Breaking Through

Ever have one of those days? When things go beyond your expectations and you get a glimpse of the life you are aspiring to live? (Going to live is much better)

Today started just like any day. My day starts when I want it to, since I'm not working for corporate America anymore. I think my eyes opened somewhere around 8:45am :0) Sigh!

I had a short to do list: to run some errands in and out of the house and to check up on my emails, tweets, blogs and to listen to a BlogTalkRadio show in the afternoon. Since yesterday went well, having accomplished all I wanted to, I figured today would go about the same.

I was reading something on the computer when the phone rang. I heard from the answering machine that it was a call sent through my listing as a life coach on an online advice service.

It ended up being my first call with my first client! Specifically, my first PAYING client, lol. (I've already lived through years of unpaid internship) I have finally crossed through the door. Here's one income stream that I've been working on for quite some time and I can actually make use of my degree.

I made a little dent in my entrepreneurial progress! After the call I took a little time to consider my next move in a different business I am in the middle of developing. I'm still just not ready to talk about it.

I will tell you though, it has been quite a quantum jump for me to change my life completely from the inside out. I've been percolating for many, many moons on what I can do that would be FUN, that would HELP others, bring together COMMUNITY--basically help people to connect while promoting what they do.

That's enough for now. The big thing that happened today, happened after my coaching call.

I was listening to Georgiann Kiricoples' radio show, Breaking Through, on BlogTalkRadio. She had as her guest, Dannion Brinkley, the author of Saved by the Light and Secrets of the Light.

It occurred to me to call in so that I could ask questions about my mother, who passed away almost 15 years ago. I called in expecting to be placed in a queue and to 'maybe' be selected to speak with Dannion on the air.

Thing is, I was selected almost immediately, as I was stuffing my mouth full of taco chips. Timing was never my forte, to be sure. Surprised and bewildered, I was on the air--crunch, crunch!

Not what I was expecting, exactly. I've been wanting to explore what it would be like to get 'out there' and talk to an audience since I'm more of a dip-your-toe-in-the-water-and-see-how-it-feels type person. It was definitely a catalystic (word doesn't really exist) experience!

Georgiann is an amazing and poised radio host. She's never without words, always cordial and interesting to listen to. (Check out her radio show on www.georgiann.com.)

As we both talked about our experiences with loss and death it became clear that Dannion was not going to make it due to other obligations. I figured that it would be a good time to say goodbye and hang up, but, somehow Georgiann kept me conversation.

Very good experience for me...to see how a professional works a show when things don't go exactly as expected. While I was feeling tongue tied and entirely comfortable, Georgiann kept the momentum going discussing Dannion's work with death and dying and his website www.TheTwilightBrigade.com.

It really felt like a phone call...because that's what it is, but, I knew that it was being aired to those listening in on the internet radio show. Once I got that thought out of my mind, it wasn't so bad. The important thing I noted was the necessity for a backup plan and extra content to talk about.

At the end of the show Georgiann was so kind to offer me Dannion's latest autographed book, Secrets of the Light. How cool was that? I liked that I accomplished something without actually planning it out. The opportunity materialized as though it was meant to be. So, I guess I sort of did my own kind of breaking through.