From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I am a storyteller. I have been every since I can remember. In each experience I had, a story would somehow arise. It started with poems, then shifted to singing acapello. Then I went on to perform in a few school musicals. Next thing you know, I am in my first cover band, which two years later turns into “Blush”, where we were playing just original songs. Then, finally I taught myself guitar. And that changed everything! It allowed me to create my own songs from years of thoughts written down on paper. I am a storyteller… Here’s a taste of what that looks like…
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Blog #11: “Thoughts Become Things”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I met a man last week at a speed dating event who had a very negative attitude towards the music industry and the creative industry overall. He said there were no great artists anymore, and that there was just no way to make money doing art. He was once, as I discovered listening to him talk a bit more, a man of passion when it came to writing and story telling. His passion must have been stomped from society’s pressures and maybe he felt he had to give up his vision job as a writer and take on a safer job that paid well. As we talked, he said how he was a writer and how he had been a news reporter as well for some time in his past. He went on to say how he knew how to write a story, a real story, coming from nothing more than a few simple facts, but those skills, could not pay the bills, and so he took a job on Wall Street working as a copy editor years ago. He then said how he hated the job,[…]
Blog #10: Saying “Yes” to The Power of Positive Thinking
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home I am sitting on my bed with my wonderful friend, “Mr. MacBook Pro” on my lap doing some music business and I am thinking, “What about if I just write a blog now, right in this space of abundance that I am feeling right now.” Let me explain, you see, I have been spending a great amount of time over the past year praying and staying connected to my higher power asking him for guidance on what action to take next on this journey of life. And as I have been practicing this concept of living with faith rather than living in doubt and lacking, I am noticing that abundance is coming into my path pretty smoothly without my pushing or pulling or tugging or controlling any part of it. The great news about it is that I am not letting those fears, “False Evidence Appearing Real”, scare me away from this abundance. In the past, I most definitely would have and I have spoken about that need to stay under the radar to keep myself small in past blogs and it is wonderful to share with[…]
Blog # 9: Letting Go Of “The Plan”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home What do I want to talk about right now? It’s been a few weeks since I wrote the last blog. As that time has passed, I have experienced quite a bit of new awareness surrounding the vision I have of making money fully through my art and the money it is going to take to fund this vision correctly, in the hopes that by being focused on this vision, day in and day out, it will guide me towards financial abundance. As this awareness has recently hit me, I have found a new willingness to begin the process of finding another “B” job to continue to fund my “A” job, my vision. This awareness of my need to search for another job became even more clear when I was faced with a family emergency that forced me to think about the areas in my life which still remain to be off balance. It is my responsibility to be willing to do what I need to do to allow abundance into all the areas of my life.
Blog # 8: Accessing the True Self To Create Abundance
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Yes, accessing the true self to create abundance is the next theme. And I find it perfect to talk about this now, at the very start of 2012. I do not want to put my foot anywhere into 2012 without that foot being a part of my true self. I will be the first to tell you that living in truth and being exactly who I am is not easy, until I accept that “that” is who I am, take it or leave it! Sure, I have wished I was someone else more times than I would like to admit. And yes, I have dreamed of having someone else’s life as well. But in doing that, it has guided me in the opposite direction to having an abundant life. In wanting what is not mine or is not in my reach has only made me unhappy and incomplete. During 2011, a change occurred.
“Lone Pine” On Women Of Substance Radio!
Good News: I was just sent “Women Of Substance Radio” Playlist for this Tuesday, January 10th (4 PM ET, 1 PM PT). “Lone Pine” will play 3rd on “What’s On My iPod Show”. To listen & vote: http://www.live365.com/index.live Then, starting this Wednesday, January 11th Women Of Substance Radio’s “HOT AC SHOW” will debut “Lone Pine” 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Pacific (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern). Wanna spread some love? Give a “thumbs up” or a “shout out” as you listen to “Lone Pine” at the above time over the next 3 months at: www.live365.com/stations/breenoble Or, just click on the widget at the bottom right of this page! Abundance is what you already have within, not what you’re trying so hard to attain!
Blog #7: Reality vs Fantasy
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Hope all of you are enjoying this Holiday Season! 2012 is right around the corner and I wanted to get one more blog in before 2011 ends. Just to change it up a bit, I did a video blog for #7. Enjoy and see you back here in the New Year!
Blog #6: Making “Uncomfortable” the “New Comfortable”
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Where do I want to start? Well, this is Blog #6 of “365 Blogs to Finding Pinocchio a Home”. I committed to writing this blog series a little over two months ago, and I am finding out that by taking actions and having to report back here, to you, it is making this journey more about being my word than about getting somewhere or recieving something in return. This blog is becoming my own reflective template and my own personal playground, where I get to have fun while I share the actions I have taken, day in and day out, towards finding Pinocchio a home. Now, as I begin writing Blog #6, what comes to my mind is this phrase, “Dialing Pain”. An aquiantance of mine called me up recently to ask for a little bit of guidance and feedback in reference to some pressures she was dealing with in her personal and financial life. During the conversation, she said something about her “dialing pain”, and it stuck in my head, so much so, that I feel the need to talk further about it here. This concept[…]
Blog #5: I’d Rather Be Happy Than Right!
From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home Where should I begin? I think I want to talk about this tendency I’ve had, pretty much my whole life, of putting my time and energy into having to be right, rather than putting that time and energy towards being happy. It’s utterly exhausting and pointless! How many times have you heard that statement? “Do you wanna be right, or do you want to be happy?” Well, I know what my answer is at this stage of the game. I want to be happy, and being right is no longer an option for me. What has being right gotten me so far, anyway? Let’s see… hmmm…. To be 100% honest, and this in very humbling and embarrassing to say, but I’ll say it because I want to get this point across clearly. Being right has gotten me into unhealthy relationships over and over and over again. It’s kept me oh so close to reaching my musical goals, but somehow oh so far away. It’s kept my true heart hidden and my intellect strong. It’s created a false sense of security and a warped sense of reality. It’s[…]
Blog #4: Security vs Freedom
Where Will Life Have Taken You By Your 20 Year Reunion? From The Blog Series… 365 Blogs To Finding Pinocchio A Home The Big Twenty! I went to mine this past weekend at The New Rochelle Raddison Hotel. As I type this blog I am thinking to myself, “Should I include my personal life into these blogs?” The answer is yes. Absolutely! Life is what makes art happen. So yes, let’s talk about this experience for a moment, if you don’t mind. The main thought that comes to my mind is: Choose freedom over security and watch life start to open up. Now, this does not in any way mean to live life like a gypsy, which I admit, I had been doing for many years. Yes, I had been living day to day, not taking into account anything but my career as a singer and songwriter, my desperation in wanting to “make it” in the industry. That, by the way, has not allowed for me to have much of a balanced life. It’s like I was stuck in the air on a seesaw for so many years with The Incredible Hulk, my ego, as my partner[…]