In This Issue:

• Note from Dawn: An inspirational week!


• Upcoming Programs: Sacred Soul Mate Group Coaching


• Feature Article: "Healing the Love that Hurt"


• Dawn Recommends : Heather Picken’s “Body of Love…”
  

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Note from Dawn

Hi %$firstname$%,

Last week was a big week for me.  I had two very exciting events happen.
First, I was asked to be one of the Inspirational Luminaries for www.InspireMeToday.com.  I was deeply honored.  They asked me to write 500 words on the best lessons I’ve learned in life and what I would leave as my gift to the world.  I thought you might enjoy reading what I submitted for their website, so I’ve included the piece as this week’s article.

Second, my blog at alphawomen.com (http://alphawomen.com/blog/dawn-allen) was voted best blog of the week and had the most reads!  I’ve only posted two articles so far, so having the most read blog of the week was surprising and wonderful news.  They sent me this great tag to attach to my regular blog at www.InspiredHeartCoachingBlog.com.  

There’s still room in the Sacred Soul Mate Circle Group Coaching Program if you’d like to join us for our first call on March 20th.  As an additional bonus, my very dear friend, Nanci Adair, who will be one of my featured guest experts in the coming week, has very generously offered to give anyone who signs up before the first call, a free 30 minute Tarot reading by phone (a $40 value). 
I just had a composite astrology reading done by Nanci for Paul and I, and I can tell you she’s an amazing and gifted teacher.  Take advantage of her offer while it’s still available this month!  You can read more about the program below, or go to Sacred Soul Mate Circle Group Coaching Program to sign up now.

Have a magical and inspiring week!

Listen to your heart, speak your truth, live your dreams

It's all about the love...

Upcoming Programs

If you're a single, savvy, smart woman, and ready to attract the love of your life and finally have the romantic, fulfilling, loving relationship you've always dreamed about... then I've designed a program to guide you step-by-step towards finding a deep and magical love.

In my new Sacred Soul Mate Circle Group Coaching Program, you will learn in months what it took me years to discover.

As a very special bonus, if you sign up before our first call on March 20th, you’ll receive a free 30 minute Tarot reading from Nanci Adair.  Here’s more about Nanci:

Feature Article

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"Healing the Love that Hurt"

It is the nature of things to be drawn to the very experiences that will spoil our innocence, transform our lives, and give us the necessary complexity and depth. 
         --Thomas Moore

There are few things I’ve learned that are more important to my relationships, than learning how to love, forgive, and appreciate everyone in my life.  This has not only helped me heal from abuse, but has also taught me how to be present, because I’m not carrying around wounds from the past.

I struggled in a relationship with the man who was married to my mother for over 32 years.  He started making sexual advances towards me when I was 16.  Not understanding his behavior, I wondered what I had done to deserve this from a man who was supposed to love me.  I lived in the fear that every time I saw him he was going to touch me inappropriately.

Then he did the same thing to my nine-year-old daughter.  He had now molested two generations of women.  My mother got divorced.

As I gradually was able to let go of my anger, I did forgive my stepfather.  Finding appreciation and gratitude for him took longer.

One morning, as I was journaling, I had the profound realization that I would neither be the person I am today,  nor would I be doing the work I cherish so deeply,  had I not gone through all those experiences. 

It was with this realization that I was given the opportunity to live out my new beliefs.

One day I stopped at my mom’s house.  My mom wasn’t home at the time.
I saw a strange car parked in her driveway and saw someone standing in her garage.  As I parked my car and got out, I was shocked to see it was my stepfather.

I hadn’t seen him since we found out about what he had done to my daughter three years earlier.  After an initial moment of recoil, I had a sudden awakening.  There was nothing to be afraid of anymore.  I was no longer that frightened young girl.  I had only forgiveness and compassion for this confused, old man.  I walked up to him and gave him a hug as if he'd never done anything wrong.  Sadly, in his mind, he never understood that he had.

In that instant, I let go of 32 years of fear.  It was gone.  Like nothing else, our chance meeting allowed me to fully heal and embrace this lesson of forgiveness.

He had come into my life so I could learn how to heal my own heart, and help others do the same. 

I felt only gratitude... and love.

Andy Rooney once said, “I’ve learned… that love, not time, heals all wounds.”  That was certainly true for me.  It wasn’t time, but love that allowed me to heal.

© 2009 Dawn Allen

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Dawn Allen, MS, CDC, CPTF, is a Love, Attraction & Relationship Coach and founder of Inspired Heart Coaching™.  Dawn specializes in helping single women attract the love of their lives.  Through her group and private coaching programs, she teaches you how to attract and create a deep, magical, and loving relationship by releasing patterns from the past.  To learn more about Dawn, visit www.InspiredHeartCoaching.com and receive her E-book when you subscribe to her Ezine, or email her at Dawn@InspiredHeartCoaching.com.

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Dawn Recommends

My friend Heather Picken has written a new breakthrough book that has the power to transform both your body and your life that is being released worldwide.  It's called "Body of Love 57 Secrets in Creating Your Ideal Body Using The Law of Attraction"--  and it connects with you emotionally, mentally, physically, and 
spiritually to master your body and life. 

You can check it out here right now: http://www.BodyofLoveForWomen.com

 Heather is on a personal mission that this book connects to the hearts of women with her inspiring and powerful message.  I, along with other respected Law of Attraction and self improvement experts, are also passionate in sharing this message and giving our gifts of love and empowerment.

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Testimonials

"Dawn was able to help me open a new chapter to an old story by asking questions and saying things that shifted how I saw the situation.  Talking with her helped me understand how to apply my energy differently to create changes not only in the relationship we discussed but in my life in general.

As is usually the case, it wasn't so much that she taught me anything as that she coaxed me to a deeper understanding of something I already knew but only intellectually.  I am so looking forward to what is about to unfold for me as a result!  Thank you, Dawn!" - Lela Male

"Our session was absolutely invigorating.  I appreciate you for being who you are and sharing your time, and inspirational thoughts with me.  There was such an ease in talking with you, you have a gift for listening, sharing, sorting and processing.  I came into this with an open heart and mind and It was so amazing that we flew to such depths within me and really got to the core of the issue.  I'm so ready to continue on my path of healing the parts of me that will bring about more abundance in my life, for that I am so grateful!" - Truly Inspired, Anna

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