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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Visiting the Tiger Temple in Thailand



Visiting Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand about 2 hours from Bangkok, which keeps many animals, including some tigers that visitors can feed and pet.

“Have my photo taken with a tiger” has been on my Dreams List for years and when I realized that I had the chance to make that dream come true, I went for it.

What I didn’t expect was that not only did I get to have my photo taken with tigers, I got to feed them, bathe them, walk them, and play with them! I think it might have been the best day of my life.



Feeding my first tiger!


Feeding a smaller baby tiger.


Posing with the baby tigers.


Walking one of the baby tigers down to get a bath.


Playing with a young tiger.




Once I realized that the tigers played just like my cats at home, I got the knack of it. I'd drag the toy along the ground until a tiger would chase it, and when the tiger was ready to pounce, I'd lift the toy in the air so that the tiger would jump to get it.


Playing with 5 young tigers.


Giving a tiger a bath!


This tiger is eating cooked chicken out of my hands.


Look at those teeth!


Just taking my tiger out for a walk...


Watching the tigers play in the canyon. The humans stood inside a little caged area.


Watching the tigers play in the canyon was WAY cooler than any tiger show I'd ever seen at Discovery Kingdom.


Posing with a sleepy tiger during its afternoon nap. You may have noticed my "costume change." I didn't intend to wear multiple outfits to the Tiger Temple, but I'm happy it turned out that way because I think the blue shirt looks great with the orange tiger. LOL.

Most of my tiger adventures took place during the morning, but at that time the tigers are too alert and playful to take pictures like this. So I came back in the afternoon after having lunch and swimming in the river with the elephants (I got my clothes totally soaked, which was why I needed to change).



Double the cuteness!


This is my favorite photo from my visit to the Tiger Temple. It's so beautiful and peaceful that it almost doesn't look real. But it is. And I'll cherish these memories forever.

My new dream is to go back within the next few years and volunteer at the Tiger Temple for a month. I hear first month volunteers get to take care of the baby tigers. Are you in?

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Prosperity Retreat in Tahoe


When I first visited Heidi Alm, I dreamed of leading a retreat here, and this weekend my dream came true.




We met up on Friday night at Heidi Alm for a wine & cheese reception and dinner at the house.




Workshop Time!



Saturday night we had dinner at Spoon, this cute little restaurant with fresh cooking and four little tables in the whole place.



Thank you for a wonderful retreat!!



Monday, October 4, 2010

Cyndee Launches Her Speaking Business!




I'm so proud and happy to see my amazing friend Cyndee Paulson-Heer living her dream and launching her seminar business! It's exciting to be a part of it.

Cyndee brings credibility, timely content & authenticity to the stage.


Awesome participants masterminding about their businesses.


Cyndee arranged a "Get It Done" session for participants to set up and update their blogs.


Cyndee's brother, Dave Paulson, shares how to set up our blogs properly.

Here I am distracting... I mean... helping... the participants.


A big "WHOOSH" to Cyndee, her family, and this fabulous mastermind group for an incredible weekend!



Sunday, June 13, 2010

Lisa Sasevich's Speaking Bootcamp



As a public speaker and trainer, I'm committed to being a life-long learner of my craft so I was thrilled to participate in Lisa Sasevich's speaking bootcamp in La Jolla and see where I could take my speaking to the next level. It was a lot of fun to be there with my original mentors in the speaking business, Jesse & Sharla. Here I am with Sharla and the inspiring Spryte Loriano of Humanity Unites Brilliance.




Here's Lisa herself, looking sassy and fabulous.




Here I am with Jesse Koren. We had lots of time to "geek out" together, which is always fun.




Here I am sharing some of my insights with the group.




This was my first time meeting John Assaraf, from the hit movie The Secret in person. What a brilliant and heartful man! I really enjoyed getting to hang out with him.




The event photographer took this picture of Shannon and I talking with John, and I thought it came out really beautiful.




Re-connecting with Mike Koenigs reminded me that I have to get cracking on using Traffic Geyser. He's used to presenting to large groups of men so it was really fun seeing him let loose in front of a big group of mostly women.



I finally got to connect with Noah St. John and Babette Bibey in person and had a blast interviewing Noah for my "Secrets of Millionaire Business Owners" Product.