Working for Funky to Fabulous, you'd think I would never have Funky days.....WRONG! Last week I discovered that I was slipping into a deep funk for no apparent reason. I felt funky about every aspect of my life and I felt like I started losing control of myself. Slipping deeper and deeper into becoming an emotional wreck within days, I decided I needed to stop before I started ruining my relationships. Working with the F2F team, you learn how to deal with certain challenges. Besides having a support system of women who know what you're going through, they can also offer advice that really helps. Team Fabulous is family and F2F is a part of my life..thus making my funky days more than obvious to all who were around me.

I decided I needed an attutude adjustment ASAP. I made a list of things that I felt were frustrating me and disturbing my daily activities. Then I made a list of things that would solve these minor annoyances. This weekend I am planning on going to Burke Williams Spa http://www.burkewilliamsspa.com/ to start a fresh new week free of any negativity and funk. Sometimes we all need a little rejuvination and recooperation by stopping the bad cycle in time to improve the negative attitude and start fresh.

Thank you team Fabulous!!!

Heidi Nietert is one of the most amazing, kind and giving women on the planet. One of my very speific goals is to create one million dollars in assets for Heidi to grow and manage with Wilmington Trust. http://tinyurl.com/2cbjcs
It's a financial organization committed to recognizing worth and building wealth. I love thier focus on working with women.

Heidi was kind enough to share the insider information on building wealth from legendary real estate titan Sam Freshman. www.syndicationideas.com.

These are incredible principles! Let me know how you are putting them into practice!

Principles of Financial Independence


1. Personal purchases cost you 60% more as they are after tax.

2. Separate wants from needs. Concentrate on needs.

3. Credit is for emergencies. Pay cash until you reach your goal.

4. Windfalls are capital not income. Capital is for wealth investment.

5. Put your own oxygen mask on first.

6. Inexpensive gifts can show you care. Expensive gifts give a false impression and are motivated by insecurity.

7. Do not forget taxes. Immediately set aside taxes.

8. Debt is poison. It is negative. First is interest and charges. Second debt prevents investing and reaching financially independence. It creates insecurity.

9. Pleasure of luxury is short. Anxiety lasts until discharge of debt.

10. Small savings over big time are better to create wealth than big risks.

11. Never take a risk or purchase an item you can not afford.

12. Get gratification from personal relationships not material things.

13. Fight impulse purchases, resist gratification, invest instead.

14. Why are you shopping, know the reasons.

15. Buy what pays you not what decreases in value or costs to carry.

16. Income $1.00: spend 99¢ = happiness; spend $1.01 = misery.

17. Ask, Ask, Ask for what you want, don’t expect.

18. Comparison shop first.

19. Buy wholesale whenever possible.

20. Do not buy labels, buy value.

21. Buy Pre-owned whenever appropriate.

You can go from Funky to Fabulous with out lifting a finger.

Contemplation or meditation is yet another way to unplug from your stress and access your inner FAB.

In a 2001 study at the University of Wisconsin, researchers used brain imaging to show that meditation shifts activity in the prefrontal cortex from the right hemisphere to the left. That translates to your being more enthusiastic, relaxed and happy. And that's pretty Fabulous.

FAB Tip: Take a FAB Break.
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Close your eyes and observe your breathing.
3. If you are calmed by visual imagery, spend that time observing a flower or nature photo.
4. Had a long day? Lie down and relax every muscle in your body.

Read more about it at http://www.funkytofabulous.com/

Fabulous News! Funky to Fabulous can now be found at your local Borders Book Store. Last week we had a book signing in Reno and took pictures of our very first in store customers. Thank you to all who came to support us. Go to Borders today and get your copy of F2F so that you can stop dreaming of a better life and start living one!

Also, check out the Borders website:

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Halle Berry http://tinyurl.com/2l7zfl
just admitted that she attempted suicide after her marriage broke up. Do you think that Halle Berry speaking about her suicide is a funky publicity stunt? Does talking about the negative in your life just make it worse?

Do you think that it's fabulous that Halle Berry had the courage to open up about her past? When you talk about a challenge you have overcome does it give you strength to tackle the next problem?

Halle Berry. Funky or Fabulous? You tell me!

To read more about the book Funky To Fabulous go to http://www.funkytofabulous.com/