I’m recovering from a horrific cold I caught the weekend before last and from the Clothing Swap and I’m planning on resuming at least weekly or bi-weekly posts by the end of the week. Thanks to everyone who sent me pings!
The aforementioned Fat Girl Clothing Swap is taking up much of my free time at the moment, but I’ve been thinking about this blog often. Posting shall resume shortly.
Hello party people! I’m just dropping a note to say that for the next month or so posts are going to be infrequent as I spend some time working on getting some non-internet things done. That said, I’m shooting for at least once a week for a nice, meaty post.  Tomorrow is going to be the day for this week.
Here’s hoping everyone is having a wonderful summer, full of lots of happy thoughts and activities.
I thought about coming back from my summer hiatus last week (or even earlier this week), but then the symmetry of not post for a full month seemed nice and I didn’t. What did I do during my break from the internet?
Of the items on the list, two are particularly relevant to Uncover Your Bliss:
The first is my Master Teacher status. I am in the process of developing class materials and I will begin teaching Reiki in September. I will be offering classes online as well as in person for those in the Denver metro area. I will post more information including dates and outlines in the near future.
The second is the forum move to Zaadz.com. If you receive my newsletter*, you know about this already. Here’s the announcement:
Uncover Your Bliss Forums Are Moving to Zaadz
For a while now, I’ve been cross posting many of my blog posts to my Zaadz blog. Recently they launched a service for business owners that offers community features likes forums and this handy, dandy newsletter. I like the features so much, I’ve decided to move the forums over to my Zaadz site.For those of you who don’t know, Zaadz.com is a growing online community of people who believe they can change the world through love, connection, and responsible capitalism (you can read their mission for more info). The ideals of the group fit right in with what I love about online community and when I was offered the opportunity to leverage some of the great tools and resources I jumped at the chance.
So what does this mean for you?
First, you’ll be receiving a newsletter approximately once a month to update you about what’s been going on at Uncover Your Bliss. The newsletter will highlight upcoming events, recent blog entries (which you’ll be able to find at Zaadz and at uncoveryourbliss.com), and any fun discussions going on in the forums.Speaking of the forums, to participate in any of the discussions, you’ll need to register with Zaadz. Ordinarily I would avoid a situation where members would need to sign up for a third-party account, but Zaadz is an incredibly responsible, non-invasive company. You will not get spammed and you then have access to other fun resources such as your own blog, your own discussion forum, and lots of good vibes wherever you go on the system. If you’ve already posted to the other forums, feel free to move what you’ve posted over (or not, it’s up to you).
I’m a huge fan of the Zaadz.com community and feel very comfortably intrusting this part of my business with them. I hope you’ll take the time to create an account to post in the forums and explore Zaadz. Feel free to contact me about any questions you have regarding this transition or signing up.
*If you’d like to receive the newsletter, you can sign up here. You do not have to be a member of Zaadz.com to get the newsletter.
I’ve added a nifty new, handy dandy Amazon.com store to the Uncover Your Bliss site. It features books, dvds, magazines, and other products that I love and help me take steps towards bliss. I’ve done it through Amazon.com for a few reasons: 1) They have a great selection; 2) They have a secure online transaction process; 3) I’ve been an associate for a while and it will help support the site; 4) They have an extremely robust and highly customizable personalized store system.
The Uncover Your Bliss Store has seven sections:
I will be adding items to my store on a regular basis, so check back often!
I’ve had fun playing around with creating an Uncover Your Bliss gadget for your personalized Google homepage. I call it the Uncover Your Bliss Quick Trick for Happiness gadget (sound familiar??) I will be updating the gadget several times a week with resources, tricks, and messages of love and happiness. Here’s what’s on the gadget right now:
You cannot give from an empty cup. Fill your own cup today by making sure you’ve seen to your own needs before worrying about the needs of others.
What have you done today to take care of yourself first? What could you do in the next hour that would bring you some joy? If you have to say no to someone to do it, do it anyway!
If you would like to add this gadget to your google homepage, click here.
I’ve added a customized Google start page to the Uncover Your Bliss website.
Just go to http://google.uncoveryourbliss.com .
The best thing about the customized start page is that it includes the RSS feeds for this blog and for the community, as well as the google calendar I’ve set up for the website. If you prefer to read the feeds in your own RSS reader here are the links to the feeds:
http://www.uncoveryourbliss.com/blog/feed
http://www.uncoveryourbliss.com/community/rss.php
(Please note: You have to be a registered user of the community to read posts within most threads.)
Enjoy!
As you probably noticed, I have completely overhauled uncoveryourbliss.com.
After a lot of soul searching and Reiki practice, the work I am supposed to focus on became clear. I discovered that not only am I supposed to turn my holistic experience and training into a business, but I am supposed to provide the resources for plus size women that I always wished were available to me.
I am still going to be blogging about positive thinking, The Law of Attraction, and tips for living a life of happiness. I will also be blogging about issues facing and resources for plus size women.
New Additions to the site
About - fairly obvious, this is the about me page that talks about who I am and my motivations behind this business
Holistic Services - this page details my holistic services including life coaching, tarot reading, reiki treatments, and guided meditation
Web Services - I will also be offering web development and hosting services to the holistic community
Community - I’ve created forums to foster a support and resource community for plus size women
Contact - I’ve created a web email form so readers can easily contact me
All of these links are available on the right under “Navigation”.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in my life who have supported me as I journey towards bliss by doing what I am truly called to do–especially my husband, mother, and aunt.
I’ve had several epiphanies lately and am restructuring this website as well as retooling my focus. Posting will be sparse during the next couple of weeks while I finish up the infrastructure changes. Wonderful things are in the works so check back soon!
Hello everyone. I am in the process of getting UncoverYourBliss.com up and running. As you may know, getting everything going involves a lot of little steps. I have perfectionist tendencies and just enough web development knowledge to get myself into lots of trouble so I have a lot of little steps.
Site features will include this blog and a wiki. Expect posts to begin soon.
