“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.” – William Feather

While many people would agree with William Feather’s statement, this is not a true statement, according to a 2012 study published in Psychological Medicine.

In fact, happiness is significantly associated with a higher IQ. Those in the lowest IQ range (70–99) reported the lowest levels of happiness compared with the highest IQ group.

The study of 6,870 people showed low intelligence was often linked with lower income and poor mental health, which contributed to unhappiness.

The study flies in the face of public sentiment about happiness and intelligence – one that’s been around for a long time when we consider the long-held belief that ‘ignorance is bliss’.

Yet, happiness requires the use of cognitive functions.

“The truth is, unhappiness and fear take less thought than happiness does,” says Shawn Achor, a leading expert on human potential, CEO of Good Think Inc., author of The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, and the educator who taught and designed the happiness course at Harvard.

Based on his research and 12 years of experience at Harvard, Achor supports organizations to increase happiness and meaning, raise success rates and profitability, and create positive transformations that ripple into more successful cultures.

This TEDx Talk by Achor may increase your happiness and your intelligence:

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Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

Full article on:  Delivering Happiness 

“The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.” – Corrie Ten Boom

As you know stress, fear and overwhelm have reached epidemic proportions in America and globally.

Every year more and more people are feeling the pinch and noticing their stress levels accelerate. Millions are struggling to cope in a world where terror is rising, technology is more confusing, jobs pay less, and many of us feel we have less control over our day-to-day lives.

Even doctors acknowledge today that stress is a leading factor in the development of cancer, heart disease, and other life-threatening conditions.

This is the reason why ‘Chi-To-Be! Achieving Your Ultimate B-All‘ has been a best-seller on Amazon for more than a year.

I wrote the book to help people reduce their stress, overcome their fear and eliminate their sense of overwhelm so they can be more productive and help lift up others.

“When my energy is feeling a little low or I am feeling ‘off’ and not really knowing why, I pick up my well-loved book (pictured here) to read a Chi-Lifting Energy Surge by opening to a random page. Since I decided to utilize the Chi-To-Be! Energy Surges in my life every day and to be a ‘Chi-Lifter’ by sharing them with my family and friends, feelings of being scattered, confused, frustrated and at cross-purposes are just memories.” — Lisa Sandhusen

“If you are considering buying this book, you are at the right place. I’ve made dramatic changes in such a short time and feel so wonderful about myself!”

– Kim Schultz-Ferrentino

Testimonials like Lisa’s and Kim’s are so important to me because it means many more people are living with greater ease as a result of reading Chi-To-Be!

This is why I have chosen to create the ‘Buy A Book – Save A Life’ Pay-It-Forward Campaign is to help as many people as possible live stress-free by selling-out the last 1600 copies of the first-edition of Chi-To-Be! Achieving Your Ultimate B-All .

And, your purchase of the 1st edition will make it possible to publish the 2nd edition of Chi-To-Be! and provide the funds to promote it so we can save the lives of even more people stressed to the snapping point.

There are only 1,600 copies of the 1st edition of Chi-To-Be! remaining in my publisher’s warehouse.

Thank you for helping me get them out of the warehouse and into the hands of the people who need them the most!

In exchange for your $25.00 donation or higher Reward Level package donation, I will provide you with one or more copies of the book — for you to share with those who you know need it the most — those who are on the edge financially, mentally, and emotionally…right now!

Your donation in any amount — as well as sharing this page with others you know — qualifies you as an official ‘Chi-Lifter’!

“If I could climb through my computer to give you a BIG HUG, I would do it right now!!! Tonight, I started reading your book, “Chi-To-Be”!! I started to read it awhile back, but stopped because of everything that is going on in my life right now. I skipped to Chapter 4 which had my interest because I’ve been having this battle with myself and been having trouble making a decision about something. In Chapter 4, those 5 questions that you have us ask ourselves were AMAZING!!! It even had me in tears after answering them because those questions helped me with my decision over the battle that I’ve been fighting with myself lately!! THANK YOU!!!! Those questions helped Me to see things more clearly, and I am so grateful!! God Bless You!!” — A reader of ‘Chi-To-Be! Achieving Your Ultimate B-All’

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“Anyone interested in living life FREE of mental blocks — check out Stacey Hall’s Chi-To-Be! teleclasses and coaching program! I enjoyed attending Stacey’s Chi-To-Be! workshop. I purchased a set of the Chi-To-Be! book, CD set and Achievement Guide and am looking forward to sharing the program with my business team.” — Angela Shim

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Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“You create your opportunities by asking for them.” - Shakti Gawain

In practicing Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #1 — Scheduling For Success — I have learned that sometimes I must make a request of others to change an appointment or some other agreement.

In doing so, I can choose to make my request powerfully…or without power.

What makes the difference?

Years ago, when I would make a request to change an appointment or an agreement, I often would be surprised by the reaction of the other person.

While I thought I was making a simple request…I would often experience that the other person would respond with irritation or frustration or aggravation.

This happened quite often…with various people…and I could not figure out why.

Finally, one day when I received this reaction to a request I made to change an appointment, I had the courage to ask the person why they were responding to me in that way.

Thank goodness she gave me the following answer…

“Because, Stacey, you always act like you are not in charge of your life…you cancel or change our appointments in order to take care of someone else’s needs…and, when you ask, you act pitiful, as if I am supposed to feel sorry for you. It’s irritating and inconsiderate of my time!”

Wow! That was a ‘wake up’ call!

Immediately, I began to notice how often I would often make requests to get out of something I had previously scheduled just because someone else made a strong request of me.  I realized that I was feeling and acting as a powerless victim to the demands of other people in my life.

Once my eyes were open, I made a powerful agreement with myself…from that day forth….I would only make requests of others that would move me forward towards the goals I set for
myself!

Of course, this agreement with myself requires me to only schedule appointments and make agreements with others that I truly intend to keep.

So, that when I do make requests of others…which I continue to do for advice, for information, for assistance…rather than feeling ‘stupid’ or ‘childish’ because I do not know the answer or I feel I need assistance, instead I remember to stay focused on the powerful outcome I intend to achieve.

Recognizing that I can make powerful choices in my life is what gives the power to my powerful requests.

How do you put the power into your powerful requests?

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“It’s ok if you lose. When you don’t play, you lose even more.”
–7-year-old Donovan Crumrine

Donovan’s quote was posted by his mother in the Chi-To-Be! group on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3832296&trk=hb_side_g).

His quote stopped me in my tracks because it reminded me of Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #2 — Do It Your Way Any Way You Can!

I’m currently at the beginning of a number of new projects and goals related to Chi-To-Be!   I am in the Seeding stage (see Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #3 — Tending To Your B-All Garden) and there are an abundance of intentional activities to be implemented (see Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #1 — Scheduling For Success).

My mind has been filling up with all the details that I am choosing to address in order to bring these goals into the blooming stage where they can be harvested.

I have been taking it all too seriously and squeeeeeeeezing all the fun out of the process. After reading Donovan’s quote, I now realize that I have been allowing my fears of ‘losing’ to come to the surface rather than allowing myself to play as much as possible.

What a welcome reminder that I can choose instead to approach these goals as if I am playing an enjoyable game and with great anticipation of winning!

As Donovan says, no matter what the outcome…I have won just by choosing to play.

And, that is the purest essence of Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #2 — Do It Your Way, Any Way You Can!

What will you play at today?

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.” – Paulo Coelho

Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to provide Chi-To-Be! coaching support to a variety of clients.  In almost every instance, the reason they wanted my support was because they were feeling that the bounce had gone out of their B-All.

The root cause of the energy leak was that they felt that the path they were travelling towards the fulfillment of their B-All goal was blocked in some way by circumstances beyond their control.

Perhaps you have felt — or are feeling — the same way yourself?

In every circumstance such as this, I encourage my clients to consider that the Universe is never out to conspire against us.

The Universe is always inspiring us forward towards the fulfillment of our greatest goals.

So, it is always our choice to feel deflated or discouraged.

And, it is also always our choice to trust the Universe is providing support and inspiration to keep our B-All fully empowered and energized.

Once I have made a commitment to myself to do everything it takes to fulfill my B-All, I know that this also means that I must commit to handle all the details of my life that I have been avoiding and which have been keeping me from fulfilling my goals.

It’s as if, in ’Keeping My Eye on my B-All’, I am now ready to allow the Universe to show me all the intentional activities that require my attention in order to move closer toward its fulfillment.

If those intentional activities appear as roadblocks or challenges, it simply means they are arising now for me to address and resolve in order to continue forward.

Again, by ‘Keeping My Eye on My B-All’, it’s easy for me to see they challenges are gifts — rather than a curse — to empower and uplift me.  Once they are handled, the bounce will be back in my B-All.

And, by sharing the situation with my Personal Accountability Partners and asking for their support, guidance, and encouragement, I can schedule the intentional activities required for dealing with the situation with velocity and ease!

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Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“Don’t do what you’ll have to find an excuse for.”  ~Proverb

I am inviting you to meditate on the word ’excuse’ for a minute– and notice — does your energy go up or does it go down?

And, I am also inviting you to meditate on the word ‘acknowledgment’ for another minute — and notice — does your energy go up or down?

Lastly, I invite you to remember a time when someone did not keep an agreement with you.

As you remember the experience, please also remember how you felt as a result of the experience — was your energy uplifted or deflated?

As you continue to remember the experience, I invite you to notice if the other person gave you an ‘excuse’ for why they did not keep their agreement — or did they ‘acknowledge’ they did not keep their agreement?

I expect that if you received an ‘excuse’, your energy was deflated.  And, if you received an acknowledgment of the broken agreement, your energy was uplifted or re-charged.

Why?

I believe it is because excuses don’t really matter.

Excuses are what we created as children to avoid being punished.  As such, ‘excuses’ — whether we are giving them or we are hearing them — are inherently energy-draining.

I’ve learned through my own experience that no matter how good the reason is for a broken agreement - even if the situation was due to a true emergency – what really matters most is when I first simply acknowledge that I broke my agreement.

And, I believe that the acknowledgment is one aspect of ‘Being Impeccable With Your Word’ from The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, which is Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #5 in ‘Chi-To-Be! Achieving Your Ultimate B-All.’

Also, it relates to Chi-To-Be! Energy Surge #11 — Accountability.

If I choose to be able to count on myself to do what I say I will do, then it is essential that I acknowledge when I don’t.

Acknowledgment requires letting go of ‘judgment’ in order to make a statement of fact.  It looks like this:  I said I would finish the project by a certain date and I did not finish it by that date.

Acknowledgment is that simple!

And, acknowledgment gives me power to make a new agreement (rather than making excuses) with myself and the other person, which could look like this:  I acknowledge that I will not be able to make the original deadline I am requesting an extension to finish the project.

Of course, the other person can now accept or decline the request.  They may also ask me to explain my reasons for requesting an extension so they can make an informed decision as to whether or not they will accept my request.

That is their choice since the original agreement was broken.  I also accept they my want proof and/or a commitment that I will keep the new agreement.

Either way, the power of my word remains strong as long as I am being ‘impeccable’ and ‘accountable’ to myself when making the commitment to a new agreement.

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“Active chaos has to occur to birth anything.  The key to keeping chaos active is clean up the mess and reorganize our materials between creative outbursts.  Then, when the next wave of creativity hits, we are ready to dive in.” — Terah Kathryn Collins

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“When it hurts to look back, and you’re scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.” – Anon.

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
– Robert Kennedy

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010-21013 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst

“Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.” – Dottie Walters, American Author and Motivational Speaker

Thank you, again, for requesting to receive these Weekly Chi-Lifts. The burst of power will be released to you as you implement these ‘intentional activities’.

BE Energized — BE Powerful –
Take Life By Your B-All!

Copyright 2010 Stacey Hall and Chi-To-Be!, LLC

Thanks For Riding The Chi With Me,

Stacey Hall, L.S.H., C.A.C., C.R.P., C.N.T.C
CEO & Founder
The Hall System of Intuitive Wellness
Chi-To-Be! Author, Creator, Catalyst