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The Peace & Prosperity Videos

Kate Phillips — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:15:58 +0000

This posts compiles all 10 videos I shot last Thursday in my Peace & Prosperity Facebook Live Marathon!

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Increase Your Good Luck and Attract More Green (Irish or Not!)

Kate Phillips — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:09:19 +0000

Why are some people so lucky? If you'd like to increase your luck with money this St. Patrick's Day (or any day), read this secret of millionaires. (It might not be what you think!)

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The Sisters of Sizzle Serve Up Wealth for Women

Kate Phillips — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:36:40 +0000

(I’ll bet you can’t say THAT three times fast….) What a great month this has been, I’ve been asked to partner with Rachelle, then Robin, and now… The Sisters of Sizzle Talk Radio Show! If you’re not yet familiar with the Sisters or what they’re cooking up in March, well, let me tell you all about it, because they have five shows dedicated to Women and Their Money. I’m honored to kick off the month as part of a list of tremendous guests such as Mikelann Valterra of the Women’s Earning Institute, best-selling author Molly Gordon, (The Accidental Entrepreneur), and Anna Choi, a woman I highly admire for her transformative money management work with couples. See the whole schedule HERE and if you like, subscribe to the free podcast (same page) so that you won’t miss a show! The show I’ll be featured on goes live Wednesday, March 3 at 3pm pst on 106.9 HD, channel 3. For the details of how to listen via the internet, subscribe, or hear a replay, click here. And I can’t wait to meet the Sisters in person… The Sisters of Sizzle are Elise Kloter and Jill Pagano. Amongst other things, Elise is a Passion Test Facilitator, and Jill is a Nia instructor. Together they are fun, energetic, and a perfect example of what happens when women’s intuition meets entrepreneurial synergy. The two met and got this crazy idea to start a radio show, and voila, they were getting their sizzle on in no time! Their program now has thousands of subscribers and attracts fantastic guests. (I’ll bet you can’t say THAT three times fast….) What a great month this has been, I’ve been asked to partner with Rachelle, then Robin, and now… The Sisters of Sizzle Talk Radio Show! If you’re not yet familiar with the Sisters…

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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Fortune (a teleseminar)

Kate Phillips — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:21:03 +0000

What’s the real cause of financial stress and what can you do about it? Why don’t affirmations and the “Law of Attraction” always work? What are the two kinds of wealth, and why you only want ONE of them for a happy life? Join my new friend Robin Stephens and me for a teleclass on March 2nd and we’ll answer those questions and more! Robin has invited me to launch her next Healthy, Wealthy and Organized teleclass series on March 2nd. The class is free, but you can’t afford to miss it! Robin Stephens is a gifted life coach who works with (especially) women to help them increase wellness and energy create motivation achieve balance conquer their clutter and stress. (How awesome is that!?) Now Robin is helping even more busy women professionals and business owners achieve more inspired, balanced, and organized lives through her classes and products. (See www.healthywealthyandorganized.com) And that includes… this teleseminar! Here’s what’s happening: “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Fortune Teleclass” Hosted by: Robin Stephens with Guest Expert Kate Phillips Date: March 2, 2010 Time: 5 pm PST/8 pm EST Bridge line: (605) 475-4800 Access Code: 795697# On this call, I’ll reveal the basic three-step formula for creating wealth, as well as six other essential keys for women who want to create more abundance and reverse beliefs and attitudes that sabotage their success. You’ll discover : Simple things you can do right now to alleviate financial stress The biggest key to creating abundance in your life Why affirmations and the law of attraction don’t work How emotions can feed abundance and scarcity thinking The most common beliefs that hold us back from playing a bigger game Creating a healthy relationship with money and more tips or mini-coaching call-ins as time allows! Can’t make the call? No worries.…

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Common Misconceptions Women Have About Money and Prosperity (an interview excerpt)

Kate Phillips — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:12:21 +0000

I am delighted to say that I’ve said “Yes” to being a “Soulcare Provider” for Rachelle Mee Chapman’s Flock…“a nesting place for restless souls.” Rachelle’s eclectic background, theological education, creative bent, and talent for integrating diverse ideas and practices have made her internationally known as “the Urban Abbess.” Flock is an innovative website that offers spiritual direction and soul-nurturing advice to a growing online community of women (so far) who are discovering their unique spiritual paths. I’m part of a team of coaches, counselors and experts, and delighted to be the “financial healer” in the mix. Rachelle interviewed me for her Magpie-Girl blog, asking “What are the common misconceptions women have about money and prosperity?” Click here to read my answer at Magpie-Girl…. I am delighted to say that I’ve said “Yes” to being a “Soulcare Provider” for Rachelle Mee Chapman’s Flock…“a nesting place for restless souls.” Rachelle’s eclectic background, theological education, creative bent, and talent for integrating diverse ideas and practices have made her internationally known as “the Urban Abbess.” Flock is an innovative website that offers spiritual direction and soul-nurturing advice to a growing online community of women (so far) who are discovering their unique spiritual paths. I’m part of a team of coaches, counselors and experts, and delighted to be the “financial healer” in the mix. Rachelle interviewed me for her Magpie-Girl blog, asking “What are the common misconceptions women have about money and prosperity?” Click here to read my answer at Magpie-Girl….

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Louis CK: Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy

Kate Phillips — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:08:57 +0000

Classic YouTube video of comedian Louis CK on Conan O'Brien, illuminating in hilarious terms how spoiled many of our generation is about the wonders of technology and modern life.

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What Flavor of Pie are You?

Kate Phillips — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:13:26 +0000

I've heard it said we are Spiritual Beings having a Physical Experience. Perhaps we are also (at times) Abundant Beings having an Experience of Scarcity! Tips on how to wake up from "The Trance of Scarcity."

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Why the Law of Attraction Doesn’t Always Work

Kate Phillips — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:58:04 +0000

The secret to The Secret: How to make the law of attraction work, and why the law of attraction doesn't always seem to work. A look at the Law of Attraction, the Law of Alignment, and the voices inside our heads.

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Financial Failure: The Dark Before the Dawn

Kate Phillips — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:37:52 +0000

I spoke with a friend tonight who is in the process of filing for bankruptcy. She has lost her livlihood, her credit, her car, even her own place to live. After two failed business ventures followed by a health challenge that left her briefly incapacitated, she finds herself now with mountains of debt and no real income. Falling on the mercy of family and friends who have fed and sheltered her the last few months, she has retreated to an earlier profession, wrangling a few hundred dollars a month from friends and aquaintances who can afford to hire her on occasion. She has lost what most people would consider “everything.” As I spoke to my friend, I noticed a palpable shift in her since we last spoke a number of weeks ago. Was it depression? Resignation? Anger, shame, or blame? Not at all. While those emotions had become her loyal companions a few months ago, now, in her words, she has discovered “peace.” Even joy, gratitude, and new reasons for living! She talked about the the importance of “living in the present,” letting go of past regrets and future fears. She spoke of her newfound certainty that she would be alright, no matter what circumstance came her way. And she decribed her confidence that she has not been forgotten by God, but is rather sustained by a God who has been faithful through this storm. She knows the road to financial recovery could be a long one, but she is discovering how to enjoy each day to the fullest, regardless of her financial situation. Contast this to the tales we have heard the last few months in the news, of devastated fund managers and unsuccessful or unemployed executives who have chosen to end their own lives. French fund manager Thierry de la Villehuchet, a well-respected man of significant personal wealth and honorable morals, committed suicide when he learned that several of his clients’ fortunes, as well as much of…

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Heroes, Villains, and Slippery Slopes

Kate Phillips — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:03:09 +0000

A financial coach examines the Curious Case of Bernie Madoff and the largest financial fraud in history.

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Paying it Forward at a Starbucks Stand

Kate Phillips — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:02:33 +0000

I made a stop at the QFC grocery store in Redmond Ridge Saturday night. I was on my way home from teaching a “Wealthy, Worthy and Wise” workshop and I needed a few groceries. It had been a long day with an early start, and besides the groceries, I was also in the market for a shot of caffeine. I stopped by the in-store Starbucks stand and ordered a mocha from the friendly young male barista. After writing on the cup and ringing my drink into the register, he started telling me a story before allowing me to pay for my drink. “This morning, our store’s assistant manager decided to pay for his drink and also the drink of the person following him,” he explained. “The next person did the same, and people have continued it all day long, paying for the next person’s drink.” Sure to let me know that there was no obligation, he added, “So your drink has already been paid for. If you’d like to contribute to the next person’s drink, you can.” My first reaction was surprise at hearing the words, “Your drink has already been paid for.” It felt like I had won a little scratch card prize or something. My money was already out of my purse, and it seemed natural to “pay it forward” and contribute to the next. The barista paid the cash register out of money collected in a brown paper bag, then put my money into that same bag. Then he looked particularly pleased, and announced to me, “You’re the 100th person to ‘pay it forward’ today!” I loved that he was keeping track. I loved that he recognized that something out of the ordinary, no matter how small, was happening. I loved being part of it. I took my mocha and started pushing my cart around the store, collecting the items I needed. The mocha…

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Chauncey Gardiner and the Audacity of Hope

Kate Phillips — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:18:56 +0000

(A tale of two political figures – one fictional as well as accidental, one real and very intentional.) As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. This week I re-watched the brilliantly constructed satire, “Being There.” (A 1979 film directed by Hal Ashby, adapted from the 1971 novel written by Jerzy Kosiński.) Peter Sellers plays a simple-minded gardner with no social or intellectual skills, being essentially raised by television sets and the plants he tended. When forced into new situations such as befriending a billionaire and meeting the president, he is mistaken for a genius of sorts. “Chance the Gardner” becomes “Chauncey Gardiner,” his simple sentences interpreted as deep metaphors about the state of the nation. Here are some lines from the “meeting the president” scene: President “Bobby”: Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives? [Long pause] Chance the Gardner: As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden. President “Bobby”: In the garden. Chance the Gardner: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again. President “Bobby”: Spring, and summer. Chance the Gardener: Yes. President “Bobby”: Then fall and… winter. Chance the Gardener: Yes. Benjamin Rand: I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we’re upset by the seasons of our economy. Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring! Benjamin Rand: Hmm! Chance the Gardener: Hmm! President “Bobby” Hmm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I’ve heard in a very, very long time. [Benjamin Rand applauds] The metaphors remind of my own “Autumn Contemplations”…

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“Financial Therapy”

Kate Phillips — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:19:31 +0000

“What do you do?” It’s the simplest, most basic question, one we might be asked on a daily basis. I know exactly what I do, but I’m still trying to figure out how to answer that question in a way that people can understand. In a nutshell, I help people think and feel differently about money. I help people create wealth, but not with stocks, bonds, real estate and budgets with built-in automatic saving plans. (Yes, one must have a plan, but it’s the wrong starting place.) I help people create wealth from the inside out, through transforming beliefs, attitudes, and emotions. But what am I? Sometimes I define it by describing what I’m not. We all probably know what a Financial Planner is, or perhaps we have had experience with a Financial Advisor, Financial Services Representative, or similar animal. Some work on commission, some work for fees. All have tools to help you assess your current financial situation and panic properly as you grasp the enormity of the canyon over which you must leap in order to one day retire. Most sell financial products (investments, insurance, etc.) that might assist you in reaching your goals. I took a CFP course once. I got my life insurance license. I interviewed in the financial services field. I was well on my way to a life of using tools and charts and calculators to help people plan their financial futures. But I wasn’t sleeping well. It wasn’t my calling. I knew the world didn’t need another financial planner (with all due respect to the thousands of fine financial planners who serve a genuine need to their grateful clients). I knew what I was. I couldn’t deny it. I had been one for years. It was time to just admit it. I was… A Financial Therapist. Since no self-respecting therapist would ever call themselves…

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The Cure for the Recession (article)

Kate Phillips — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:39:54 +0000

“The quality of our life is the quality of our emotions.” Gas is over $4 a gallon, meanwhile foreclosures are up, workers are being laid off, and business owners are tightening their belts. The word “recession” is bandied about, sometimes in whispers (as if we’re afraid the economy might hear us), other times in not-so-soft complaints. I’m a prosperity coach, not an all-powerful genie who can cure this country of what ails it. However, I may have some “cures” that may help our individual suffering in a measurable way. We all have feelings about the current economic climate. Maybe we feel fear, frustration, worry, or resignation. Perhaps we feel relief that our job is safe, and guilt that our neighbor’s was not. Typically, the more we are personally and physically affected, the more intense our negative emotions are likely to be. And from a sheer “happiness” perspective, I would suggest that these emotions, and not the recession itself, are the cause of any pain we might feel. Understandably, when unemployment, foreclosure, illness or death comes to your household, it presents challenges, often challenges we have not yet learned to face. But who has not known or heard of a person with incurable cancer who was as peaceful as the Dalai Lama? Illness is not a reliable predictor of negative emotions (though much research indicates that laughter and optimism aid in healing). Being wronged does not preclude forgiveness and inner peace. Bad traffic doesn’t necessitate road rage. And call me crazy, but I don’t think a recession (whether personal or national) means we must succumb to gloom, doom, and fearful fretting. I once heard an intriguing statement: “The quality of our life is the quality of our emotions.” In other words, whatever we are feeling…

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