In my last newsletter I talked about how all hell broke loose in my life. After I’d picked myself up and focused on what I truly wanted, I decided to take a break from blogging to focus on my upcoming online Accessing Alignment course. But something so momentous happened recently that I had to take a moment to write to you.

Last Sunday night I was Googling someone and then, on a whim, decided to Google myself.

Can you imagine my surprise when I discovered that I’ve been published in the Huffington Post?!!

I heard an interview with Arianna Huffington last year, and she gave her personal email and encouraged listeners to email her articles that redefine what success is.

In a ballsy move, I submitted an article to her. She replied within a day saying that she loved it and was forwarding it to her editor to be published. I was over the moon!

Then… crickets.

I contacted the editor once, but never heard back so I decided to let it go and submit something later.

But it turns out they published it last July!  What, what? I couldn’t believe my eyes!

My Huffington Post article appeared fourth on the list!

My Huffington Post article appeared fourth on the list!

 

So here is my first moral of the story: Drop what you’re doing and Google yourself!

You never know what you’ll discover. And don’t forget to set up a Google alert for your name (or the name of your business) while you’re at it.

Moreover, the timing of this discovery was particularly meaningful to me because just last week I told my accountability group that I plan to submit articles to big publications when I launch my the course.

The Huffington Post was high up on that list.

Now I’ll admit, I thought it might be challenging to get my work published in the HuffPo. I felt a bit rejected by the editor who never replied to my email and I was a bit nervous about submitting my work again.

The irony that I had this desire to be a writer for the HuffPo when I already was one just floors me!

 

Here is the second take-away: Whatever you think you want to be, you already are.

Because all of it is now. I work at Citigroup (past), I am happily married (present), I am a creator of a lucrative online course (future), I am on Oprah (future) and I am ridiculously awesome (always!) – all of these are statements have been or will be flying out of my mouth at some point in my life.

Why not own all of me NOW?

I practice all the visioning techniques that I share with you in this blog. I’ve imagined and visualized this moment of being published in a huge online publication.  I’ve spoken and MasterMinded about it, I’ve written it out as an ideal life script… and now I am living it!

But that was only the beginning of good news!

I was about to sign off for the weekend last Friday when I got a ping saying that I’ve been published in the HuffPo again!

To explain how I manifested getting published again just a few days later, I first have to share with you how big I am on celebrating my accomplishments.

You see, I spent far too many years of my early life moving right on after achieving something. I didn’t know hot to bask in my wins.

When I finally stepped into my alignment, I vowed to celebrate everything good, big or small, to the max!

So right after I learned about being a HuffPo author I gushed all over social media, called every close friend and screamed their ear off, danced, went out and bought some new jewelry to celebrate, you name it!

I love the two new rings I bought to celebrate!

I love the two new rings I bought to celebrate!

And did I mention that it was midnight when I made the Googlicious discovery? Even though my husband and I were in our pajamas, I didn’t hesitate for a moment – I broke out the champagne and we toasted to this success!

 

Which brings me to the third moral: Always keep some bubbly in the fridge, showing yourself and the universe that you are ready to celebrate ANY TIME!

It turns out that my friend, Lloyd Burnett, was so inspired by my celebrations on Facebook that he decided to email HuffPo about his new amazing project called Nudges from your Higher Self.

And lo and behold, Arianna Huffington loved his idea of inspiring love notes directed at entrepreneurs so much that she offered him a regular blogging spot at HuffPo.

On Friday his first article went live and he featured a quote form yours-truly in the p.s. section! It’s a fabulous article about why there are no mistakes, ever, and I am honored to be included!

 

Which brings me to the fourth, and maybe the most important, take-away: Whatever happens to you, celebrate it. Bask in the gifts and delightful surprises!

Find the silver lining in things that seem like the opposite of what you wanted. 

Instead of lamenting the fact that I should have known earlier that I was published in HuffPo, when I found out about my article, I celebrated like it was my last day being alive!

And that positive energy attracted more of what I desire to me. Effortlessly!

When you color what is happening as positive and then amplify that energy to the max, all of life will bend over backwards to prove you right and bring you more.

 

So now I am facing an interesting opportunity: finding new ways to celebrate!

I’ve pretty much covered all the ones that I could easily think of… won’t you help me out? Tell me your favorite ways to celebrate in the comments below!

And I’d love to hear if anything like this has ever happened to you, because I love celebrating others’ successes as much as my own!

Grateful,

Lana-Shlafer

P.S. I talked earlier about the visioning techniques I use, and now is a great time to catch up on my series of visioning posts because:

a) If you really want to manifest your dreams, you’ve got to focus on them daily
b) I suggest exercises that make it FUN!

Read the series here:
Visioning Series (Part 1 of 4): It ain’t where I been, but where I’m about to go!
Visioning Series (Part 2 of 4): Power of Visualization
Visioning Series (Part 3 of 4): Power of Speaking
Visioning Series (Part 4 of 4): Power of Scripting