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25 Card Deck Ideas for the Spiritual Entrepreneur

If spirituality is your gig, having a card deck can up your game.

25 Card Deck Ideas for Spirital Entreprenuers

Getting your message into the hands of your client in the form of physical product is top priority. It gives your peeps a part of you to hold on to and refer to. Card Decks are simple and easy to use, both for you and for your client.

Here are 25 ideas to spark your creative flow. Once you pick a topic that resonates with you, brainstorm around the content that you want your audience to experience. Then brand it to yourself !

Let's look at Mindset Shifters as an example. If you are a change agent or transformational coach and your mission is to instill a new mindset into your client, this is a huge topic. Here are 2 ideas you can run with to make your set of Mindset Shifter cards.

No. 1
Create 52 quotes that prompt the reader to think differently about something. If you don't already have your own quotes handy, scan your content for things you say often. Turn those snippets into bit size jewels / your personal quotes.

No. 2
Create 30 power questions that will encourage your audience to examine what they want. The question gives them the opportunity to dig in deeper for their answer.

Getting clear on your concept is the first part of the process.

If you're now dreaming of having your own personal deck, I've got a kick ass self study course for you.

Check out my interview with Carri Adcock. She came into the Card Deck Creation Course and in less than 2 months had her deck in her hand. She talks about the course, the process, how it feels to have her deck and what she plans to do with them.

A Brand New Perspective

Every moment of every day is a opportunity to make a new and different choice.

If where you are isn't feeling so good right now, you have within you, the power to change that right now.

Imagine that for a moment !

This is incredibly wonderful news, especially when you're in the midst of struggle, angst, challenge. If you knew that you could "snap" out of it, at any point you choose, it certainly would lighten up the challenging part. Wouldn't it?

Hold on a sec. I hear you may be saying "Rosie, you're making light of my difficult moments. It's not that easy to snap out of it".

Just for a moment , humor me. What if it were actually that easy? What if you could change your perception on a situation and watch the situation change right before your eyes? These type of perception corrections feel like miracles. And they are. And they are possible. At every moment of every day. (btw, miracles aren't always big grandiose events, they happen anytime you see things from a more enlightened view point. They are natural parts of life and they happen everyday. Be open to them and you'll be amazed at how often they swirl around you)

We are programmed to believe that change has to be hard. We are programmed to believe that struggle and challenge is how it's supposed to be. These thoughts of struggle and challenge are not conscious. They are deeply embedded in our subconscious from past and prior experiences. We pull all of our thoughts from our past experiences. Our thoughts are based on what we previously experienced and learned from school, TV, parents, friends, government. We don't consciously recognize that we're having thoughts that are based on our past, but it's true. Everything you see is translated and measured by what you've experienced prior to now.

Let's look at an example. We've all heard that "artists are starving". You've placed that somewhere in your subconscious and there it sits in your "operating system" just waiting for that moment to remind you of your rule. You may have used that belief on yourself - talking yourself out of pursuing a creative endeavor and you may have even used it on others, to convince your child or your a friend that they need to find a secure position instead of a creative one. The thinking behind this is your belief that it could potentially, according to your old belief system, make them starve. Even worse, consider that holding back a God given talent is quite painful as it depletes your heart and starves your soul.

I know. Ugh! Because it's not really true that artists starve now, is it? Think Walt Disney, Grandma Moses, Sylvester Stallone. They kept going when the going was tough, when they were rejected and told they should move on to something else.

Now imagine if these creative souls had decided to give up on their dreams because they might starve as artists. Imagine if they got regular safe positions. OMG... the world would miss out on the beauty and talent and gifts that were meant to be shared and that bring all of us joy!

Miracles happen everyday and anything is possible.

Imagine that for yourself !

Imagine if you could develop a new way of thinking that included not making anything mean anything.

If you change the way you think, your life will dramatically change for the better. If you like that idea, it is going to involve your participation and self reflective work. But trust me on this one, it's effort you put in will enhance and grow yourself bringing peace and joy to your daily life.

Here are 3 principles you can begin to practice right now.

You will be amazed at how differently you will feel, almost immediately. Eventually you'll become so good at it, you won't even recognize that your doing anything at all. You'll just begin to feel more peaceful and joy filled.

1) Recognize that everything you think, was learned from someone or something. Remind yourself of this whenever you have a thought. Ask yourself, is what I'm thinking really true or is there another way to look at it?

2) Understand that what others say has nothing to do with you. They are basing their thoughts and opinions on their learned programming and operating system. So don't mix their crap with your crap and expect to get anything good out of it. Knowing this will help you take other people's opinions with with a grain of salt. Remember that "others peoples opinions are not of your business". Plant that new rule and begin to mind your own business.

3) Change your perspective. When you're thinking thoughts that don't feel good, when you're thinking thoughts that make you shrink, contract, feel tight, ask yourself if there is another way to look at it? What is the other view point that I can't see right now? Here's where you can add in a little prayer, as simple as saying, "God, help me to see this situation as you would see it?" Wherever you are standing, look around, physically move your location to the opposite side of the room, and look around. You're in the same room but things look different. Add that to your arsenal of proof that a few small steps can make a big difference.

Give these ideas a whirl. Take these inspirations for a ride.

Tap into your tenacity. Sprinkle on some grace.

You will find yourself in the most amazing place and better able to handle all the stuff that life throws at you from a more stable, centered, aligned place.

PS. If you're ready for change, ready to view situations, circumstances and events from a different perspective, New Beginnings is the perfect place to start. In this LIVE mini workshop, (offered only once a year in January) we'll take a good look at where you are and where you want to be. Together in this class, you'll let go of the old, be grateful for now and welcome in the new. Of course there's much juicy stuff you'll learn. I can't tell you all of it here 🙂 Join me and get the clarity you crave for creating a year of 2020 with vision and purpose.

Choosing Growth Over Comfort

When was the last time you did something that scared you… something outside your comfort zone?

Today, I’m having an OMCZ kinda day. That’s short for “Outside My Comfort Zone”…

I’m finalizing the edits on my online video course where I teach entrepreneurs how to create a card deck. I’ve done a fair amount of uncomfortable things in my life and after many years of working it, got a good grip on being able to feel the fear and do it anyway.

But damn!

That little bugger of an ego, is quite tenacious and persistent.

The ego is the part of us that is invested in keeping us small and scared. You’ll know it’s showing up when you hear it’s incessant voice in your head, the one that tries to convince you how you can’t do something. And it talks some crazy sh*t…

Although my course subject is one I’m really good at, one that is very familiar to me, one that comes really easy to me, I still have that dang voice talking nonsense.

It doesn’t care about the truth. It’s only interested in how you can’t. It happens to be worried that my course is too long or too short, or too good or not good enough, or too much information or not enough information. It’ll say things like, “What if people don’t buy it and what if they don’t like it?”.

OMG! What if they hate it?

OMCZ! You see the drama we create for ourselves.

As if that wasn’t enough for one day, I signed up for another competition.

NO! NO! It’s not another bodybuilding figure competition. I’ve done that twice already and I think that might be enough for one lifetime. (Ok! If you’re curious, I’ve posted the picture at the bottom for you)

This competition is called Stretch Yourself Challenge.

My business coach Kelly McCausey has been holding this challenge for the past 10 years. This is my first year stretching myself and building my content marketing muscles.

Participants choose from 15 challenges that must be completed within 30 days. It’s a competition where you compete against the weight of your own limiting beliefs. She’s made if fun by dangling yummy prizes!

Once again, the goal is to stretch beyond what you usually do. Another push out of the comfort zone with the ultimate goal to grow yourself and your business.

And what is comfort anyway?

Just as an FYI, growth and comfort cannot coexist.

Given that option, I choose growth. Unless your talking shoes – then comfort always wins.

Anyway, I’m inviting you to see where you are willing to do something scary, step it up, stretch OYCZ (outside your comfort zone), so that you can grow.

Whether you have a formal competition you can enter, prizes you want to win or even if and especially when no one is watching – can you stretch yourself, step in what might feel uncomfortable and embrace the growth?

With that question on your mind, you might start hearing that voice chime in, whispering unsweet nothings. You might here things like, you never finish anything, why start now, it’s too late, you’re not good enough, you don’t have the money, you don’t have the time, you don’t have the support and blah blah.

I’m not ready to let any small talk stop me — not this time and not anytime — because I know it’s just a trick.

This is what I do to get myself out of a situation where I’m being pulled away from what I know is good for me.

I practice my core principle of “FALL IN LOVE WITH THE IDEA”. In this case, that looks like my card deck course helping hundreds of heart centered authors, speakers and coaches get their message out into the world in a fun and beautiful way. I’m also falling in love with the idea that my Facebook Live (the one I chose for Kelly’s Stretch Yourself ) will be super fun and informative and that I’ll be the winner of that prize I’m wanting.

So I focus on that.

I let the ego play its game and then I thank it for sharing. Then firmly tell it, “I’m not interested in why I can’t” and explain that “I’ve fallen in love”.

Then somehow magically, my heart begins to lead the show, allowing opportunity, possibility, excitement and fun to show up all around me.

What are you willing to stretch yourself with ? Are you willing to allow your heart to lead your show?

xxoo,

PS. Sure! Go ahead and try my technique and see how it works for you. I’d love to hear about your experiment.

Here I am at 53… super proud of myself for stepping it up and OMCZ for this one!

It’s Time to Get Physical with Your People

We’re physical beings in a digital world, so it is any wonder that being so digital leaves people feeling a bit disconnected these days?

You’re trying to touch (or stay in touch) with humans in an increasingly digital world. The volume & velocity of information is a really awesome thing. We’re able to consume so much info by having it (literally) at our fingertips 24/7. But are we getting past those fingertips to the minds and hearts?

81% of all Americans own a smart phone. When we publish online content we offer instant gratification to almost any need – but is it actually creating the connection you want?

What if you can provide a touch sharing your unique gifts in a physical format people remember and even treasure. What if you could leave a real lasting impression on your client? That’s what we want – more then ever before. So how can we create that physical touch?

In Person Events

The human to human connection of events is certainly the most powerful.

We do in-person life events, trainings, workshops, retreats. Even when we’re not teaching, we do weekly networking to fulfill that primary need for connection. That’s why we still make eye contact, smile & give hugs, right ?

The Book

We still long for that physical, tangible touch even through the volume of the digital dynamo. How many physical books and other products have you bought from Amazon? I know even though I’ve got a beautiful iPad, running the latest operating system, I still use it to buy my physical books from my heroes & mentors that are piled by my bedside. But more about that later.

Speaking of Amazon, one of the icons of the digital age, even they have recently seen the light, and opened brick & mortar stores. Amazon got that we want that touchy-feely experience (they can’t do that through any screen) A “click” or a “swipe” is not necessarily a “connection”.

Tangible Training Products

Though we do create 100% virtual training online these days, to boost the sense of connection between teacher and student, especially where next steps will be offered, many trainers are providing a physical training binder shipping in the mail to support their online courses.

Turns Out, Putting Content In A Physical Form Increases Perceived Value

Dr. Alain Samson on PsychologyToday.com points out people are willing to pay more for that physical product & experience than for a digital product. It has something to do with a sense of ownership and a higher perceived value of a tangible item.

Most people never think to walk into a store, grab an item and walk out without paying. Yet the same people do it all the time with digital products. There is a feeling of lesser value and non-ownership – which translates into “non-connection.”

Let’s Think Even More Creatively

Does just “getting physical” solve your challenge? Sorry Olivia Newton-John, it does not.

It’s clear that upping our game from 100% digital to include something tangible is a super smart idea – but some of these physical touches call for a significant investment of time. Events, Books, Courses – they’re awesome – and they take up our time.

It’s important for any next move you take to be the right one – so let’s dig in to see what tangible product would be the perfect choice for you, your content and your target market.

When you’re inviting your community to come get physical with you and you’re being sensitive to their time – you’re thinking about how to bite size the experience.

Remember those physical books piled up by my bedside? The ones from my heroes & mentors that are full of valuable, respected knowledge? I touch them more to dust them off than to read them because I rarely make the time to read more than a page and end up feeling frustrated by the experience.

There is another printed option though, that allows me to pause, read and reflect without feeling like I’m failing or not doing enough.

This New Option Offers A Perfect Portion

I’m talking Custom Card Decks.

Lighter & smaller than a book, more permanent than an Instagram or Facebook meme. A card deck with your custom content is the perfect vehicle for bite-sized, easily digestible jewels of valuable knowledge and information. I fell in love with the medium from the beginning and vowed to make card decks a part of my own publishing plan.

If, like me, you’ve already published a book – it’s the perfect companion piece. I’ve lost count of how many people have bought my “Self Love” Card Deck after buying my book. Because it’s so easy to pull out a card and read a short and sweet snippet at anytime in any minute. And then, holy crap, those cards make your clients want to read more in your book.

Your Custom Content Card Deck can compliment your coaching program long after a session ends, prep your client to dive even deeper with you on a VIP day, or just introduce them to your gift, your system – without overwhelming them trying to digest too much at once. It’s the old story – how do you eat an elephant ? One bite at a time…

Your Custom Content Card Deck can be a stand-alone source of new wisdom for your clients, like my “I AM Power Connector Cards.”

In that one minute of pulling a card, your client has connected with you and your message. And unlike a “click” or “swipe” on a digital screen, your custom content card deck keeps giving. Your message stays with them – literally in the palm of their hands.

It’s all in how you play your cards.

Want To See Eleven Real Life Examples Of Custom Card Decks In Action?

You’ll see how other people have created card decks that offer a bite size physical touch to their people.

Your “BUT” Stops Here

Yes, my ass is on the line here. I’m the first one to the left. (That’s me in my 2nd figure competition) You may say, not bad for a 53 year old ass, BUT…..

I realized during a recent conversation with a friend that my BUT had gotten way to big.

It was time to pull back and access the situation.

Unless you’re Kim Kardashian, you may not be proud of your big but(t). As a matter of fact, you may not want to admit that you have a huge but(t) that is causing a lot of unnecessary stress to your life.

Take a deep breathe because what I am revealing here may be challenging for you to hear. This self reflection stuff (aka: taking ownership of the things you do) is not aways easy. It takes a big girl to realize she’s got a big BUT(T) standing in her own way.

How often do you catch yourself saying, “I would, BUT….”?

I bet it’s a lot more than you care to admit. Let’s be honest, naked and vulnerable right now. Your big but(t) may be in your way and holding you back from living your fullest and best life.

There are 2 ways that your big but(t) can hold you back. One is physically and one is emotionally.

Let us address the physical BUTT first.

If you are feeling that your butt is too big, you’re being self critical and most likely not participating in extreme self love and care. When you truly embrace self love and treat yourself from that loving place, you don’t pick on your body parts.

You don’t compare them or judge them. When you are fully in the process of extreme self love and care, you treat your body with respect. Not only in what you think about it, but also in how you talk about it, refer to it and feed it.

Extreme self love allows you to practice acts of kindness towards your body.

Consciously choose food that is good for you and treat your precious body well. When you eat healthy whole unprocessed foods (I call these naked food), your body responds well.

Continued eating in this loving style brings you easily and gently to your perfect weight. Perfect because deep down you’ve lightened up knowing that you have treated your body temple with the divine care it deserves. It’s a great feeling when the scale, the numbers and the size no longer matter. Being true to yourself is the only thing that counts.

So where in your life are you allowing self sabotage, self denial, lack of self care and love?

What has to change for you to put your self love first?

Let’s address the emotional BUT.

This one is a true pain in the BUT(T). When you suffer from this, you create big ass blocks to the things you really want.

Because putting a “BUT” into your command sentence allows you to play it small. The thing you attach to the end of your “BUT” holds power over you.

It has the perfect amount of power to stop you from getting the very thing you say you want. There’s one reason we use this BUT for stopping us. It’s because you are afraid. You’re afraid of that thing you want either because you don’t believe enough in yourself to think you can have it or you’re scared you’ll look stupid if you don’t actually succeed.

Either fear based reason butts you right up against a wall and stops you.

Using my body building figure competition as an example, I had a very big BUT staring right at me. Here’s how it sounded.

“I want to enter a figure competition…

but I’m too old,
but I have too much weight to lose
but I’ve never done it before
but what if I start and I can’t finish
but what if I look like an idiot on that stage?

I could have easily picked anyone of these 5 but’s and hung on to them. They could have worked as a grandiose excuse and opportunity to play my life small. Today instead of writing this blog, I would be wishing I had done it and filled with a whole lotta regrets.

Thankfully I did not attach myself to the fear and instead I let go of the “but”.

I stepped up on my stage!

That one moment of the baring of the butt, transformed my life in ways I could not have imagined at the time. What appeared to be a physical transformation ( and it was) was more profoundly a spiritual AH-HA.

I would be an ass, (sorry I couldn’t help myself) if I let you off the hook here.

Ask yourself what it is you want for yourself if you could just do it without any asinine excuse getting in your way.

Where in your life do you let your “BUT” interfere?

What would happen if you deleted that concept from your vocabulary list?

How would your life improve?

What scary thing would you step into?

I love self reflective questions.

In my Happiness Intensive Program, questions are key. How else do you get the answer if you don’t ask the question?

Scary is good…even though it sure doesn’t feel it at the time. Things that scare you are like a set of keys for opening all kinds of doors that lead to opportunities.

For me, standing on that stage, was the catalyst for publishing my book, Sleeping Naked After 4o, and the basis for what I share with you now.

If your self conversation is stuck in the fear zone and loves to talk you out of things that set your soul on fire, check out the Happiness Intensive. Because I belief with all my heart that

When we get to the naked truth of who you are and what you are here to do, happiness follows every time!

I hope I’ve inspired you to do something that scares you,

Say Goodbye to your Evil Step Sisters, Woulda, Coulda and Shoulda

These three relentless undying siblings are the secret to your pain, angst and regret. When we direct our attention to the things we did that we wish were different, we set ourselves up for suffering.

The evil ones are intently waiting on your every move for the opportunity to dance at your pity party. They are standing in full out garb ready to make it a full-on Dance of the Dead sequel. These zombies of regret aren’t pretty.

You can always conjure up the thing that you did that you coulda done differently. You can always conjure up what you woulda done differently if “this or that” or “he or she” did something different. You can always conjure up what you shoulda done, once your hindsight is 20/20.

Now that you know this, it’s time to say goodbye (kinda like unfriending them on Facebook). Your life is by invitation only. You’re the one sending out the invitations. You get to choose who you hang out with. So leave them behind and let’s get this party started without them.

What can you do to stop regrets from creeping in?

Maybe you coulda, maybe you woulda, and maybe you shoulda. The fact is that you didn’t. You can’t go back and change any of that. But what you can change is the way you look at it from the vantage point of right now.

Life is filled with lessons. This is how we grow. It’s for our soul growth that lessons present themselves to us like little hidden gifts. Our life lessons take us closer to knowing who we really are.

Lessons are constantly coming but if you learn from them, they won’t need to be repeated.

I lost my home 10 years ago, and spent many years mourning that loss. Even now, when the moon of regret is full, that nasty one, Shoulda, rises up for a quick visit. She reminds me that I shoulda been more careful. I shoulda been smarter. I shoulda got a job. I shoulda set it up differently.

You get the point…

If you want to be happy, you have to tell her to go away.

You have to choose not to hang with her or let her drag you down.

So what do you do when you have one or all of these three sister’s rearing their ugly heads and ranting in your ear?

Put your earplugs in and your blinders on and look forward

… and you keep looking forward, and you keep looking forward and toward your light. Pay no attention to those haunting voices. Your attention feeds them. However, if you don’t pay them any mind, they get tired and they go away.

Take a deep look at what you did learn and write it down

… include a list of all the golden gifts you received. For me, using my house example, I learned that it was my lack of self love that led me to that messy financial situation. It was my lack of self love that caused me to have to give up my home. I learned that a house does not define me but being at home with myself does. My gift is this lesson and it’s a big one.

So it’s okay… and I’m okay.

I want you to be okay with things that happened in your past. Give yourself the gift of putting your past to rest – allowing your present to be at peace.

Practice doing something different when your evil step sister visits with her haunting voice. How can you find the gift?

Once you find the gift, it works like kryptonite, and her voice loses all power over you.

Let’s get this party started!

Psst…one more thing. If you’re serious about putting the past really behind, I put together something to help you. I can help you amp up your happiness with the Happiness Intensive.

I believe happiness is the result of owning the gifts you’ve been given.

That can be challenging when the threesome is holding you down. In this course, (and it’s 2 weeks of really digging in) we’ll get to the naked truth of who you are. Once you embrace that, nothing can hold you back.

I’ve seen it over and over again, happiness follows every time. Come on over and check it out.

To your freedom and your happiness,

xx00,