The Celebration

As you know, 2016 was my YEAR OF EXPRESSION! Today, I am Celebrating the amazing journey it has been :). The Year of Expression took me to over 2 continents, 5 countries, and 12 cities. I had many transformational moments and grew in beautiful and profound ways.

In this Celebration episode:

1. I share the story of what gave birth to my Year of Expression.

2. I recap the journey and celebrate my proudest accomplishments.

3. I offer my 6 Biggest Aha Moments from my Year of Expression.

I got choked up while recording this one. It is truly a beautiful journey.

Please join me in Celebrating My Year of Expression!

This week, I had the pleasure to host a phenomenal and in depth interview with the amazing Terna, of (among many things) Coming Out Muslim. We had a deep dialogue with all about her insights and relationships with education, Islam, sexuality, health, healing, and self-care!
Terna is a Nigerian/ Liberian/American artist, facilitator and healer. She holds an MA in Counseling Psychology and Global Mental Health, and graduate degrees in International Conflict Analysis and Teaching. She has worked as a public school teacher in New York, at the United Nations, and currently works to help survivors of homicide and victims of community violence.
Terna is also the co-writer of Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love, which captures stories and experiences of being at the intersections of Islam and queerness and its relationship to family, lovers, one’s sense of self and relationship with our faith.
Get ready to be absolutely enthralled!

The answers that we seek are already within us.  All of the resources, the resourcefulness, the energy, and the time that you need to accomplish everything within your purpose is right there, already within you.

This understanding allows us to recognize the true potential we have within.  Along with this mindset, there are applicable and practical tools that you allow us to tap into the answers within.

One of the greatest assets and important skills to develop is listening to our inner voice.  A key to unlock that, is developing the questions we are asking.

The Live and Online: Expression Session is a monthly writing workshop which culminates in a featured performance by an international recognized artist. This month we are blessed to have Ebony Payne-English as our feature!

In this interview, Ebony shares her writing journey, what motivates her, and performs 3 poems.

This Live and Online: Expression Session is on Sunday, February 19th at 12 PM PST - 2 PM PST. Register at: www.tomearl.com/events.

How often do you take time to just dream? When do you sit in stillness and envision? When have you written down, “If I had the chance to live my life exactly as I wanted to starting today, what would it look like?”

We often get into the day to day routine, without stopping to reflect and ask ourselves these big picture questions. Our life is ours to control and is a result of our decisions . One of the most important ones we can make is deciding to set aside intentional time to reflect.

It may feel like work at first or that you don’t have the time. But my reward is worth the work :).

I want to invite you to once a week, create an opportunity for reflection. It could be going for a walk, journaling, coloring, meditating, whatever you’d like. You’ll find that you start making bold moves by infusing your week vision and reflection.

If you would like to work on this together, enroll in T.H.E. Celebration Academy. You can start with our free mini-course T.H.E. Achievement Roadmap. Visit tomearl.com/thecelebrationacademy to begin.

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Br. Hassan Shibly is a civil rights attorney and Executive Director of CAIR Florida. On this episode Hassan answers questions and offers his expertise on the #TravelBan, #MuslimBan, Debunks Islamophobia Myths, and covers Know Your Rights 101 especially when protesting and while traveling.

To claim your free giveaway of Hassan Shibly's Quotes He Lives By visit: www.tomearl.com/hassan

This week we have special guest, Leah Williams, joining us at T.H.E. Celebration. Leah is a Spelman College Graduate with a B.A. in Economics, a passionate advocate for social justice, and is a powerful role model of inclusive leadership.

I first met Leah while I was serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Community Tampa Bay. She was the president of the youth leadership program that I was facilitating. The last time Leah and I spoke she was just graduating High School! Not only was did I enjoy catching up, but I also learned a lot from Leah’s insights and the stories she shares during this interview.

You will walk away feeling inspired and empowered from this interview!

Bonus: Your FREE give-away during this episode is a list of Leah’s Top 5 Most Recommended Books. Visit tomearl.com/blog or copy and paste https://goo.gl/wo0vry to claim your FREE give-away.

Inside all of us is a Spark. Inside all of us is Greatness. Inside all of us is a Giant. Inside all of us is a Choice - do we tap into our inner power or let it remain dormant?

How do we do that? Activate our strengths? Translate potential into action? Manifest our visions into reality? These are the questions that I LOVE exploring.

One of my biggest “ahas” on that learning journey is: BIG Transformations come through small, everyday actions and decisions. It’s like stepping into the fog, and then coming back inside and realizing, “Oh my gosh! I’m wet.” We often don’t see the incremental changes taking place until, all of a sudden, we look around and realize we are living the life we envisioned!

This weeks podcast takes a deeper dive! Plus, I share the 4 things I do every night before bed. It has had a HUGE impact on my life.

For the video that accompanies this episode, visit: www.tomearl.com/blog/spark

Want to take massive action and boost your productivity? Sign up for T.H.E. Achievement Roadmap. I designed this FREE 3 Part Course to empower you with the tools, mindsets, and latest research for: achievement, stress-management, and confidence.

Sign up at: www.tomearl.com/thecelebrationacademy

Live and Online: Expression Session is back! Our next session is on Sunday, January 22nd at 12 PM PST - 2 PM PST (That’s 3 PM - 5 PM if you’re on the east coast).

Our feature is the amazing, the brilliant, the coolest: Xavier CoolKid. In anticipation of his feature, Xavier joined me for an interview. In addition to performing 3 powerful poems, he shared many insights into his creative journey and process.

To register: tomearl.com/events.

Adaora and I created our 2017 Vision Boards this week! We brought out the chips, salsa, guacamole and inspirational magazines and had a great time.

Creating a vision board is a great way to begin with intention and purpose. The process takes the ideas that are in our mind and subconscious, and visually displays them for us to see. If you have not created one this year, I highly recommend it!

After you have created the vision board, what comes next? What are the practices, mindsets and tools that will allow you to bring your dreams to fruition?

I’ve created a FREE - 3 part video course - designed to answer those very questions. It will walk you through the everyday actions and practices that cultivate achievement, confidence, and fulfillment.

I am really excited to share this with you. I hope you join me on this learning journey :).

It is a pleasure to know you my friend. As always, I am wishing you peace and blessings.

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