Orlando, Mexico and Costa Rica
Creating a brand new program for my coaching clients

So… New year, new video. Enjoy!

Your first thoughts of the day…

Mindie Kniss — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:44:28 +0000

Live Your Dream

Mindie Kniss — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:51:51 +0000

Your Destiny = Now

Mindie Kniss — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:17:31 +0000

None of us know how long we’ll be around… that means that RIGHT NOW is the time to activate your destiny.

What will your legacy be?

If you’re ready to activate your potential, let me help you! Check out my coaching options at Kniss Integrative Coaching. Consults are always free with no further obligation.

Life as a Spiritual Path

Mindie Kniss — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:05:46 +0000

Life is a spiritual path. You may have heard people describing how they began their spiritual path, or found a spiritual path, but in reality, they’ve been on that path all along.

You cannot be on any other path except that of spirit, for, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin noted, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

Who is more spiritual? A devoted monk or a successful businesswoman? A member of the clergy or a wilderness teacher? ”Spiritual” is not something you do, it is something you are. And we are all spiritual beings, regardless of the occupation in which we work or the belief system we’ve chosen. We are always on a spiritual path.

(This post originally appeared in ACM)

End Your Day with Gratitude

Mindie Kniss — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:27:45 +0000

End your day with gratitude — regardless of circumstance. Especially those evenings of days that don’t make sense, when nothing has gone right, when you cannot step from under the cloud that grayed your joy… this is when gratitude is most crucial.

There is always much to be grateful for, and every little bit helps to light your vision of a new day.

The Primal Brain as an Overprotective Parent

Mindie Kniss — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:48:24 +0000

This week’s Kniss Connection episode: How our primal brain’s advice can keep us small…. If we let it!