Collection of Motivational Speakers

Life happens. I’m writing today because I see so many people are going through dramatic life events. A lot of my friends have joined me in the “dead dad club” this year, or suffered comparable losses. Coping skills and positive thinking are awesome and helpful, and yet I really think we need to make some space to include the reality of grief and challenge as sacred and inevitable parts of our journey. For that reason I’m going to be transparent about my own process…     The first part of this year was brutal. It was characterized by huge losses and letting go.   Letting go of a life time of possessions my father loved, that reminded me of him. Too many of his things ended up in dumpsters when we couldn’t sell or even give away his prized antiques. Ouch.   Letting go of Dad’s house. I so wanted to fix it up–it felt to me like it would be fixing up my father’s body–but I respected my stepmother’s desire to sell the house and have funds handy in case we...

I totally understand that people will post provocative statements on social media to get engagements or to make a case for their services. And every now and then I see something that hits me as particularly manipulative and not serving integrity. (I am such a compulsive stickler for integrity!) Yesterday I saw a statement that really rubbed me the wrong way. The poster argued that coaches (or fill in the blank for ANY service provider) only get certified to get clients, and you don’t need to get coaching certification to get clients. As a matter of fact you do NOT need to get certified to get clients. You don’t even need to be any good at what you do to get clients. A skilled liar can get all the clients in the world. I know this because I’ve hired expensive “coaches” who did not even try to deliver on their promises. They were sales people, not coaches. That nonsense hurts the whole industry. Here’s my response to the question of training and certification (you can apply th...

Today is my father’s birthday. It’s his first birthday without a body. I received the news of my father’s death 9 weeks ago via text message first thing upon waking up in Bali, on the third day of my 6-day Money Goddess Retreat. I was so afraid he’d pass during my retreat, but I found his death lifted a huge weight of waiting. I was grateful he was no longer trapped in a body that didn’t serve him. I felt like he was there with me, giving me energy and inspiration to serve the women at my retreat at another level. Interesting lesson on fear, isn’t it? Sometimes what we fear most turns out to be a gift. After I returned home from Bali, June was all about planning and delivering memorials on both coasts (something I’d never done before), and fulfilling his final wishes.   It was magical. I received more support and help than I ever imagined. Devin and I took Dad’s ashes with us from Los Angeles to New York, where Dad had been asking to return for the last two years of his lif...

“True alchemy begins with inner shifts and transformations on deep levels. Financial Alchemy offers clear and accessible tools for creating inner shifts around our money beliefs– which are so connected to our beliefs about self worth and much more. This work is different, because it goes much deeper than the “getting information” level. It’s really about creating dynamic inner change, that can bring about dynamic outer results. The Financial Alchemy Workbook is amazingly helpful, and designed so that as we work with it, we can also track our progress around change, and our results too. I’ve been sharing startling and happy results via e-mail with Morgana since I started working with Financial Alchemy over two years ago, so I’m happy to write this review and share with you some of what’s happened for me. I’m well into my 2nd workbook at this time. Results came quickly. I’m going back into my books to share some of the money manifestations, and overall positive changes in my sense o...

Keeping that new money relationship alive and present–in the face of the news, life’s challenges, other peoples’ money monsters, and the unfortunate fact that your personified Money Honey is imaginary and not physically present… that’s the challenge we all face to keep the magic, love, and money coming. It’s a burning question that comes in from my VIPs, my clients, and myself.  In fact I designed the whole 2nd module of my 90 Day Virtual Training around this challenge: keeping the “Money Honeymoon” going forever… I’ll share some of my best Money Honey Connection Tips and Strategies with you today. First of all, if you’re having trouble connecting with your Money Honey, check to see if your Money Monster (your old, negative relationship with money) is really gone. Or see if a new Money Monster has shown up. A Money Monster is the #1 culprit for feeling disconnected from the voice, presence and true Money Honey experience. Because the monster’s job is to make you feel scared,...

This may have been my very best retreat even though my dad died, a volcano erupted, and Indonesia is rioting. Go figure.   Volcanoes and Riots, oh my! I’ve been saying for a while that I can feel my retreats in Bali may be coming to an end. Politics are getting weird in Indonesia, and late last year Bali was on high alert for a rare eruption of its volcano Mt Agung. Last week in Jakarta, on the island of Java, exploded in protests contesting a close election. We never would have known anything was going on except that social media sites kept going down, and for a couple of days my retreat pictures weren’t posting on Facebook. Bali is part of Indonesia and worlds apart. Different language, different religion, different culture. No sign of unrest to disturb our happy retreat bubble of beauty and harmony. Just green juices, massage, nature walks, shamanic healings, and deep Money Honey-inspired coaching. As for the volcano… this morning I discovered that Mt. Agung erupted, for...

The blessings of getting fatter, achy, and older… The post The blessings of getting fatter, achy, and older appeared first on Morgana Rae & Charmed Life Coaching, Inc. . via Morgana Rae & Charmed Life Coaching, Inc. http://bit.ly/2Hpnlag

When I was 7 years old, I was diagnosed with low thyroid and my mother told me I would be easier to love if I wasn’t fat. By the way, if you want to stack the odds your child is going to grow up with an eating disorder, this is EXACTLY how to do it. Mom’s announcement came after her baking year. Every day she baked bread–banana bread, avocado bread, zucchini bread–more often than not with chocolate chips. Crazy delicious. More like a cake than a “bread.” As you can imagine we all gained weight. I was put on my first diet at 7. And then I was put into ballet class, with a lot of pressure to become a professional ballerina. (Another primo strategy to invoke an eating disorder, FYI.)  By the time I was 15 I was dancing with the Boston Ballet Company’s summer program and being sent by the company to see a therapist for possible anorexia. Let me pause for a moment and say a little something about Anorexia/Bulimia, and all other disorders related to fat shaming… eating disorders are...

Today I have the great pleasure of being the host here in Long Beach, CA, USA on Day 7 of the Virtual Blog Tour of author Carolyn A. Brent , whose book, “Transforming Your Life through Self-Care: A Guide to Tapping into Your Deep Beauty and Inner Worth” is celebrating its big Worldwide book launch on May 8, 2019. CAROLYN A. BRENT is an award-winning bestselling author and a National Physique Committee (NPC) Masters Women’s Figure Champion at age 60. She is an expert on both self-care and caregiving; she is the founder of Across All Ages and two nonprofit organizations, CareGiverStory Inc. and Grandpa’s Dream. Carolyn’s written works is in the Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and numerous other medical centers and universities. Yesterday, Carolyn visited Andrea Hylen in Santa Monica, CA, USA where she interviewed Carolyn on the subject of Meditation, Self-care and Daily life http://bit.ly/2PeQsAk Today, I’d like to share with you a recent inte...

Alzheimer’s, Argentine Tango, Stray Cats… or what I call “Welcome to April 2019.” I like to say the universe is a spiritual teacher that gets our attention primarily through issues of Health,  Wealth and Love… for our own evolution. So here’s what’s really going on right now, and what I’m learning along the way… My father has advanced Alzheimer’s Disease. Last year we moved him cross country from Los Angeles to Middle of Nowhere, Ohio (which is gorgeous, by the way). We’re able to get better care for him there in a full time facility in my stepmother’s home town, and she gets more support from her family and friends. I approve of the move, but wow it’s an ordeal to get over there to see him! I visited Dad two weeks ago. This is the first time I got the sense that he’s dying. It was a really, really hard trip.  My stepmother have made funeral arrangements for when the time comes. I’m readying myself to hold memorials in Los Angeles and New York City. It’s sad. It’s also...

Inspired by my interview on Coast to Coast AM radio with George Noory, I felt compelled to share my thoughts on Success without Failure, my Near Death Experience, Karma, Wealth, and Life Purpose. Oops. My mouth said “two years” when I meant “twenty years.” That’s one-take, live video for you! Got any comments? Please share below.   And here’s the TRANSCRIPT for the readers… Morgana:                   Hi. This is Morgana, your money goddess, and this is what’s on my mind today: I received an email yesterday from somebody who heard me on Coast to Coast Am radio with George Noory last week, and he wrote to me a story of how he won the lottery, I think back in 1985, 6.5 million dollars, whoa, and was bankrupt in 2005 two years later, and that is the norm. That is so common that there’s actually a whole field of psychology that studies only the negative affects of instant wealth, because it’s not ...

The Money Goddess Game: (The Secret Behind 7 Figure Money Manifestations) I’ve been investigating why so many of my clients manifested 6 figures, 7 figures, and even 8-figures in 2016 and 2019. The quick answer is all these clients were doing my Money Goddess curriculum–either through 1:1 coaching, or my annual Money Goddess Retreat (happening May this year). Digging a little deeper, I realized the women with the biggest successes embodied 1 or 2 specific “Money Goddess” archetypes: they were soulful “Persephones” and go-getter “Athenas.” Watch the video below to find out what characteristics make a woman a Persephone or an Athena (or both), and see if you fit into one of these categories. How The Money Goddess Game Works Morgana posted a series of short client videos… can you GUESS which women are Persephones, which are Athenas? This is a GAME. You cannot possibly “lose” this game. The point is to help you recognize patterns–positive and negative–that reveal the different g...

I noticed I was getting emails from people who were going through a dark place, and thought I should share this information with anyone who’s feeling the new year/dark of winter/heartbreak or discouragement blues. This may surprise you and hearten you. Please post comments, experiences, and insights below. And if you have a friend who’s in a dark place today, please send your friend here. Namaste. . . “The Guest House” by Rumi, over 700 years ago… This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide ...

A client in one of my programs asked, “What do I need to do to feel I like I deserve a high fee?” I recorded my response in this video. (And I posted the transcript below.) Transcript of Video: Morgan Rae: Hello, this is Morgana Rae here with you for a Money Honey moment. And I received a question from a client in one of my programs that I thought was so good that I really wanted to answer it for as wide an audience as possible, because this is the kind of question that my kind of people struggle with. And so, the question is, what do I need to do to feel like I deserve to charge high fees?   I love that question, because the only kind of person who asks that kind of question is somebody who cares about integrity, cares about others. Sociopaths don’t have to worry about that, because they’re only in it for themselves, and there’s no worry about being worthy or deserving or giving value. So, yea you, all of you who care about deserving.   You know, it’s funny ...

When I first became a life coach I was really concerned about being taken seriously, sounding professional, and not looking like a freak. Not much has changed: I still care about all that stuff. But I discovered over time that the more professional and non-freaky I try to sound, the more INVISIBLE I become. The minute I start to talk like a professional coach and go into one of those elevator speeches I spent so much money to learn (you know exactly what I’m talking about, don’t you?)… I can see the other person’s EYES GLAZE OVER before they start scanning the room for someone more interesting. I can’t begin to tell you how annoying that is. Then one day, years ago, I stood up at a large networking meeting of high powered female entrepreneurs, pulled out a magic wand and called myself a “witchy” coach, and said something about how “goddesses can be old or young, thin or fat, can do what they want, charge what they want (and Aphrodite sleeps with whomever she wants, and no one dares...