Vickie Champion

"I inspire and strengthen lives one thought at a time."

How I Found my Dream Job

After twenty-some years in the publishing and printing business, I was getting little hints (I call this my intuition or gut feelings) my career was going to change.

  • The actual work became “ho mum.”
  • I started running into a lot of obstacles, whether it was complications in meeting deadlines, missed communications, or playing endless phone tag with customers and vendors.
  • I noticed more and more I could think of dozens of things I much rather be doing than working.
  • It was hard to concentrate, which was very unusual for me.
  • Whenever I watched or heard of experiences that inspired me, I would tear up and practically weep over it. I wanted to do something like that!
  • And, especially, I had for the first time in my life a strong desire to really “make a difference” in the world.

It took five months of praying several times a day before I heard the answer. My intuition, inner voice, gut feelings, God, whatever you want to call it, gave me an answer that was something I never would have thought of myself nor wanted to even pursue.

The answer I got was to write a book and begin public speaking. Well, I never thought I was much of a writer and my biggest fear was public speaking.

I had to test my intuition to make sure I really heard it correctly. So, I asked “If this is what you want me to do, then give me the chapter titles for the book.” The next morning as soon as I woke up, I grabbed a pen and wrote down the 12 chapters.

Looking back, there are three things I had to do to find my dream job…

  • I had to really, really, really want it.
  • I had to listen to my intuition, even though it surprised me and wasn’t what I thought it “should” be.
  • I did it despite my fears, judgments, and resistance against it.

Now, I can’t imagine having a better job. I write, speak and “make a difference” in people’s lives every week.

Other info on finding your dream job you might be interested in are:

 

QUIZ- How Ready Are You to Get Your Dreams?

Use Your Intuition to Find the Perfect Job in a Down Economy!

Five Mindsets that Sabotage your Dreams

12 Benefits of Not Going After Your Dream Job

To help you learn to find your dream job, you can also contact Vickie Champion for a discovery coaching and consulting session.

By Vickie Champion

A Story About Overcoming Guilt

I often tell this story because it reminds me how much I need others to help open my mind and how we can sometimes transform our guilt into something positive.

THE STORY

Just before my grandmother passed away, she made me a bright pink and raspberry red throw for the couch. If you know me, you know bright, bold colors are not my style.

Even though I was plagued with guilt, for several years I was unable to even get it out of the bag and use it. I had so much guilt, I discussed this with my life coach at the time and she said  ”If you don’t like it, it wasn’t really made for you. You’re only supposed to deliver it to the rightful owner.”

I had an “ah-hah” moment.

Relieved of guilt, I put the throw in a garage sale. I wanted to sell it to the right person, someone who would love it. I got many offers, but it didn’t feel right until I noticed this young girl looking at it. She told me the throw was the most beautiful thing she had seen, but she didn’t have enough money to buy it. I told the girl about my grandmother. Then I told her she could have the throw. I’ll never forget the look in her eyes.

I thought my grandmother had given me a throw. Instead she gave me an unbelievable experience that still brings tears to my eyes. I never will forget this wonderful gift.
Other info on guilt by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

What is Guilt?

The Guilt Cycle

10 Popular Things Women Feel Guilty Over

6 Reasons Women Feel Guilty

You can also contact Vickie Champion for a discovery coaching and consulting session to overcome your guilt.  

Ineffective Way to do an Affirmation

I gave this affirmation to an Newport Beach, CA life coaching client of mine:  “Above all else, I want to be happy.” At her next coaching session she blurted out “Your mantra isn’t working. I don’t feel any better.” I asked her how she was doing the affirmation. She said she was using Twitter. Several times a day, she would paste and cut the affirmation into a new tweet.

There’s the answer. When we paste and cut words, we put our minds on auto-pilot. In order to reap the positive benefits of affirmations we need to actually think about them. The more frequently we repeat our affirmations through writing or verbally –and think about them as we do this — the quicker and more amazing the results.
 

Other related blogs by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

The Advantages of Doing Affirmations

What Are Affirmations

or check out the entire Life in General section.

You can also contact Vickie Champion for a discovery coaching and consulting session.

How We Under Use the Power of Thought

It always fascinates me what we accept as fact, how these “facts” have power over us and why we tolerate them. We never stop to think that all we need to do is change our minds.

The Sizzling Story

The scorching summer heat in Phoenix, AZ can be absolutely miserable. Everywhere you go you hear people complaining and rearranging their whole life around the temperature.

Well several years ago when I moved here from 70-degree, year-round San Diego, Calif., I had to start practicing what I was preaching. I thought about all those years I lived in Denver, Colo. and never thought much about the cold and snow. So why was I letting the heat rule my life now? I made a decision back then to change forever my thoughts about the heat to, “I will not let the weather disturb me in anyway.”

I realized the power of my thoughts and what I had really done on a summer afternoon a couple of weeks later. I caught myself standing in the sun talking to a client for about 20 minutes. When I got in the car and turned on the radio the announcer said the current temperature was 114 degrees. What fascinated me was I never noticed the temperature.

I am sure there are others — landscapers, construction workers, and joggers – here in Phoenix who know the secret to tolerating the heat. I am proud to be one of them.
To find out more about the power of thought contact Vickie Champion for a discovery coaching and consulting session.

When is it Time to Rethink Your Job Hunting Search?

I just put a job opening for an appointment setter out on Craigslist. A guy responded that was recently laid off from a restaurant stove cleaning service in California. He made calls to set up appointments in Orange County from his home in Phoenix. He said he did quiet well, and was let go only because this was the stove cleaning business slow season in Orange County. One thing led to another and I ended up doing a career coaching session to help him think outside the box with his job hunting search.

When is it Time to Rethink Your Job Hunting Search…

When you…

  • Are having no luck finding a job.
  • Find jobs, but from unstable companies who end up cutting your hours or laying you off.
  • Would rather work from home.
  • Catch yourself applying for part-time work when you really need full-time.

I suggested he rethink the way he approached finding work. He wanted to work out of his house, loved appointment setting, but was having a hard time finding a full-time, reliable job.

I proposed he start his own appointment setter business for restaurant stove cleaning services across the United States. That way he could stay at home and manage several clients so his income didn’t depend on one company. Meanwhile, he could get the tax deductions of a small business. When we ended our call, he was going to talk to his previous boss about being his first client.

If you keep running into dead ends when job hunting, then it’s time to change your career strategy.

Others blogs and articles you might be interested in are:

Use Your Intuition to Find the Perfect Job in a Down Economy!

Shake the Job Hunting Blues

The Many Disadvantages of Being an Entrepreneur

The Many Advantages of Being an Entrepreneur

or check out the entire Jobs, Careers & Running a Business section.

You can also contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary career coaching session.

Nickel and Diming our Money Away

I talked to two people this week who mentioned that they were tired of being nickel and dimed. This reminded me of a life coaching client I had years ago.

This hard-working mother of four children felt shame that she couldn’t give her children more. So we poured over her budget and I learned that every night she was buying fast food for dinner.

Clearly she was nickel and diming her money away. And the habit was costly in other ways. She was overweight and two of her children also were getting chubby. Easy fix, right? Tell the mother to stop the nightly drive-thru runs. But she worked long hours and coming home to cook – her least favorite thing to do –wasn’t likely something she would stick with very long.

Instead, we returned to the issue of what she wanted her money to do for her: provide more for her children. I asked if she had millions of dollars what would she do for her kids. With no hesitation she answered, “Take them to Disneyland.”

I suggested she call a family meeting and ask her kids if they had a choice between Disneyland and eating fast food every night which they would choose. They chose Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, which meant that everyone, including the 4-year-old, was responsible for saving for it.

Each family member, including her husband, was responsible for cooking one dinner a week. You realize for the two younger kids, that meant many nights of  cooking peanut butter and jelly and macaroni and cheese.

Whatever was leftover from their food budget that week was put in a piggy bank until they had what they needed.

Eight months later, the family went to Disneyland.

Here’s Some of the Benefits of Going for Their Dream…

Everyone in the family…

  • Learned how to budget and save for what they wanted.
  • Worked as a team.
  • Bonded with each other over a common goal.
  • Learned how to accept responsibility.
  • Ate healthier and avoided gaining more weight.
  • Built their self-esteem.
  • Realized dreams can come true.

So often we put ourselves on auto pilot and drain our money bit by bit. Yet, if we would go for our dreams, we would benefit on so many levels.

If you have problems spending small amounts and want help, contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary life coaching and consulting session.

 

One Way to Get Rid of the Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking is, by far, my greatest fear. I was completely and utterly terrified of speaking in a group. I would even forgo attending meetings and workshops if I knew I would have to announce my name to the group.

Fortunately, my intuition gave me a way to move past this fear. Each and every one of the 1000 or so times I’ve done public speaking, I speak to (God, universe, source, inner guide, higher self, whatever you identify with) first. I tell God, “this is your event – let me speak your words, hear with your ears, see with your eyes, and touch with your hands and let me not judge anything that happens.” This “letting go and letting God” releases my stage fright every time.

 

You can contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary coaching and consulting session.

Do You Know What Your Dreams Are?

I have been working with my latest client, a newly single Mom. We have only had a couple of coaching sessions, but I already recognize symptoms of several of the most common money problems:

  • Overspending money on her son to relieve her guilt over her deadbeat ex
  • Knows what budgeting is all about but never took it seriously
  • Has a hard time controlling her impulse spending
  • Nickel and dimes her money away on quick fixes instead of saving up for what she really wants and needs
  • Accepts financial help from her Mom, but feels lousy about it
  • Is way too generous with her friends, and ends up resenting them for it

No matter what angle we approached her situation from, all the symptoms came down to this one cause: she doesn’t know what her own dreams are. Well, actually she did have one, but she honestly didn’t think she deserved to have it!

Are you like this lady?Do you feel stuck in the mud, with no direction to go and no way to get there if you did?

Here are some things you can do to get yourself kick started to achieving your dreams…

  1. Write a list of 50 things you would like to do, be, or have – no matter how crazy they may sound. This helps motivate you to break old habits, and to be happier.
  2. Make and follow a budget. Budgets are not a form of medieval torture, but are a planning tool for getting your dreams.
  3. Whenever you feel the urge to impulse buy, slow down! Give yourself a chance to think about it so you can have a choice: do you want a quick fix or dream come true?
  4. Be an example for your children, family, friends, whoever you hold dear. Show them how to make dreams come true!

Once you know what your dreams are, you will know how much you can buy and how much you need to save. So, dream away and just go for it!

 

Other info on dreams by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

QUIZ-How Ready Are You to Get Your Dreams?

12 Ways to Kill Your Dreams

Five Mindsets That Sabotage Your Dreams

You can also contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary coaching and consulting session.

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Vickie Champion

Twin Flame Coach & Life Coach
and Adviser
My consistent approach is listening to my intuition, inner guide, or gut feelings to guide me toward helping my clients where they need it the most. Results can be quick and often surprise my clients. My coaching is about achieving results and breaking old patterns. Contact me today to get started:
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