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The Boy Scout Fundraiser and the Weekend Job

By Carol Colvin The church I attend was, for many years, a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts of America. Every year during the “Friends of Scouting” fundraising drive, the scout leaders in our congregation would call and ask for a $100.00 donation. We always gave, though a bit begrudgingly—espe...

Holiday Décor and Getting Fired

By Carol Colvin Every September, I pull out my autumn bin and start decorating. Come October, I layer in the Halloween touches. By November, Halloween makes its exit and in comes the Thanksgiving decor. Then, like clockwork, on December 1st, everything goes back to the garage, and out comes Chri...

Love and Money in the Time of Corona

By Carol Colvin In every difficult circumstance, there is the seed of something good—and the good is in proportion to the difficulty. I can think of many moments in my life that have helped me understand this principle, known as the Law of Polarity, and use that awareness to keep my thoughts ele...

The Microwave, the VCR, and the House

By Carol Colvin My favorite experience with the Law of Vibration has to do with three things I told myself I didn’t want—but secretly did—and how I got on the right vibration to receive them. The year was 1989. Gary and I were renting a skinny two-bedroom townhouse squeezed between two other sk...

Goats, Falling Pianos, and Dementia

By Carol Colvin The Law of Relativity teaches that nothing is inherently good or bad—until it's compared to something else. There’s no “up” without a “down,” no “tall” without “short,” no “rich” without “poor.” Being aware of this law is a good start, but unless we apply it wisely, that awarenes...

Beanie Babies and Candy Necklaces

By Carol Colvin When my kids were little, it wasn’t unusual for one of them to come to me in a panic, insisting they had looked everywhere but their Ninja Turtle, their baseball cleat, or their prized Beanie Baby had simply vanished. It was nowhere to be found. Every time this happened, they wer...

Letting Go of the How and the When

By Carol Colvin I’ve been teaching others how to create what they want for years now. I always remind them to focus on what they want and why they want it—and to leave the how and the when up to a higher power. And yet, when it comes to my own goals… sometimes I struggle to take my own advice. ...

Financially Free, Finally

By Carol Colvin You’ve spent years working hard and taking care of your family. You earn a decent living and try to be frugal—yet somehow, you’re drowning in debt and have no savings to show for all your effort. So how do you get ahead? What can you do to finally break free from debt and build r...

Growing the Perfect Website

By Carol Colvin I’ve been dreaming of the perfect website since 2012, when I first attended SimplyHealed training with energy healing guru Carolyn Cooper. I wanted to become a certified SimplyHealed practitioner, and one of the requirements—along with completing a number of client sessions and c...

Perfectionism and Combating Suicide

Meet Carol Colvin, Mindset Mastery Honors Graduate. Her experiences were truly remarkable, and though I typically truncate these announcements for brevity, I decided that I couldn't leave any of her stories out. You'll see why in a moment. Could She Make the Bonus? Carol's first goal in the pro...

Providence Moves, Too

Following are notes from my presentation at the ListenU Speakers Series on June 7, 2018. Providence Moves, Too During a period when my husband and I endured more than a decade of financial struggle, I became obsessed with understanding why two people doing the same things could get such drastic...

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