The Lizard of Oz and Getting What You Wish For

The Wizard of Oz was on television recently and my four-year-old said, “Mommy, I don’t like the witch in the 'Lizard' of Oz!” What I liked about the movie was that all of the main characters were searching for that one thing to make their life complete and just knew that the Wizard of Oz would magically give it to them. If you know the story, you know that when they get there it’s all smoke and mirrors (literally) and that they find out they already possess what they thought they were looking for all along.

Do you long to click your ruby slippers together and say “There’s no place like home,” and have everything go back to a simpler, more predictable time? There have certainly been days lately when I have felt that way!

I hope instead that this message finds you mostly unaffected by negative world news, and that any losses you have suffered are paper losses only. I hope you are enjoying good health and great relationships. I hope you’re in a career you love, in an industry you trust and that whatever may come you are certain of your identity and are living according to your values.
If you’re response to that is “Gwen, you’ve got to be kidding,” then take heart. Earlier this summer when financial tides in the world really began turning in earnest, I made it a personal goal to make coaching available to a much larger audience and to make it affordable while still offering a lot of the same quality information and strategies that I give to one-on-one clients. So I set about revising and improving my existing life coaching e-course, and also began writing from scratch a career coaching e-course.

Now, some months and a lot of extremely early morning and very late night writing sessions later, I’m nearly ready to launch both courses. You will be receiving a few more messages from me with more information and I wanted you to know in advance so you can be looking for them.

Until then, stay warm, enjoy the Christmas season (or whatever holidays you are celebrating) and hold on to the things that really matter.