​Day 23 of 10/12 Moons 
Last Quarter Moon

It's been seven (7), yes SEVEN months since I last posted a note in this "mostly" daily notebook and oddly enough the last note was on a Last Quarter Moon like today as well as Day 23 of the current moon phase. Interesting. EXACTLY seven months. Signs & Symbols abound. 

Well the reason for the pause was BLESSINGS GALORE.
It turns out that our daily rituals, protocols and practices manifested blessings that overwhelmed my ability to maintain this "mostly" daily practice. I got a new house, a new car . . . well "new" to ME. I've been preparing an environment to host our community as well as supporting my fellow entrepreneur friends in the launching of their dreams because "No burden is heavy when everyone lifts." 

Did I catch you at AfroPunk in Brooklyn this summer at Fanta Celah's Healing Crystal Jewelry booth?
Did I run into you at Majani Vegan Restaurant in Chicago's South Shore community on a Wednesday or Thursday?

I am surrounded by friends who have become millionaires, global superstars, renowned healers, so in 2018 as a community, we'll be focused on CULTIVATING WEALTH & GENIUS. Self-Reliance as a family and community has never been more relevant than in these times. 

This Saturday at 11:11 AM/PM on 11.11 we'll declare "The Oath of Manifestation" as a kick-off for our Annual Winter Solstice Observance (since 2012). November (11) the 11th is the most auspicious time to declare your "resolutions," because by the time New Year's Day arrives it's rather . . .  "late and loud."

Join us TOMORROW Saturday, 11 November (11.11) at 11:11 AM Central LIVE on our Facebook event page/YouTube channel as we begin a new cycle of prosperity for 2018 and beyond. SET YOUR ALERT for your time zone.

CLICK THIS LINK to Sign-Up for a copy of "The Oath of Manifestation" and #2017WinterSol updates. 

Thank you for reading. I missed you.
​If you feel generous, SHARE.

​♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

Whew! Sharing daily notes on my personal culture of beauty "mostly daily" has been a challenge lately. Mama's been busy, productive and whirling all sort and form of power and magic offline.  

NEW MOON
The third New Moon of 2017 is tonight at 9:57 PM Central Standard Time in the sign of Aries and we're still in a Venus Retrograde. This is the "purrr"fect time to get clear on who we are and how we express love and beauty in our lives and in the world. This is an auspicious time to tap into your Divine Voice and declare your intention for manifestation for the next twenty-eight moon cycle.

ARIES = "I AM"
Aries energy is all about the expression of ''I AM" energy so beautifully exemplified by Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin. The freedom of being, doing, and having whatever the *%*# you desire and giving zero flips about what others think about it. On Planet Aries "Everything is possible." The true superwoman energy.

INVITATION: TONIGHT WITH ME
Take advantage of this profound opportunity to manifest M & Ms (magic and miracles) with a New Moon Ritual. This evening our SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES Facebook Community will engage in a "Manifesting Magic & Miracles" SHIMMY CIRCLE at 9 PM Central.

In preparation for our session I'm going to give you a bit of a hook-up.

"NO BURDEN IS HEAVY WHEN EVERYONE LIFTS."
Since the beginning of 2017, I guide a secret community of women who are the rebels, mavericks, creators, and humanitarians of our society to manifest their goals and visions in the area of beauty, health . . . LIFE! Ever wish someone would ask you about that goal you made to make sure you got it done? Well, we do that with a lot of other goodies, like impromptu oracle readings, monthly beauty dossiers, etc.

So, we're on the tail-end of a month-long "Loving My Beautiful Bodacious Body" series in which members have gotten twelve out of sixteen tutorials about how to integrate beauty movement rituals in their day-to-day. Moving your body takes energy and produces energy. Energy begets energy. If you've had stagnation in your cash, love and creativity flow then perhaps it's time to "Shake Your Honey Pot" beautiful. From your pocketbook (both of them) to your magnetism (Ms. Honey Pot drawin' in those bees) this tutorial, if done as intended will attract cash your way and lubricate your ability to manifest the desires of your heart.
​100% Guarantee.

Let's put it to the test.
This North African dance move commonly referred to as  "Belly Dance" is beneficial for your "lady parts," "yoniverse," "celestial garden" and every term that refers to your female reproductive system. With regular (a day or two a week) belly dancing you'll not only ease discomfort and the length of days on your menstrual "moon" time, but also amplify your magnetism. 

How do you say "bees to honey?" Yup! You'll be stirring up that feminine sweetness within. 
Make sure to hydrate after your session because if you do it right, you will break a bit of a sweat.  This is a private video. The password is: shimmy
​IN joy!

​So come on and work that power and magic like the Child of Possibility, Aries. Don't be stingy with the SHINE. The Universe and Heavens are ours. What are you manifesting in this moon cycle?
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Thank you for reading. If you feel generous, SHARE.

​♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 30 of 2/12 Moons 
Waning Crescent

Normally I speak of possibility and maintain a worldview of "YES."  My daily commitment is to focus on gratitude, appreciation, abundance and plenty of this life. Based on what I have observed in my time in this physical realm, I find a few things worrisome to the ultimate vision that this world works for "every One." I can't help but to perceive an agenda underneath the propaganda in which we are bombarded with. The last few days I have been turning the following questions over in my head:

What if .  .  .
The resources on planet Earth were not enough to sustain the entire "consuming" population?

What if . . . 
It was determined that the Earth's "consuming" population needed to be reduced so that its resources would not be depleted?

​What if . . . 
The dominating global superpower concocted a plan to reduce the "consuming" population of the Earth?

How would that be determined?
What would be the determining factors for one's annihilation or survival in this effort?
Who would be the most favorable individuals to remain on Planet Earth?
Who would be the least desirable individuals to remain on Planet Earth?

Have you ever asked yourself:

"Why am I valuable?" 

"Do I add value?"

"What do I produce?"

"Does my existence add or take away from the lives of others?"

"Am I primarily a producer or a consumer?"

"Am I primarily a giver or taker?"

Yes, it's the era of all sort and form of slayage and fleekdom, but at the end of the day are you necessary? 

Thank you for reading.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 9 of 2/12 Moons 
Waxing Gibbous

"Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a harvest
if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9

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​Apparently the richest and most influential people on the planet are in the
business of war, drugs and sex trafficking using any means necessary.

​Let Us Not Become Weary While Doing Good
Somehow our gifts, talents, abilities, life's work, purpose and/or calling are
the things that bring us alive, put us in the flow, the zone, vibes us up . . .
If you're truly occupying your day with the things that invigorate, exhilarate,
and refresh you then it's a wise deduction that you'll never tire of it.

The goodness in you must be expressed, it cannot be denied.
If you keep focusing on the LOVE for what you do then the
results and rewards become a non-issue.

For At The Proper Time We Will Reap A Harvest
As one who is certified in Urban Sustainable Horticulture as well as coming
from a family of farmers and gardeners, on a DNA level I'm clear that 
manifestation, birthing, and sowing a harvest has a natural rhythm and cycle.

MAKE sure the seed is viable.
ANALYZE the soil for suitability to seed.
​TILL the soil.
PLANT the seed at the appropriate time and environment.
WATER the seed and soil.
FEED the seed and soil.
EXPOSE the seed to light.
PRUNE i.e. get rid of any weeds.
REAP your harvest when the time is right.

If We Do Not Give Up
So as you see there are proper steps to the sowing of a harvest.  
There is also a proper cycle to this process.
If you give up or quit before the process is complete,
no matter how long it takes you will not bring to life the very thing you've been called to do.
And if it was an IN-SPIRED (Spirit) action then it's your responsibility to see it through. 

I know it seems that the rich get richer, the bad people get away with murder
and the good guy/girl never wins but . . .
this isn't always true.

Be encouraged that if you utilize the laws of the Universe to manifest, the Universe has no judgment. If you follow the recipe to a "T" you get what you set out to get. It's like baking a cake, if you follow a great recipe, you'll get a great cake. It doesn't matter if you're an evil "arsehole" or a holy saint. You must follow the directions.

If we desire to cross the finish line and experience the
desires of our hearts we must follow the rhythm and cycle of harvesting.

It's time to get your hands "dirty" so get to it. 

​Thanks for reading. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 5 of 2/12 Moons 
Waxing Crescent

Are you fascinated by heist films like: The Italian Job, The Thomas Crown Affair, Flawless, Ocean's Eleven, Entrapment, Now You See Me, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, ?

ORDER + PLANNING + STRATEGY
What makes the thief successful is their excellence in organization, planning and strategy. Perhaps the faithless leave nothing to chance so organization, planning, and strategy insure success. Perhaps the faithful leave too much up to chance expecting it all to just work out. What if the "righteous" utilized this level of science in carrying out their visions instead of leaving much to faith, hope and their very best wishes?

Ever wonder how the popularity of the mini-Cooper got it started in America? When The Italian Job film came out I started to see more people driving mini-Coopers. If you haven't watched The Italian Job (2003) check it and witness the level of flawless teamwork of talented thieves and technicians coming together to steal thirty million dollars in gold without a gun but using:  precision timing (to the second), flawless planning and strategy.

Do you know what time it is?

There's a time to be still. 
There's a time to proceed.
There's a time to retreat. 

Is your response at this time appropriate to what you desire in the depths of your heart?
Love. Money. Family. Health. Legacy.

What is the true motivation behind your lack of response at this time?
Time for Reflection?  Needed Rest?  Paralyzing Fear?  Pure Laziness?

As one who's done a great deal of work on my Self as well as in the area of leadership, I really get that many of us can't fathom how powerful our presence is when we do choose to show up. We sign-up for courses, initiate projects, pay for coaches, receive invitations, etc. 

If you have raised your hand and said, "Yes. I am down. I'm in. I desire to do this. I'm ready."
Then . . . you don't reply to the email, answer the call, respond to the text, show up to the appointment, etc. WTH?

Ok crazy, you've prayed, you've pleaded and asked for the good life, the upgrade, the breakthrough, you get it and then you  . . .
Don't respond.
You do nothing. 

I remember a very close friend once said to me, "It's easy to be successful in life because the average person just bumbles through life in mediocrity so those of us who just do the bare minimum, the basics, we tend to stand out."  What he said has stuck with me through the years. And I've seen that there is some truth to this. 

Lack of response falls into one of three mindsets:
1.  FEAR: you're afraid of saying "no," you're afraid you won't be able to . . . , etc. fear. 
2. INVISIBILITY: feeling that your presence has no consequence, they won't miss me.
3. PASSIVE: the answer is really no, so "no response" is your response

We both know that none of these behaviors REALLY work if you're playing the game of greatness. 

1.  FEAR: The best things in life occur with a bit of risk and moving beyond our comfort zone.

2. INVISIBLE: Do you know what it took for you to be conceived, survive pregnancy, child birth, your infancy, childhood, teen years and you're still standing here as an adult? You're the product of a million miracles and escaped death a billion times. There's is no one on this planet that is unnecessary or insignificant. You are a winner in the truest since of the word. You won the blessing of life, you have something profound to offer, if you would just respond and show up!

3. PASSIVE: Ok, you're just being a lazy coward. Rude. Inconsiderate. You'll get yours. Trust.

Here's a bit of metaphysical truth: At the end of the day, your interaction isn't really with the individual you're having this experience with but Universal Law itself. Every action creates an equal or greater reaction. Your fear, your playing invisible and small, lack of clarity breeds more of the same in your life and most likely from people, experiences and areas of your life you don't want to have that show up. 

Be generous, Be clear, Be courageous. 
Why? Because wealth, abundance and prosperity is created through the dance of giving and receiving. Kind of like the act of sex, the friction of polarity creates life. Your response ignites possibility and opens up worlds and adventures to you that embody the desires of your heart.
Tell me "Yes." Tell me "No." Tell me now.

Isn't it time to stop BEing stingy, cowardly & vague. We're better than our lack of response.
Commit less. Then respond.

Today share this note and declare who, what you're going to respond to today.
Yep, I'm talking to you. So . . . respond.
I'm going to leave the comments open to see who is being generous, clear and courageous today. ;o)

Thanks for reading. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 19 of 13/13 Moons 
Waning Gibbous
 



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Ever feel like that gold you be droppin' is going over their heads?
No shade but . . .
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"Do not give what is holy to dogs,
and do not throw pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet,
                 and turn and tear you to pieces."                
Matthew 7 : 6

In Love, In Work, In Financial Matters, etc. 

Speaking of pearls, did you know the most expensive i.e. valuable piece of jewelry in the world is a 55 million dollar necklace by Mouawad Jewelry. It's an "internally flawless diamond."

SPARE SOME CHANGE?
So you know that apparently homeless guy in the subway asking for change? What do you think would happen if you offered this necklace to him? Do you think he would appreciate the value of the diamond or find it useful in his predicament? Do you think he would have the knowledge to even understand how this piece of jewelry could completely alter his reality, as well as those whose lives he could touch? Most likely and sadly . . .  not.

Still hypothetically speaking, his considerations are most likely focused on survival and would question why on Earth you were offering him a necklace when all he was looking for was a sandwich, some whiskey or his next hit.

INTERNALLY FLAWLESS
So why is it, us who have done the work on ourselves, our craft, built our wealth to be flawless, extremely rare and beautiful, attempt to share our heart, work, money with individuals who have no frame of reference or appreciation for our value? 

Oftentimes, when asked "Who is your customer?" The aspiring entrepreneur will say, "women."
As of 2014, there are 3.52 billion on Planet Earth, so WHICH women? Who are they, where are they, what are their challenges, what do they dream of, what do they read, etc.? If you're a business owner, freelance maker, man or woman in an intimate relationship, when are you going to get CLEAR on who that 1% is that can truly value, appreciate and cherish what you have to offer? 
 
1000 TRUE FANS
I love when Kevin Kelley came up with the concept of "1000 True Fans." He says, if you can develop 1000 true fans who will travel to see you, buy any project you launch, product you offer, you will do well in your work. In relationship, most of us only require ONE man or ONE woman out of billions so don't you think it's okay to be super picky and desire more than a pretty girl or a man with a job? Which investments are worthy of your cash and will bring in the highest return?

Several notes ago I spoke about the Pareto Principle i.e. the 20/80 rule. Continuing with that perspective, doesn't it make sense to focus our energy, time and resources on the 1% who appreciate, value and are actually looking for what we have to offer them. 

extremely rare. beautiful. flawless.
Only the 1% top earners in this world can afford to acquire one of the most expensive jewelry pieces in the world. With 11 to 55 million dollar price tags, these highly sought after and precious pieces by Cartier, Bulgari, Garrard, Chopard, Harry Winston, etc. are perceived value. What is extremely rare, beautiful and flawless is precious, sought after and valued; only appreciated by those who understand or perceive the value.

If you're a Cartier-level woman or man/maker/entrepreneur, how could you expect a dollar-store level consumer to not only "afford," but appreciate the value of and maintain the Cartier? It makes sense to continue to cultivate a relationship with the 1% who are looking for and will be jubilant to actually find that extremely rare, beautiful and flawless gem that you are.

In relationships, enterprise, you don't require or really want everybody's attention. Keep it clean and simple.  Jill Scott said it best, "Everything ain't for everybody."

focus on the 1%
What 1% are you going to invest your focus, time, energy and resources on this year?

More on this topic in this Sunday's Workshop "Love. Beauty. Wealth. You Set The Standard."

Thanks for reading.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua
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Day 8 of 13/13 Moons 
First Quarter Moon

​Source :http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-expensive-jewellery-pieces-in-the-world/

Insight #3 . . .
Years ago me and my eldest daughter attended T. Harv Eker's paradigm shifting weekend experience "The Millionaire Mind" where he introduced what he called "the world's easiest and most effective money management system."  It's a system my girls still use to this day and they are really good with money.  The system was to have six or seven jars in which you by percentage distributed or allocated your money.

The first and MOST important jar was 10% in the FFA (Financial Freedom Account). The money in this jar was NEVER to be spent. OK, back then when I first heard this, it messed with my head. When I was a pre-teen and would get money my mother would kind of clown me about how "my money was just burnin' my pocket." I liked the experience of buying things and bringing them home. 

"DON'T KILL THE GOOSE!"
So hearing that there was money, 10% of everything you received that you put away and NEVER SPENT was something I was really uncomfortable with. He reasoned that this money was to create a "golden goose."  You were to live from the eggs that this "golden goose" created in profit, dividends, interest from placing it in an interest-bearing account. He further instructed to leave your golden goose in trust to charity, church, children, legacy as the "golden goose" that they can't spend because after all you "DON'T KILL THE GOOSE!" He explained that this money acts as a magnet for attracting more wealth.

​MAGNET FOR ATTRACTING WEALTH
When I think of women who are in their full unapologetic expression, we are magnetic and highly valuable to anyone who's life we touch. Guided by a Source greater than ourselves, it's no mistake that the most powerful men in the world have an enigmatic woman by their side. Wise men know that having a good woman in their corner, creating home (psychologically and physically), and guiding their children is his greatest asset and power that brings eternal dividends to their legacy.

I deeply believe that every masculine man is looking for a queendom or a muse to serve, protect and cultivate. This is the quality that I most appreciate about masculine men that they look to be of use and affirmed by the feminine and not quite balanced unless he is needed by his muse. You'll NEVER hear me declare that crazy mantra: "I don't need a man." Never! Yesterday as I watched two very intelligent and strong men strategize how to get a huge armoire up to my second floor, I said to them, "What on Earth would women do without men? We definitely need you."

CULTIVATE YOUR GOOSE BABY
Because of our value as women on this planet, in the home, wherever we are really is legendary, it's good to recognize that we are "his" golden goose. Even if you're not in a partnership, we are the "golden goose" of our home or wherever we have others that depend on us. As feminine women, our #1 priority needs to be in the cultivation of ourselves as "the golden goose" who produces golden eggs (empowered mates, our children, our creative works, etc. ). When we place cultivating ourselves our ability to magnetize all of things in this life that make it yummy, magic, miracles and grace in our lives will be consistent and flowing.  

More on this topic in this Sunday's Workshop "Love. Beauty. Wealth. You Set The Standard."
Details below. 

Thanks for reading.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua
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Day 6 of 13/13 Moons 
Waxing Crescent 

I was just thinking about Kanye West yesterday morning hoping that whatever he's going through that he gets better. Although I've never met the brotha, he IS my HOMEboy because he was raised in "the Chi" by an educator/teacher just like me.

America, a culture which is highly influenced by the all-powerful British monarchy carries a bit of a self-deprecating way of interacting with others. People seem to be really turned off by unapologetic braggards, so when West publicly AFFIRMS himSelf, the public is taken aback and even loathe the audacity of his expression. Not to psychoanalyze the brother, but for those of us who grew up with an engaged/involved father, we most likely received the message that as a girl "you are delightful" and for boys "you have what it takes."  In the documentary "Absent," Justin Hunt explores the effects of the "The Father Wound" which are so profound, it's effected global culture itself. So if your daddy wasn't around to affirm that you indeed have what it takes, then who else will or should other than us?

I actually ADMIRE and am entertained by Kanye's bravado, perceived arrogance and freedom to BE his innovative, creative, artistic self. The key here is "the freedom to BE."

Kanye's personality reminds me of Aries-born Jack Johson (1878-1946), an American boxer during the height of the Jim Crow-era in America who was the first African-American world heavyweight champion. A celebrity athelete, audacious, brazen and unapologetic, Johnson lived life on HIS terms without concern for other people's ideas about how he should live his life. "Johnson constantly flouted conventions regarding the social and economic "place" of blacks in American society"...while breaking taboos in his relationships with white women, sometimes on the young side.

Traveling in one of the most expensive cars of the time (early 1900s), Johnson is famously known for being "pulled over for a $50 speeding ticket, he gave the officer a $100 bill; when the officer protested that he couldn't make change for that much, Johnson told him to keep the change, as he was going to make his return trip at the same speed."

Yes. During the Jim Crow era.

Capricorn-born Muhammad Ali chanted "I am the greatest!" with plenty of the world rolling of their eyes, until now we refer to him as the G.O.A.T.  

Ali's former wife Veronica Porsche said: "He took control of his destiny by making himself accountable with things like this predictions. Where he would say what round and then pretty much live into his future and be more pressured or accountable to do what he said he would do. So he pretty much, I think mastered life in that way."

If we were each to speak of ourselves through the eyes of the Creator that gave us life, how would we speak of our Beloved Selves then?

In our SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES Facebook community, I think I'm going to create a Jack/Ali/Kanye day or even hour of the day (High Noon) called #ShineLikeJackMoment, #ShineLikeAliMoment, #ShineLikeKanyeMoment. Hahahaha!

There's humility and then there's just playing small to make others feel comfortable or because you're afraid of being rejected. Lying about who we REALLY are and living a life other than the one where we feel free to be doesn't serve ANY. BODY. Not a one person.

So SHINE my loves like it's SUNday and if the light's too bright they can put on sunglasses.

Thanks for reading. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 6 of 12/13 Moons 
Waxing Crescent


Jack Johnson Historical Reference:  Wikipedia and the documentary "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson"

You meet your Beloved. They are supportive, wealthy, adventurous and you feel as if all in the world is possible in their midst. Prior to them entering your life, you'd been solo for awhile, but started to just settle in to what was and simply appreciate everything in your life. You became quite content with the abundant blessings in your life. And then THEY showed up!

YOUR HONEY
In this new chapter of your life, your time together is simply...magic!  Your new mate is generous, attentive, and you're oh so appreciative...

until over time, you become accustomed to the magic as your new normal. So as hueman beings tend to do, we begin to take for granted not only the grand but even the simple blessings that show up in our lives. What you once experienced as magical, miraculous and amazing is now just another day in the life. You stop saying "Thank you, I appreciate you." and over time the support, generosity and adventure that once existed from your Beloved wanes. 

You both get wrapped up in your separate lives, drift apart and now you've got your eye on someone else, looking for some magic. What changed it all? Nothing changed about this person other than your feeling of appreciation, gratitude and thanksgiving for the presence of this person in your life.

YOUR MONEY
I've found that prosperity, wealth and cash flow can be like the Beloved you got bored with. Although, there is so much prosperity in our lives, sometimes we tend to overlook that abundance and begin to think, feel and speak poverty, limitation and scarcity. It is only through the neglect and care of our blessings and improper perception that our wealth wanes and poverty is on our heels like a virus. It's been said, "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer." There's a reason for that. 

THE RITUAL OF GRATITUDE
Being in the Spirit of gratitude, appreciation and thanksgiving is being in the Spirit of the Divine. Being in appreciation is instantly being in the vibration, frequency or energy of God (good), the omnipotent, omnipowerful, omniscient. The first thing that I do when I open my eyes every (ok, most) morning is to give thanks for waking up and a litany of things I am grateful for...from my beating heart to my healthy mother to the cash in my purse.

As a metaphysician, I am clear that what I appreciate literally appreciates. The dictionary defines the verb "appreciate" a few ways:

1. recognize the full worth of,
2. understand fully and
3. rise in value or price.

So in essence "when we recognize the full worth of something it rises in value." 

CELEBRATE
your blessings and blissings. Everything big and small. Mama Maya [Angelou] said:
"In EVERYTHING give thanks."  


So at the top of a new week, a new day, a new hour, "What are you loving in your life? 
What is beautiful in your life? What are you saying "THANK YOU. More Please." for?  
Acknowledge it and watch it multiply.

SHARE this note and what you're thankful, grateful or appreciative of and watch the magic, adventure, miracles return to your life like a Beloved that has returned home.

Thanks for reading. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 5 of 12/13 Moons 
Waxing Crescent

In this series I ask some of my most beautiful, creative, wealthy, entrepreneur "girl crushes" how they create a life where they are cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their genius in their respective areas of talent and mastery. 

The #iAmHer360 series is an affirmation and celebration that the beauty, brilliance and benevolence in other women is also within us as well as having compassion for aspects of ourselves that give us the experience of various levels of pain, fear and isolation. 

At the end of the day, the health and consciousness of the planet lies in the health and consciousness of the si"star" hood, how we care for ourselves and each other. I'm committed to the idea that women set the standard to be cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their power and genius.

What You Deserve & Who You Are

T  H  E     C  H  A  T     H  I  G  H  L  I  G  H  T  S 
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Little Girls ​& Women Embrace Your Insecurity
2:02 min. 
"Having a sense of self-worth is reliant on realizing that you're always going to have insecurities,
so don't focus on eradicating them but acknowledge, accept and value yourself despite them.
No need to gloss over them, sort them out or ​fix them. 

I would tell her to value herself for the right reasons and make peace with her
insecurities and to not lead with them. Create a relationship with them that's healthy. ​
When you build the right relationship with yourself, everything springs from that." 

"It is very, very important for women to be
very, very ​clear about what they deserve
​and to be very clear about who they are." 

6:10 min. 
Nourishing Rituals For Growing Self-Worth
"I stay in clear communication with myself, I check-in and clear my mind clutter."

On a practical level....
E A T I N G 
"There's a strong connection between the way that I feel and the way that I eat.
Eating nutritious and listening to your own body instead of imposing some set rules on yourself based on some philosophy. Learn what you feel most nourished by, what makes you feel good, what doesn't. I'm focused on high-quality food that I also enjoy."

H A V E   A   C R E A T I V E   P R A C T I C E 
"...that's not necessarily tied to what you do or your work. 
Sometimes when you make your living that's tied to your creative outlet it's an amazing gift in life but it can change your relationship to it when it's tied up in commerce or business or the real world.
It's nice to have a practice that's not necessarily about your work." 
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Thanks for reading and listening. 
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♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 1 of 12/13 Moons 
New Moon in Sagittarius

In this series I ask some of my most beautiful, creative, wealthy, entrepreneur "girl crushes" how they create a life where they are cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their genius in their respective areas of talent and mastery. 

The #iAmHer360 series is an affirmation and celebration that the beauty, brilliance and benevolence in other women is also within us as well as having compassion for aspects of ourselves that give us the experience of various levels of pain, fear and isolation. 

At the end of the day, the health and consciousness of the planet lies in the health and consciousness of the si"star" hood, how we care for ourselves and each other. I'm committed to the idea that women set the standard to be cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their power and genius.

Diana Ross, Aunties ​& Haters

T  H  E     C  H  A  T     H  I  G  H  L  I  G  H  T  S 
​
4:05 min. 
Working With Ms. Ross
"Larger-than-life figure who is down-to-earth, fabulous, patient and regular.
At the end of the day, people are people, it's the way others treat them that makes them seem like their different, unapproachable and untouchable." 

7:24 min.
Wisdom For My Daughter
"I'd tell my daughter to be a thinker, be your own unique person,
don't subscribe to what everyone else is doing. 
Be confident. Be educated. Be fierce. Don't be like the rest." 
 
"People judge you by the way that you look.
Always carry yourself in a way understanding that others are always
going to be looking at you and they're going form a perception of you." 

"Always dress for the job you want, not for the job you have.  
Perception . . . persona is everything . . .
it's all about what you project." 

8:31 min. 
Daily Declarations
"Make positive declarations over your life everyday.
Make a list of what you want to see change and improve in your life.
Everyday recite these declarations and soon it'll start manifesting itself." 

10:00 min. 
Who Everyone Needs In Their Life
"Everyone needs someone in their life that's going to tell them the truth. 
Align yourself with someone who's going to be authentically real with you." 

ON Haters
"Everyone has an opinion and everybody's not going to like you and
everybody's not going to hate you. It's just how life is."

"If you're down and out, first of all you've got to believe that you are not what people say you are. You've got to believe in yourself. You have to know that. When somebody tells you something that makes you feel a certain way, "consider the source."

15:50 min. 
Girl Stop Lookin' Like An Auntie
"In this day and age there's no reason for anyone to be fat and ugly.
You can look like a celebrity, on a budget. When you look better you feel better." 

"I see a whole lot of women out here lookin' like aunties.
You don't have to look like an auntie, I mean look at Diana Ross,
Diahann Carroll, Tina Turner, Sophia Loren, Sheryl Lee Ralph."

"You don't have to look like an auntie but you have to be willing to be
uncomfortable to get the change . . . most people that are mediocre,
that are average, that are not disciplined will not endure
that part that it takes, that separates you from the rest."
​

Thanks for reading and listening. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 27 of 11/13 Moons 
Waning Crescent

I hope you had a chance to listen to and read my chat On Abundance, Worthiness & Poverty Mindset with Tracy Neely in yesterday's note.

Today continuing on with another chat in the #iAmHer360: SuperWomen & Goddesses Series. 
#iAmHer360 speaks to seeing other women as yourself and the celebration of every way that any woman chooses to express herself. 

In this series I ask some of my most beautiful, creative, wealthy, entrepreneur "girl crushes" how they create a life where they are cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their genius in their respective areas of talent and mastery. 

The #iAmHer360 series is an affirmation and celebration that the beauty, brilliance and benevolence in other women is also within us as well as having compassion for aspects of ourselves that give us the experience of various levels of pain, fear and isolation. 

At the end of the day, the health and consciousness of the planet lies in the health and consciousness of the si"star" hood, how we care for ourselves and each other. I'm committed to the idea that women set the standard to be cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their power and genius.

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Spontaneity, The Enlightened "No" ​
​& Growing YourSelf

T  H  E     C  H  A  T     H  I  G  H  L  I  G  H  T  S 
​
:05 sec.
On SPONTANEITY
"That's what the soul wants.
What can we do that makes us feel most alive?
How can I surprise myself with what my soul wants."

4:12 min.
"The ENLIGHTENED "No"
"...is saying and sharing my enlightened "yes" and "no" unapologetically with love and elegance.
What do I really want to be doing in this situation?
I take care of myself when I share those "nos.." it always comes out in an amazing way."

12:00 min.
On HAVING MORE & GROWING YOURSELF
In order to find and grow that amazing relationship,
to get clear on what that business is and grow that, you must grow yourself. 
Get excited and be a life/soul scientist about working on yourself." 

15:01 min.
On SOULFUL TRAVEL
"...a wonderful way to grow yourself, a tool to get to know
yourself deeper and a great way to also move energy.
Ask yourself questions. Observe your life and be curious. Who are you really?"

18:28 min.
On HAVING TOUGH CONVOS
"Closure conversations to stop, clean, clear energy leaks and blocks." 

23:45 min. 
On SACRED ACTIVISM
"Expressing more of our humanitarianism is the new thought leadership.
Grow your business while growing your consciousness,
nurturing generosity and being of service."

​Thanks for reading and listening. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 23 of 11/13 Moons 
Waning Crescent

Today I'd like to introduce the #iAmHer360: SuperWomen & Goddesses Series. 
​
#iAmHer360 speaks to seeing other women as yourself and the celebration of every way that any woman chooses to express herself. 

In this series I ask some of my most beautiful, creative, wealthy, entrepreneur "girl crushes" how they create a life where they are cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their genius in their respective areas of talent and mastery. 

The #iAmHer360 series is an affirmation and celebration that the beauty, brilliance and benevolence in other women is also within us as well as having compassion for aspects of ourselves that experience various levels of pain, fear and isolation. 

At the end of the day, the health and consciousness of the planet lies in the health and consciousness of the si"star" hood, how we care for ourselves and each other. I'm committed to the idea that women set the standard to be cherished, appreciated and paid top dollar for their genius.

Abundance, Worthiness & Poverty Mindset

T  H  E     C  H  A  T     H  I  G  H  L  I  G  H  T  S 

1:10 min.
Her Ritual To Release Money Blocks
You'll need: Money Manifest Mist
Sweetgrass
Palo Santo


2:05 min.
ON ABUNDANCE
"Abundance flows to and through us because it goes out.
Money isn't something you hold on to in the scarcity
mindset because you don't know when you'e gonna get it again.
It brings more of that lack mentality, that lack vibration into your being."  

3:33 min.
ON BEING WORTHY
"You Are A Light Unto This World
And You Are More Than Enough By Just Being You
Never Make Less Of Who You Are So That People Feel Good About Themselves"

4:50 min.
YOUR FOUNDATION
"Find something that you're passionate about and connect with something greater than yourself."

"People will not value what we do and pay us top dollar for what we do unless we value ourselves."

6:29 min.
HOW TO TRANSFORM A POVERTY MINDSET
"Nothing is going to change or transform until we are aware of that thing.
Writing down what's going, your story, your beliefs about money is the beginning of your awakening which then leads to your transformation."

Thanks for reading and listening. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 22 of 11/13 Moons 
Waning Crescent

It looks like Rahyma capturing attention with her "drool inducing fashion marvels" may lead her to fulfilling her ultimate vision. Here's what was revealed in my chat with Rahyma about her secret for success . . . ​​​

RAHYMA: Everybody would say hard work, but it depends on your level of hard work. Your hard work may not be the same as my hard work. I don't know if it would work for everybody, it's probably telling on me as you can see but I work hard too much. To the point that when I have an idea I cannot sleep. That's how bad it is. 
AKUA: It's like a Spirit. 
RAHYMA: Yeah because I'll be thinking, "Wow this much opportunity? How am I gonna get it? This person is getting it? That means that I can get it. What am I not doing? What do I have to do. It doesn't make me sleep. I need to know how I can get to that level. 
AKUA: So is it curiosity?
RAHYMA: No it's just, it inspires me to get to the next level because I see somebody's doing it so I know I can do it. If you see everybody failing around you it just makes you feel maybe can...you also...ok everybody's failing anyway. You know what I mean? Like ok...
AKUA: It's contagious. 
RAHYMA: I'm getting one dollar and everybody's getting one dollar so it's ok. It's just like you sitting her now and you saying I'm happy I can hear these people talk, I can see what they're doing, I can actually see... Really, they're getting something out of what they're doing. It's making you feel like you I have to now execute. That's how it is for every, that's how it should be for everybody.  So that's really my big drive. I look at a lot of things that are bigger than me and work hard to get to that big place. 
AKUA: That's brilliant. Love it.
RAHYMA: ...and I'm very calculated. I can see...and think, think, think just so that I don't make a mistake. However at the back of mind I still leave room for mistakes. Because I know it can never be all perfect. But would I just leave myself to fail? No! I always don't won't to feel guilty when something goes wrong. And that's why I work so hard. So I know, ok I work so hard, but I don't feel guilty because I didn't do my best. So what is next? Just like yesterday, even before I came to the pop-up, I'm already thinking here: "What's next?" Because this is gone.
AKUA: Yea. It's a new day. Clean slate. 
RAHYMA: I have to start thinking of what is next? What am I going to do? I'm going back home, what is the next project, what am I putting together? There's always a drive. 
AKUA: When did you start your business?
RAHYMA: I'm gonna say 2010 because that's when I finished school, fashion school. So I went straight into...I wanted to wait but I just went straight into business because I had the demand and since then I've not stopped. My goal is to be in the big malls. 
AKUA: I can totally see that. So I was going to ask you what your big picture is, what's your big goal? So it's to be in the malls.
RAHYMA: To be in the big malls, not just the small malls.
AKUA: Like Neiman-Marcus, Barney's New York? . . .
RAHYMA: Thank you. So if I'm not working hard, I'm not gonna get there. So everything that I'm doing right now, is to get me to that place where I wanna go.
AKUA: And what do you feel has been your biggest accomplishment so far that you're very proud of? 
RAHYMA: The amount of growth of the business in a very short period of time because I'm gonna say that everything really started this year. 
AKUA: So you put in six years before it really . . .
RAHYMA: I put in a lot of years and the thing...like...it's really nothing. So I could say I started five or six years ago, but nothing was really happening in the first years. Nothing was really coming out of it. It was just here and there. People loving the stuff, just to validate what I was doing. People saying "Oh my God!" but nothing really coming out of it. But really that's how you know that if you continue things forward, it's going to be something big.
AKUA:  Just keep going. 
RAHYMA: ...cuz those same people that are validating your stuff in the long run if you work hard, you play your game well it will turn around into...(she's make a gesture with her hand)
AKUA: Moolah!
RAHYMA: You just have to continue pushing forward. Never give up. Never let anything...you know your downtime, never let it really bring you down. Let it be something...your ingredient to go up!
AKUA: Right! Look for an adjustment.
RAHYMA: Yes. Always, always, when you fall down, just always think of: "How do I get up?" Immediately! Don't give yourself time to sulk, cry and say "oh God...."Even when you lose because I've lost before. I went for a show and that show cost me...I spent about five thousand dollars and it was scanty. There were no people there.  I said to another jewelry designer who was so mad, "Don't be mad, you're meeting a lot of people, sometimes if you don't take the chance you wouldn't know, you may have missed out on something."  He was very upset but I was over it. The first day I didn't see anything happening I was like "What next? What next? What next?
AKUA: You just gotta keep it movin'.
RAHYMA: Yea. You gotta keep it movin'.

Company: RAHYMA pronounced "RA-HEE-MA"

Product: Scarves, Tops, Jumpsuits, Dresses, Separates in 100% Cotton Ankara Cloth

Description: ​Luxury African Print Fashion: "Drool Inducing Fashion Marvels"

Collection Pieces: Dashiki Trench Coat Dress, Maxi Skirt, Dashiki Harem Jumpsuit or Skirt 

Made In: Proudly Nigerian

Price Range: 19.99 - 169.99

Owner: Rahyma Momodu-Awanife

Business Started: 2010

Website: rahyma.com

R A H Y M A
Proudly Nigerian

wealth.
love.
​success.
Yeah we say we desires these things, but are we REALLY ready to receive them into
our lives if they came knocking at our door TODAY?

When you get that big pay day, do you have a financial management and
investment structure that will insure those seeds harvest more fruit?

When he/she shows up are you ready in every way to receive them fully into your life?

When you get that call and have the attention of the world finally,
are you ready to handle all the interest that comes with it?

My friend, beautiful and prolific jewelry designer K-Fleye and
Will Smith have been saying for years:
"Stay ready so you don't have to get ready."

I got an unexpected text on a Wednesday evening at 7 pm to be across the country the next
morning to do makeup for a TV series. I made it happen and was there.

 A metaphysician knows that if you don't make space for things in your life they have a hard time getting in. Sometimes they will drop in anyway, and as the unannounced guest looks for a place to get cozy, you've got to scurry about trying to pull it together to make their visit comfortable.
You've been hoping, praying, desiring and conjuring but didn't believe they were coming so soon.
 That's the funny thing about life, each day really is an adventure
because you never know what or who is going to show up.
Everyday we are creating a legend.

It's an amazing phenomena that every time I clean my house and let go of unnecessary possessions, I get a call for an assignment, product orders come in or otherwise somehow attract prosperity.

The holiday season is here, with the powerful winter solstice leading us into a brand spanking new year.  
This is a really good time to explore what we need to do to get ready for wealth, love, success
if we're truly serious about attracting, being, having those things. 

Get your passport.
Keep a suitcase ready.
Keep your toenails done.
Lover ready undies.
Have your EPK (electronic press kit) updated.
Products stocked.

Let's get and stay ready for all the wealth, love and success that our hands and heart can hold, ​because any day is a good day for miracles to occur and the legend to continue.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 16 of 11/13 Moons 
Waning Gibbous

11.11
First thing, today is a particularly auspicious day
for setting intentions and manifestation. The intentions we cast today will begin to unfold and
manifest after the Winter Solstice throughout 2017. Soon I'll be inviting you to join
our global community for our 2016 Winter Solstice Observance 
11:11 AM
11:11 PM

Now let's talk about the expression of your multi-genius.
you.
Here's what I KNOW about you:
You've always kinda been the different one, the go-to person, the maverick.
Now you're ready for something next level and although you've been
paring down a bit, you're desiring even more simplicity in your life.
You've been experiencing a great deal of a transition in your life that's been at work for years.
In your Spirit, you're the heart-centered rebel that gives so much to
everyone else that often you feel a bit depleted and off-track.
You CAN play as hard as you work though.
You were born to inspire and lead others by shining without apology; 
sharing and serving generously.
No matter the station in life or work you've done,
your presence has always been that of a lightworker.
If you fully accept this charge, your purpose for being here at this particular time, you will be taken care of and rewarded if you keep your eye on contributing and serving others.
We are at the threshold of a Golden Age, you've heard about the Aquarian Age? That! 
The last Golden Age was during the building of the Pyramids in Egypt.

me.
This is what you should KNOW about me:

​At eight years old I was cleaning - no 
...actually TRANSFORMING my friend's bedroom from utter chaos to order.
The same year I organized a surprise party my mother - and people showed up.
Can you imagine?  We had a good time. 
At thirteen I made a pair of jeans for a friend of mine and she paid me four dollars.

CREATING, FACILITATING TRANSFORMATION & BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
is in my DNA.  I was born to serve and create. It is my deepest urge.

My name Akua means "the sweet messenger" and I've been given one specific job to do -
a very sacred job: inspire women and girls to be magical and powerful.
Our marriages, our children, every relationship in our community depends on it. 

As a seven-year old who was bullied and suffered painfully from a low self-image for most of my teens and early twenties, I never would have believed that I would grow up to work with the leaders, luminaries and lightworkers of this world. While painting over a 1000 faces as a makeup artist around the country for celebrity clients, writing SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES: Workin' Your Power & Magic, I've organized holistic beauty-centered experiences like: 9 1/2 Weeks: The METAMOORPHOSE Project™, SoulSistah Fest™, and 2012: The Love & Beauty Journey™.

I've been called a magician, a muse, a healer, a high priestess,
an artist and that I turn people into rock stars. Those titles are all true.
By the time people make their way to me they are ready for their moment,
their moment to step up to their next level.
My Mars in Sagittarius aspect can make me a bit spicy at times,
but my intention has always been a heart-centered desire to serve, create, and transform.

we.
Even the greatest lightworker requires a community of lightworkers;
and because we experience this reality in the physical, spiritual, emotional, ethereal, mental dimensions we have an opportunity to be multi-dimensional beings or multi-geniuses, literally BEING in different dimensions at the same time using both hemispheres (feminine & masculine: the ultimate marriage) of our brains as well as. 

It's not enough to just master law and finance,
or just balance your chakras,
or just focus on your love languages.
You got the point, but we are multi-dimensional,
multi-geniuses to be activated, cultivated and expressed. 

Activating, Cultivating multi-geniuses is my area of genius.
When people acquire my services, follow me, engage in my experiences they get activated, cultivated and express it in the world beautifully, prosperously.
Like a farmer, I'm in the ministry and enterprise of growing multi-geniuses i.e. 
superwomen & goddesses.

An Invitation & Request. 
Most of the time, the"money" part  of my work is an after-though when I'm creating products, experiences and serving people in the capacity with which they engage with me because my priority is Love, Beauty & Magic, kind of obsessed with it actually.
On this particularly auspicious day I know that it will be beneficial to us
both to extend this invitation and request to you. 

The Invitation is to allow me to pour my genius, wisdom, knowledge,
creativity and love into you daily as a kind of personal godmother.
I'll find out what your goals are monthly,
give you a structure, a blueprint and support
to fulfill on those goals to further cultivate your multi-genius Self.
And of course, there are gorgeous holistic beauty products
and tea ceremonies are definitely involved.

If you've ever wished for someone who will keep you on-point, who won't sell-out on you when life gets crazy busy or you just get lazy, here I am!
I'm happy to support you and was born just to do that.

The Request is, partner with me by becoming one of my patrons.
I've just set up a community page on Patreon, which is still being edited.
I'm still getting the hang of using it and this arrangement will provide an opportunity to just give, give, give to you without any limits. Whether or not you accept the invitation or grant my request I will still do what I do: serve, create and facilitate transformation.  
Honestly though, it would just be a lot more fun if you were part of our community. 
You can commit to as little as 5.55/mo. or as much as 2222.22/mo.

​You can change it from month-to-month or cancel at anytime.
We'll figure out how to do that together.
Patreon is new to me but creators I respect have used it with success.  

I know when I give, I get and that we only get to keep what we give away. 
Whatever seed you plant in our garden it's going to be fun to witness the magic, miracles, prosperity, collaborations that will be born out of this circle, tribe, family. 

Love. Beauty. Retreat.
If the monthly pledges are hearty enough as a community, I'm looking to host at no-cost (other than your airfare and lodging) to our monthly PATRONS a Love & Beauty Retreat in a balmy, paradise in 2017.

I'm so excited about The Golden Age that we are at the threshold of.
I'm honored to be in your midst.
This is our time.

Let's do this together!
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Having not read Shonda Rhimes' book "A Year of Yes," I was still inspired to deem 2016 my "Year of Yes." After watching "Yes Man" starring Jim Carrey, I was fascinated about how more beautiful and adventurous my life could be by simply receiving the opportunities presented to me. 

Through saying "Yes." this year I've:

• had an exciting love affair,
• launched a passion project,
• created some roots and a great workspace in my hometown once again,
• engaged in my family and friendships on a deeper level,
• hopped on a plane at the last minute to take advantage of a great opportunity,
• worked out like never before and transformed my body, 
• while a bit of an introvert, I committed to sharing myself with you "mostly daily" through this online notebook

Saying "Yes." in a Spirit of Love, surrender and being receptive can lead to a labyrinth of blessings, adventures and beautiful synchronicities.

F*CK FEAR
How do I, you, we trust life, ourselves, others and not be in fear? At the end of this note, I've got a challenge for you. 

​When I think about the saying "Ignorance Is Bliss," it's a bit true. I did the most brazen things in my early twenties not because I was necessarily courageous but because I didn't know to have concerns, fears or hang ups. I walked into the offices of power players, laid out my vision and created enduring relationships. When I think about that girl, she's my muse, my rockstar. 

YOU KNOW TOO MUCH
We get older, and consume way too much fear, lack and scarcity through the eyes of "grown-ups," media and our painful experiences.

REALITY CHECK
If I think about the fact that things ALWAYS work out, even when they don't, it reactivates that free-spirited adventurer within. Knowing that my highest good is always at hand, I can trust The Most High, the Universe, the Spirit Allies and my inner Oracle i.e. my Heart. Through being even more intentional about receiving and following-through with opportunities I've identified hidden layers of concerns, fears and hang ups that are just frankly out-dated and illogical. Those damn concerns, fears and hang ups of ours short circuit and block my/your/our ability to serve, share my/your/our gifts, wisdom and love with others.

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD
So . . . if we started or continued to ignore our monkey minds (survival-focused) and get into our hearts (not emotion, but our inspiration/passion) and be led by that - the magical and miraculous will continue/begin in our lives. In our SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES culture, we believe (be + live): REAL superwomen think, feel and act with a mind that anything is possible and REAL goddesses inspire life in everything they touch. It's the only way if I/you/we are to really work the highest power and magic. So . . . 

RIGHT NOW IDENTIFY . . . 
at least one b*llshit concern, fear or hangup that you KNOW is illogical, challenge it and put it to eternal rest. It's our time to win, progress, and accomplish. Every accomplishment we make juices us up to create another and another and another. And not just accomplishment for accomplishment sake or our ego but the expression of our divinity, beauty and power within.

DO THIS.
I want you to:

1. IDENTIFY: a) WHAT ILLOGICAL CONCERN, FEAR OR HANGUP THAT YOU ARE PUTTING TO REST and b) WHAT SMALL FEAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS WEEK. Then . . . 
2. TAG ME on social media (instagram: @akuaauset, facebook @akua auset or @*akua auset *) or email me ([email protected]) . . . 
3. TELLING ME about a) WHAT ILLOGICAL CONCERN, FEAR OR HANGUP THAT YOU ARE PUTTING TO REST and b) WHAT SMALL FEAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH  THIS WEEK.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 8 of 11/13 Moons 
Waxing Crescent

​The Spirit of Order calls us to honor the rhythm of the cosmos and its enduring predictability.
The Spirit of Chaos calls us to honor beingness and allowing of this moment.

There's a time for order and there's a time for chaos.
When we bring them together interdependently, there is a marriage which brings creation. 
In every spiritual school of thought we are invited to walk in the beauty of balance.

The electromagnetic Universe (feminine) that we live in is governed by the universal law of Maat which brings order. Maat is an ancient goddess from the most ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) tradition. The Spirit of Maat represents order, truth, balance, harmony and justice. Maat has her laws (universal) and those laws have been interpreted by Tehuti, the god of wisdom mathematically (Maat). The most ancient Egyptians were guided by these laws in their daily 42 Declarations of Innocence. Apparently prior to foreign influences and invasion, the most ancient Egyptians maintained a Maatian civilization that lived in peace for thousands of years with no need for police. My friend Kajara NiaYaa NebtHet wrote a book called "Light As A Feather: 42 Laws of Maat For Children" on this topic for children.  
​
I digress.
The bottom line is that being alarmed out of your sleep in the morning and popping out of bed to put out fires, meet deadlines and be pulled by someone else's train all day is not going to create a life that you deserve where you are cherished, appreciated and compensated on every level.

Before Michael Jordan ever stepped out on the court to perform the superhuman feats that he was able to do time and time again, he had a pre-game ritual. I perceive every day of my life as stepping out on the court to play so I also have a pre-game ritual. My "pre-game" ritual is based on the things that I require to be prepared to play at my highest capability and to perform superhuman feats that I'm able to do time and time again.

A couple of days ago, I hosted a LIVE Facebook event and the women on the call unanimously admitted to putting EVERYONE else's requirements and desires before their own requirements and desires. Some might see forsaking your own needs as being a saint or sweet. Being a martyr for others may give you saint status, but at the end of the day it doesn't work because it's unsustainable. At some point you will burnout and crash. And holistically speaking, in every case (wife, mother, employee, entrepreneur) we set the standard of how others will cherish, appreciate and compensate us as well as be influenced as to how they will conduct their own lives. How we care for ourselves and live our lives has a domino effect on our relationships, families, community and culture. Women are the enduring example and first teacher in every context we exist in. 

If you expect to live in an environment where each person is cherished and appreciated in their relationships, as well as be paid top dollar for their abilities then YOU'VE/WE'VE got to set the standard. 

On Sunday, 6th November, from 2 to 4 PM, I'll be hosting a FREE Workshop: "How To Create Your Daily Healing Beauty Ritual." If you would like to attend in-person or online, please send me an email ([email protected]) or text (312.566.7506) as soon as possible, NOW.

Until then begin to GET CLEAR on what it is you require daily to really perform at your best everyday and get it in BEFORE heading out to save the world. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 24 of 10/13 Moons 
Waning Crescent

Me on the film set of a Chevy commercial in 1997 with Michael Jordan & Muhammad Ali.  

Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule?
Yes?
​No? 
Well either way, by the end of this note my goal is that you will
identify where you fit in with this rule and where you want to be with this rule.

I've been surrounded by a beautiful diversity of people throughout my life; which includes people living in wealth (defined by mindset + finances) as well as people living in poverty (defined by mindset + finances). From a young age I've been surrounded by wealthy and successful examples.  The first time I heard about the 80/20 rule was at a business conference and understood it to be that in no matter the circumstance, in a mass of people with evenly distributed wealth, that 20 % of the mass would end up with 80% of the wealth or that 20% of the people will do 80% of the work. 

Throughout my life I have observed to see if this rule is actually true in real life circumstances. I must say in my experience that it is not only true, but it actually seems as the public is becoming more and more INFLUENCED by mass media, "group think" and the social engineering that has and is occurring, the disparity between the two numbers seem to be even larger. 

According to The Guardian in October of 2015: "Half of the world's wealth is in the hands of less than 1% of the population."

According to Inequality.org in 2015:  71% of the world  who have under 10K in assets only hold 3% of the wealth while 84.6% of the wealth is held by 8.1% of the global population.

Well my focus in this note isn't only about wealth in regard to tangible and cash assets but in the the consciousness, mindset, worldview, habits and behavior that creates wealth. Wealth being defined for me as being able to choose to life how you spend your day, your life and that you get to live as you envisioned and dreamed it, fulfilling on the things you said that you'd like to do and experience. Even if it turns out differently than you planned, you feel happy and fulfilled in your life for the most part. That is wealth.

So it's pretty clear that wealth, happiness and fulfillment is somehow connected to consciousness, mindset, worldview, daily habits and behavior?  

In the culture of this moment, we tend to celebrate the individuals that through tough odds were able to persevere, relent and break through the obstacles set in their path. In sports, entertainment, business, even health and longevity, we call those that have accomplished what most couldn't or wouldn't, heroic and lift them up as celebrity.

I myself am incredibly attracted to and marvel at people who are bold, brave, and consistent in the expression of their gifts, talents and abilities or the pursuit of a goal or a vision. It's EXTREMELY attractive. If everyone chose to be bold, brave and consistent I suspect that the "wealth" gap would be even smaller; the gap between those that are winning in and loving their lives and those who as Les Brown calls it "living in quiet desperation."

I've been involved in so many groups, courses, initiations, etc. where everyone begins excited, committed and on board (100%) and then after a week there are some that drop off and then as time goes on even more drop off leaving the few consistent ones to complete the envisioned task alone at the finish line and it's not even 20%, but more like 1%. Sometimes it's not even that the task was done particularly well, but the fact that they crossed the finish line and didn't give up or quit. 

So my question to you is: Who are you?
Are you part of the 80 or 20? . . . the 99% or the 1%?
Either way it's fine, but are you where you want to be?
 
Whether it's how you take care of yourself by tending to your health, your relationships, 
fulfilling on your life's purpose, gaining a certain level of education,
will you stay in the game until the end or will you just quit?

This world celebrates and rewards the people who cross the finish line.
Who will you be?
The 80 or the 20?

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 24 of 10/13 Moons 
Waning Crescent

"You Must Set The Standard."
PLEASE STOP AT :45 seconds then continue on to the note.

You can watch the rest of the video later, because today's note is all about the first :45 seconds of this video. "You Must Set The Standard" is about setting the standard for all relationships in our lives by doing one simple thing.

Here's the transcript of the first 45 seconds:
Mind if I ask you a question?
How did you end your day yesterday, then how did you begin this day?
The reason I ask is that there are so many women who routinely roll out of bed every morning and look up and it's 1 o'clock in the afternoon to find they forgot to eat...but yet the children, the husband, the boss and the clients have all been taken care of.
If that's you, you KNOW that's not going to work for long. 
If you expect to be cherished and appreciated in your relationships,
paid top dollar for your abilities then YOU'VE got to set the standard. 

I'm Akua Auset of akua-auset.com.
My name Akua means "the sweet messenger" and my zone of genius is facilitating transformation. I've been given one job to do, and it's a very sacred job and that's to inspire women and girls to be magical and powerful - because our marriages, our children, every relationship in our community depends on it. 

HOW DO YOU END AND BEGIN YOUR DAYS?
In tomorrow's note, I'm going to go into more about this topic.

THIS EVENING at 7 pm CST, I'm going to do a LIVE Facebook Event in our
SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES community about how to you end and begin your days.
I'd love to hear from you on this topic, so set your alerts and alarms to join us at 7 pm CST. 
CLICK THE IMAGE above to join our community and to attend the event this evening. 

This Last Quarter Moon week is a good time to let go of habits, behaviors
and things in our lives that don't work for us. Let's begin that letting go process.

SEE YOU TONIGHT!

So . . . whether you followed directions and stopped the video at 45 seconds or not, I'll explain what this video is for.  For the last month, ​I've been part of a Mindset Alchemy™for Female Entrepreneurs course facilitated by one of my favorite clients: Tracy Neely of TracyNeely.com.
We met when I was hired to "d0" her face for her promotional photo shoot. Gorgeous right?
She's wearing A U S E T : B E A U T Y cosmetics.

If you could have your life, your world, our world the way you chose how would it be? Because it is possible, entirely possible. 

The last couple of days we have detoxed our minds, blessed our heads and now it's time to declare and manifest. Everything comes from God, from The Creator, The Most High and everything will return to God or good. We are an embodiment of that divinity and can create from nothingness.

In Genesis 1:3 it says "The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light": and there was light. God saw that the light was good."

POWER TO MANIFEST
As above, so below. As within, as without is a universal law.  We have the power to declare and manifest from our highest consciousness.

POWERFUL PORTAL
Do you ever look at the clock at exactly 11:11? Do you see 11s throughout your life? Coincidence or phenomena? It's been said that it's a message from your spirit guides of their presence in your life. Intuitive counselor Kari Samuels says "11:11 is an incredible gateway of light and Divine connection directly with Source that allows you to manifest very quickly."

INSTANT + MIRACULOUS
What makes 11:11 a powerful portal for manifesting?
It's all based on ancient wisdom of sacred geometry. The number 1 is a vertical line connecting the Earthly to the Cosmic. When 1 is doubled then it becomes powerfully electric. 11:11 added up equals 4 which in numerology indicates the material, physical, earthly.

MEET ME AT 11:11 ​
In this Age of Aquarius we have the ability and destiny to proclaim the next renaissance of hueman being on Earth. The Aquarian Age is now about HUEMANITY + KNOWING + TRUTH.

Matthew 18:20 says "Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them."  There is power in community, so I'd like to invite you to set your alert on your phone, clock or otherwise and join me at 11:11 am wherever you are for 60 seconds DAILY to declare and manifest the desire of our hearts as well as the healing, restoration and rebirth of huemanity, the Beloved Community.​

Rub your hands together until they feel warm, put your left hand on your heart, your right hand on your left, take a deep breath and declare: 

11:11
Most High about me
Most High within me
I AM THAT I AM.
I AM
an embodiment of 
love, goodness, power, peace, vitality, beauty and prosperity.
I now release anything that is not me, right now.
I will keep my eye on the queendom/kingdom of good within
I declare perfect order and goodness within and without, above and below.
I declare that as I stand in a circle of The Beloved Community
we rise, rise, rise! 
​
I AM The Light. We Are The Light.
We stand in an impenetrable force field of light and love
while all death, destruction and darkness is gone from within, without forever.
I give thanks that it is so right now.
Amen
Ashe.
Aho.
Allelujah.

​11:11

The declaration takes about 40 seconds . . . continue to breath and be present for at least 15 seconds after you have completed the declaration.

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 14 of 10/13 Moons 
Waxing Gibbous Moon

Feeling alone, unsupported, overwhelmed?
Is cash flow a bit stagnant? 
If you've been "stingy with your goodies" read on. 

In the book SUPERWOMEN & GODDESSES: Workin' Your Power & Magic, I shared that the times in my life that I was without, it was because I was "being stingy with my goodies." Being an artist who's a bit introspective I can just nestle up in my wonderful home nearing the verge of reclusion.  Ever see that film "About Schmidt" with Jack Nicholson about a recently retired man who ponders if and how he's made a difference in his life and the transforming force that giving made in his life? It's a very touching film about the power of giving. While giving is indeed transformative, I must add a slight disclaimer, by reminding those who are already robust givers to make sure that you give to yourself FIRST. The goal is to give from your abundance and fullness.

GIVE
It's time to give.
This may be an item, it may be a smile or a hug or a letter/email the list is endless, there is always something we can give to people.  The more we allow ourselves to give more to others, the more love is shared.  

Remember the last time someone gave you something, how did you feel?
Let us share more of this. Remember one of the best gifts you can ever give anyone is your time. 

ACTION TO TAKE: Give generously, be it your time, a gift, an item, the list is endles.

POWERFUL AFFIRMATION:
"I give with so much love, and in doing so, this lifts me even higher and also lifts those who are receiving too."

This card is from the Divine Reminder Oracle Deck by Jolene Setterfield. 

♡ ☆ ♀
Akua

​Day 3 of 10/13 Moons 
Waxing Crescent Moon