Oh, bless you all! Thank you!!! Love you Lissa

Dear Lissa,

You blossomed in this segment :) The others have been good, but you really hit it on all cylinders here, girlfriend!

I'm so happy for you...it's not easy to keep answering the same questions without starting to sound scripted and while you hewed to your message, your delivery was delightful and real, just like you :)

Envisioning "What's up down there" climbing the bestseller list as soon as it's released... ;)

With lots of love, Lavonne

Oh thank you Caren and Stan! And yes, Owning PInk is not just for women. We're happy to have you here Stan!

Lissa, you were full of Pink awesomeness. I agree with Dana, the best one yet. I am so glad it is posted here so I can refer back to it. Your 6 minute message is so inspiring to me. You are an inspiration to everyone you meet. Pink Love in life and in cyberspace, Caren

Since I 'met' you through your honest description of your experience of Watsu at Harbin when you were writing through your prototype blog, I feel lucky to have witnessed the transition you've made Lissa.

There have been highs and lows and you've remained very human through those, which is a great deal of your charm. You're also very professional when it comes to health issues and that's a strong balancing factor.

Not everyone who taps into social media can rise to the top of the popular list as you have done here, but they can make a positive different to their tribe big or small if they keep that kind of balance I think.

For me, the message that leapt out in your interview here was the balance between stepping out for a dream/ goal and then surrendering the timing and form of the outcome. I know you've done that and the result has been better than ever!

For each one of us this will be different in detail and pacing. It's very supportive and inspiring to share the journey with others. Thanks for all you do Lissa.

Yes, Danielle- It felt spot-on to share our story when they asked how social media has changed me. What I tell people is that it's not just strangers in cyberspace typing 140 characters. These Twitter followers have turned into real live kickin' friends (like you, darling!)

And thanks Mama (*ah shucks*) I love you!

Lissa and Dana,

Tears of gratitude wellin' up_ thank-you.

Peace,

Kerrie

Love that you shard our Dr. Northrup connection story on TV. So fun! I'm am so grateful Twitter connected us.

with social media love,

Danielle

Hi Lissa,

Very powerful for me to hear your personal story, however brief a synopsis of the 'perfect' storm reference, as you term it. What was even somewhat more illuminating are your experiences with social media. Does this establishment of a professional cyber-base, i.e.; website, fb/twitter identity, only work for those who can readily fund choices? Is there another path to start with no capitol? Or are there ways to raise needed capitol?

I am just going to put it out here that I have assumed such a degree of traditional self-sufficiency for so long that I find me and my dream work in the world, are stagnating in the back eddies of the river of life. All this post full-time, single parenting foe twenty years.

My one and only graduates from (Reed) college in two weeks!! Meanwhile for four years, I have incorrectly assumed that I have to continue to take traditional steps back to the world of work in order to 'free' my monetary abilities to make choices in the foundation-building of my dream work. Social media makes it seem as though there may be ways to share this burden toward one's dreams and goals, instead.

I am an artist wanting to earn two more degrees. I have a vision for what I want to do in my 'late life' (must be a healthier word for it) career, but I do not know HOW to get myself there money-wise.

No, I am not asking for handouts. I am just starting from scratch on the personal material resources front. No, there is no financial crisis in my past, just no collateral except my art (which is valuable in the marketplace!!) and what I have done to raise my daughter to be emotionally/psychologically free of the historical impact that I simultaneously freed my own life from_ an undiagnosed (until 15 years ago) mentally ill parent.

I think what I hear you and others say is, through social media one can tap into the collective lift to put the 'mojo' back into an original intention. In my case, a creative healing intention that was strategically side-lined, in order to be pragmatic for a period of time. I don't mean all of those years parenting looked this way, as I was able to keep working, producing & selling some, as a full-time artist for ten years before I went back and finished my undergrad degree, when my daughter was eleven.

What internal shift is helping me to leave you this message today, is the re-recognition that I am already enough. I have enough resources right where I am. I have enough skills; I have enough drive, passion and motivation. I just need my community of resource and support now.

How can I take the steps to find community with the funding opportunities, so that I may go forward again in renewed studio production, refreshing my portfolio so I can also apply to grad school #1?

If pertinent, I can share my over all vision anytime, just ask!

I realize this is a forum that assumes comments will be directed only on the posted content so, I hope I can jump that assumption comfortably in reaching out here.

Thanks_

Kerrie