A time for fresh, new opportunities!
A time to officially file away the past!
A time to let go of old things and grasp on to the new things!
A time to breakthrough!
A time to get a new pace!
A time to dare to do the things that we have been putting off!

Oh! I LOVE IT!

The past few weeks, I have been pulled back enjoying the holidays while really taking everything in my life before the Lord. I am ready to go!

Yep!

Today, we began a NEW TOPIC for our Mommy Homework. You are going to LOVE it! Just grab a cup of tea and hop over to my blog to join the discussion. Here is the link: http://www.cindysdesktop.com/?p=3347

Later this week, we host an AMAZING one-day retreat that you are going to L-o-V-e!!! See details below.

Also, next week, we kick off our next Talk-a-Latte class. Yep! If you are a homeschool mom, you will not want to miss this one. Just wait until you see my unadvertised bonus for you that I unveil next week. It fires me up! Well, learn more below!

And, if you are in business OR want to be, don’t miss our coaching session this month. It is the perfect session for anyone who wants to lay a firm foundation for business this year. Go ahead and sign up today! Well, learn more below….

You will LOVE all of our plans for 2012! I can’t wait to have this time mom-to-mom with you! Why not look through the things that we have going on and plug in. Here are the details……

Reach Your Resolutions!

Are you sick and tired of going year-after-year-after -year as though you are on a treadmill–doing a lot of STUFF but not getting anywhere? Do you pull back to plan each year, but find those plans taunting you instead of helping you reach for your goals, resolutions, and dreams? Need help turning your resolutions into goals and your goals into “to-do’s” that GET DONE? Sick of getting everything ready to go but getting derailed by obstacles, interruptions, chaos, and crisis situations? At a turning point and need a friend to help you step out? Ready to gear up and reach for your dreams? Well, this is DEFINITELY the retreat for you! This is one retreat that you will not want to miss!

Learn MORE Here:
http://talk-a-latte.com/e-store/reach-your-resolutions/

Homeschooling? Don’t miss this 8-Week Class!

Igniting a Love of Writing in Your Reluctant, Resistant, Frustrated, and Totally Uninterested Student

Need ideas for encouraging your young writers and QUICK? Ready for a fun way to encourage your most reluctant writer to write and like it…well, become addicted to writing??? You won’t want to miss this one! If you are finding yourself at a loss for where to begin teaching your children about how to write, this is our suggestion. In this workshop, Cindy inspires and equips you with the basics that you will need to prepare and encourage your young writers. Cindy addresses how to teach your young writer whether reluctant or already researching…toddlers or teens! In the typical Cindy Rushton style, you will find yourself laughing, crying, and finding that encouragement that you need to take you’re young writer through the process of writing in a nurturing and fun environment! PLUS! She meets you where YOU are with great ideas for anywhere along the process! Don’t miss this session!

Learn MORE here:
http://talk-a-latte.com/e-store/igniting-a-love-of-writing/

And, that is not all!

In Business?

Organize Your Business Group Coaching!

Would you love to spend an afternoon–or an entire month of afternoons–with another mompreneur and plan out the details of your new year? Wouldn’t it be great to have someone take you step-by-step through planning out your goals, hearing God for your business, brain-dumping all of those amazing ideas that are buzzing around in your mind, gearing up for your upcoming projects, figuring out how to get they myriad of things done with YOUR life, setting up your daily schedule and routines, determining your daily priorities and how to make them all happen, troubleshooting the typical obstacles, interruptions, and distractions that keep us from success, and showing you how to stay productive and prolific while you live the life of your dreams?

Well, join Cindy for one of her best-ever group coaching course! You are going to LOVE this series!

http://thebizmentor.com/organize-your-business

OH! Are you a part of our Talk-a-Latte Mommy Club? NOW is the time to join! We are about to release our new audios. Subscribe now to get last month’s audios AND this coming month’s audios. Psssssttt–the topic is on pressing in for your breakthrough. Get ready for one POWERFUL set! Well, learn more here:

http://talk-a-latte.com/MommyClub.html

Ready to join me? Stay on the lookout for some of the things we have right on the horizon for you this year. God keeps speaking one word to me for 2012–breakthrough. I will be sharing more about that as we dig into this awesome year…

Big hugs!

With much love,
Cindy
http://www.CindyRushton.com

How is your week going? Kicking it off with a bang? Oh! I AM! We have a lot of fun things going on. I want to just quickly connect you with all that I have going on. You will love it!

Mommy Homework is UP!

Each week, we have a fun topic of discussion on my blog. We call it our Mommy Homework because it is designed to inspire us to WORK on our homes and our lives. If you have not ever seen the Mommy Homework, you are in for a treat! Plus, when you participate in our Mommy Homework, you get “Mommy Homework Credit” that you are free to use for our products–like this week’s seminar set! (See more about that in a bit!). Here are details about our MH this week:

Topic: Too Blessed to be Stressed
Learn more here

Mom-to-Mom Radio Show

Each week, we host a new topic JUST PERFECT for inspiring, encouraging and equipping you to step up to your call as a godly woman. This week, our show is being recorded LIVE at our website. We have a wonderful guest and a timely topic. Make plans to join us. Here are the details:

Topic: Too Blessed to be Stressed with Debora Coty and ME!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011- 10AM CT
Learn more here

Talk-a-Latte Retreat!!

One of our favorite things around here is connecting with you live. One of the ways that we do that is through hosting live retreats. Yes! Complete with goodie bags, doorprizes, and mom-to-mom fellowship. Guess what??? Our next event is THIS WEEK! AND, super news! You can join us complimentary!  Well, here are the details:

TOPIC: Trash, Trinkets, or Treasures featuring Cindy Rushton
DATE: Thursday, August 25, 2011 (at 7PM CT) – Friday, August 26, 2011 (9, 11, 1 CT–QA immediately following the 1PM session)
WHERE: In our Private Chat Room (Register for details).
Learn more here

The Biz Mentor Retreat is almost edited!

Yes! We held our retreat, Getaway and Get a Plan. I will be uploading and posting the edited audios later today. Do you have the set? Today is the day to grab it for more than HALF OFF! You will LOVE this set! Here is the link:

http://thebizmentor.com/our-next-event-getaway-and-get-a-plan

Oh! And, two big shout outs for our family.

My sweet grandbaby, Joshua, is celebrating his first birthday Wednesday. I want to shout out big birthday wishes for him!

Also, my precious daughter, Elisabeth and her new husband, have just gotten to South Dakota (he is in the Air Force and stationed there). She just texted me to let me know that they found an adorable apt (with room for me to come visit–hehe!). They start moving in today! I am so happy for them. If you missed their wedding pics, I have them posted on my Facebook wall. Check them out. They are an adorable couple!

Well, that is all for now. I pray that you will be able to join me online this week. We are here to encourage, inspire, and equip you as you journey through your life as a godly woman. You are not alone. You have a cheerleader here rooting for you! Take some time today to fill your cup back up. It is not an extra, it is essential in this high calling you have before you!

Have a super week!

With much love,
Cindy

Talk-a-Latte Mommy Club!

Each month, we have a new audio workshop. Sometimes we record those live. Of course, this month, everything has been recorded privately. Our topic for this month is CASTLES UNDER FIRE. I gave a SNEAK PEEK into this set last week during our Mom-to-Mom Radio Show. When I say, SNEAK PEEK, you won’t believe this set!

If you have been “under fire” from the enemy, you will NOT want to miss this month’s set. In it, we are getting an action plan for protecting our homes, our families, and ourselves from the attack of the enemy. This is going to be one of our best-selling sets. AND, great news! When you join our Talk-a-Latte Mommy Club this month, you get it as your download of the month! Even better! If you sign up today, you get the current set, Secrets to Ultimate Productivity AND you will be ready for Castles Under Fire later this week. Can you beat that?  Just join us at this link:

http://talk-a-latte.com/MommyClub.html

I have a fun announcement to make!

Ready? Mom-to-Mom Radio Show will be going LIVE again next week!

For the past year, I have been recording shows privately and posting them to my site at http://www.MomtoMomRadioShow.com each time. We just joined a wonderful ALL Christian women network at Christian Women Affiliate. Our shows will be recorded with their network on Blog Talk Radio each and every week on Monday afternoon at 1PM CT. I am soooo excited to be joining them! PLUS! They also offer a wonderful webinar room that we plan to use A LOT!

Next week will be our first LIVE show of the year. I would LOVE for you to plan to join me for that kick-off. If you can’t that is ok, we have two great ways for you to be an active part of the show.

1. Join us at our website, http://www.MomtoMomRadioShow.com to download all of our new shows. Yep! They will all be posted there just like they have been for 7 years. Download manually or subscribe by our RSS feed. You can listen on demand at any time!

2. Leave YOUR own voicemail! This is NEW! I am SOoooo jazzed about this! We now have voicemail for our shows/sites. All you have to do is call in and leave your questions, feedback, testimonials, and ideas. We can insert them into our show. I REALLY want for you guys to use this! This show is MOM-TO-MOM. I want for it to be a dialogue between me and YOU. Why not call today at: (256) 273-9576 and leave your message. We will answer on my blog or radio show! Call today!

Are you as excited as I am? I hope so! Make plans to join me next Monday as we record LIVE! See ya there!

With Much Love,
Cindy

How is your Saturday going? It is STUNNING here in North Alabama. Elisabeth and I got away for a breakfast out this morning. Matthew called to let me know that he had finished his 10K first place in his age division. And, Harold just called to let me know how well he did shooting with his buddies today. Now, I am covered up with napping puppies and snagging a few moments on the computer. I like it!

I just got a few emails with questions about our live workshop this coming Monday. I thought I would take a few moments to share them and my answer in case you have the same questions. Well, before I dig into those questions, let me first tell you the background on this seminar. This is one workshop that you will not want to miss.

This past year has been a pivotal point for me. I guess you can call it my “Business Mid-life Crisis.” This year my business has paralleled my personal life at moving into a new season. I have felt the tremors coming on for some time, but I really did not know what God wanted to be different so I just stayed on the path that I knew He wanted me on—which is exactly what we should do. (SMILE)

Through the years, I have balanced homeschooling, home business, marriage, mothering, ministry, and serving in my community. This year, I have honestly sat back and wondered how I did it all. Maybe it wasyouthful energy. Maybe it was insanity. Definitely it was the Holy Spirit filling the places that I could not fill on my own, pulling it all together, and making the impossible happen. This year, I hit a wall where my plans were just not happening, my to do’s were not getting done, and I was at a “T” in my life and I had to figure out which way to go if I wanted to reach for my goals and dreams. Ever been there?

Something absolutely crazy happened that I thought was the way to go. I went to a casting call for a TV show. I got the call back. I was sent home to make videos of my life, my family, my friends, etc. I filled out mounds of paperwork. And, I got right down to production. I spent weeks (actually months) getting everything ready so I could leave for 4-6-8 months for filming. Then, my email came back letting me know that I had gotten far, but they thought I could do this on my own. UGH! In other words, the turn I took at the “T” led to a dead-end. And, lots of confusion.

Since then, I have been doing exactly what this seminar will teach you. I have pulled back to:

1.    Dare to dream again! Up until now, God has blessed me so much in making my dreams a reality. He told me years ago to dare to dream BIGGER. I remember thinking, “But, God, you have already given me my biggest dreams. What should I dare to dream?” Oh! Asking that question has unleashed God to really work in me this year. Not only is He asking me to dream for bigger things, He is also asking me to dream for a bigger list of dreams and put them on my calendar TODAY. Well, this is one thing that we will look at Monday. And, not just MY DREAMS, but I am going to come alongside of you as you pull out those dusty dreams and get moving toward them AND as you dare to dream bigger dreams and as you dare to dream a bigger list of dreams. You are going to get started putting them down on paper AND on your calendar THIS YEAR! You will love this!

2.    Get a clear vision of my life purpose. I really thought I was here already. However, I have seen something in myself that has shown me that I put myself and my life purpose in a box. In doing so, I put my dreams and goals into a box of what *I* could make happen—that is sooo small compared to what God wants to do. We all know that when we only reach for what WE can do, we are going to fall short of all that God has planned for us. We limit ourselves. We limit our lives. God had different plans for me than this particular show, I seriously do not believe it is BIG ENOUGH. I really believe it would limit Him. He still has totally impossible-without-Him plans for me. If there is something in my heart that has a desire to go this direction, I have to ask myself, “How is God going to do it? Will I dare to go that direction?” I have found that my only limits are my own personal vision. Relate? Well, we are going to do some deep work on clarifying our vision in this workshop. You are going to love, love, love this! I even have a completely separate audio that will take this one even deeper. It will be included in the membership site. You are not going to want to miss this. It is life-changing! And, it is life-changing THIS YEAR!

3.    Set goals that get you set! Now, this is an area that I really do well. Well, once I have a vision. I have spent the past few months really looking at my dreams—all of them—and breaking them down into doable, measurable, and solid goals (action steps). Now, I am hitting them one-by-one as God says, “Hit it girl!”  If you struggle with this, then you are going to LOVE our time Monday. I will show you how to get everything ready to go and on your calendar for next year. What is your dream? We will set goals that get you set to reach for your dream! And, soak this in—THIS YEAR!

4.    Get Unstuck, Get Moving, and Get it DONE! Very rarely do I get to a place where I am stuck, paralyzed, and just cannot get moving again. In that place, I have more excuses and exceptions that I care to admit. Little obstacles, distractions, chaos, and interruptions derail me. That is the time that it seems that if I take one step, I get clobbered and stuck again. Again, this is rare for me, but it has happened every time that I have been at a crossroads in my life. I think that part of this is because of my perfectionism, but I also think that most of it is because this is my preferred method of procrastination. (Talk about true confessions—that one hits deep!) I don’t know what may have been holding you back from reaching for your dreams, but Monday, we are going to dig deep and help you to get unstuck, get moving, and get it done! This is the year to read for your dreams. Just ask yourself today (not December 31st) how you feel about THIS YEAR? Is it what you wanted for it to be? It is another year that disappoints and discourages you? It is another year that you have a big list of resolutions that are not met? Well, ENOUGH of that! Monday, I will show you how to get out of your own way, get over YOUR obstacles, and get moving toward your goals and dreams. You will never be the same again!

5.    Clean out, revamp, restructure. There are two main times of my life that God has brought me to a place of pruning. Funny, both have been with new seasons of my life. This year, He has pulled out the pruning shears with a vengeance. I am SO glad that I knew what He was doing this time and that I could trust Him as He cut away some of my favorite “branches” to my life. Hear the snips in your life? Are you scared to let God prune those things you have LOVED? Is it time for Him to get loose in your life? Well, if you are ready to get moving toward your goals and dreams, the answer must be, “Yes, Lord!” or it is not going to happen. This is the perfect time of year to clean out, revamp, and restructure. In the next few weeks, everyone will be pulled back and busy with STUFF. In that time, you can get your life on track for success! You can gear up for your best year ever. And, I will show you step-by-step.

6.    Invest in yourself! This is the hardest thing for me. Sweet friends, if there is an “Achilles heel” for me, this is it! In fact, I have been chewing on one video segment from my daughter all fall. She said that I was a success because it involves others, not myself. She continued in saying that I was a success at marriage because it was all about my husband. She said that I was a success as a mom because it was always about my children. She said that I was a success as a homeschooler because it was all about my children AND the families who I help to homeschool. She said that I was a success in business, not because my name was on the books or audio sets, but because it was always about those I reach and minister to. Then, she said the one thing that I really struggled with—that I was a failure at taking care of myself because it HAD to be all about me. UGH! Relate? Maybe you have been taught, just like me, that taking care of yourself is worldly, selfish, and ungodly. Well, that teaching is dangerous (and unbiblical—join me and see!)! It keeps us from stepping up to our call. Yes, we may accomplish some things, but we will set limits that hold us back from reaching our life purpose and living our dreams. We can do all of the other things perfectly, but miss this one and we will not live the life that God has called us to live. This has been a BIG lesson of 2010 for me. Don’t miss as I share on this Monday.

7.    Press toward the mark! This past year I accomplished one of my “impossible” dreams. Actually, I did it twice and plan to try one more time as I run into the new year. Yes, it was running. I ran my first 5K on New Year’s Eve. Actually it began 15 minutes before midnight and we ran out of the old year and into the new year. As I neared the finish line, tears came flooding down my face. I had dared to dream, found the race to train for, set daily goals to train up, pressed past my hindrances, obstacles and excuses, got moving, and then pressed toward the mark. It was step-by-step. I finished. I finished well. And, found myself not just meeting my dream once, but I am now setting higher dreams (on my calendar). There is nothing like it! I don’t know what your dream is, but they are all the same—it is the same process to reach for them. It doesn’t matter if they are little dreams that you can do today if you carve out time to go for it or if they are going to take a lot of work and a lot of investment on your behalf. It is the same process. And, it takes getting your eyes set on the mark and pressing toward that mark! Well, more on that Monday.

So, what is your dream? What do you want for your life next year? When all is said and done, what do you want to look back upon? Just when do you plan to get moving and make it happen? Need some help?

Join me Monday as we gear up to reach for our dreams together! This is not just another workshop, this one is going to “coach” you and cheer you on as you reach for success. Typically, these live group coaching sessions are $50+ per hour. This one is just $9.95 and includes replays of the audios AND a membership site that is being packed with even more help as you gear up for your new year. You will love it! Just check out the details at and join me at:

http://talk-a-latte.com/e-store/talk-a-latte-retreats

Now, to the questions:

1.    Cindy, normally, you set up your events for free when we join you live, but this one is not set up that way. Why?

Great question! Yes, most of the time, we do set up events with that option, but this is not a typical event. This is a an afternoon retreat where I will be coaching you through this topic. I had toyed with the format for this topic. I was just going to set it up for my business coaching clients, but it is way more far reaching. It is perfect for everyone. And, it really needed to be a longer study—normally those require registration for attendance. But, Harold and I prayed about it and felt that it would be perfect in this format. We will only have one “crash-course” live session. Everything else either has been recorded or will be recorded and added to the membership site. You will love the set-up. But, it is very different from our free workshops.

In this format, we will have an afternoon retreat on this topic. Then, I will also record and add other topics that are complimentary to the membership site. I am very pleased with this set. Of  course, you will see it advertised again later for $99.95 after everything is online. It is definitely a crazy price now. So, don’t miss this! You will want to hear this one over and over and over!

2.    Hi Cindy…I would like to order a ticket for your “dreams” retreat on Monday, however, I’ve been called in to work that day.  If I can take my lunch break at that time I’ll catch about 1/2 an hour of it…my question…will a dowload be available so I could listen to the rest later?

Thanks for your email. Yes. Not only does the price include admission if you can join us, but it also gives you access to the Membership Site where the download will be available along with a whole set of audios on topics that I cover even deeper.

Plus, if you have to miss the live recording, you can still access the unedited audio immediately after the session (I will include a link where you can download that). I will edit the audio and have it available as soon as possible (I HOPE to have it by Wednesday so everyone can download and listen while they prepare their meals or travel).  Hope you can join us!

3.    I just got your email about the new TAL seminar on Gearing Up to Reach For Your Dreams in 2011. I still have $10.00 in Mommy Homework credit. Would it be possible for me to use that to grab a ticket for the seminar. It sounds WONDERFUL and motivating! Thanks and just let me know.

Absolutely! Just email me with your request and I will add you to the list. If you need to know how much Mommy Homework Credit you have, here is the link to the current listing: http://talk-a-latte.com/ebooks/MommyHomeworkCredits.pdf

Ok, dearies. Go ahead and slot me on your calendar Monday. We will gear up to reach for your dreams together. I can’t wait to see you there AND to see what this year holds for you! Here is that link again:

http://talk-a-latte.com/e-store/talk-a-latte-retreats

Have a super weekend! See ya online Monday!

Love,
Cindy
http://www.Talk-a-Latte.com

We have made this study simple and easy to use. You can join me at YOUR PACE and at YOUR CONVENIENCE. You can study self-paced through our “flight plans” that are prepared with the purpose of coming alongside of you, teaching you the lessons, strategies, and secrets to building a marriage that lasts forever!

You can join our NEW study TODAY! Learn MORE here!

We have made this study simple and easy to use. You can join me at YOUR PACE and at YOUR CONVENIENCE. You can study self-paced through our “flight plans” that are prepared with the purpose of coming alongside of you, teaching you the lessons, strategies, and secrets to building a marriage that lasts forever!

You can join our NEW study TODAY! Learn MORE here!

I am SO excited.

I am ALMOST ready to open the doors to my newest project, Marriage 911: A Crash Course for Those Whose Marriages are Crashing OR a Lesson in Aerobatics for the Show of a Life-time.

Keep posted. You are going to want to dig into our “Flightplans” that are designed to help you and your sweetie SOAR! Oh! Get ready!

Counting down!

I am SO excited announce this big announcement! I am finished with all of my 2008 projects! I want to let you check these newbies out. They are SO amazing! They are our best projects ever–well, I always feel that way about new “babies” that I “birth” around here. BUT…I have a feeling that these REALLY ARE the best ever! AND…they are ready right in time for Christmas.

Training Sons, Training Daughters Virtual Seminar is just WOW! It was neat teaching this seminar. It brought together all of my teaching on mothering from mothering little ones to teens to young adults. It really covered my passion for mothering. I think these workshops are amazing! I think you will want these!

The Let’s Make a Memory Virtual Seminar is also online and ready for purchase. OH! Talk about a very important seminar. It has great help for making memories this time of year, but not just that! It also includes seminars on how to bring great literature in your home…how to have a daily tea-time with your children (one of my first times to record that topic online)…and my NEWEST topic, Live Like You Are Dying. It is a super set. I love, love, love it!
AND!

Our newest seminar set: A Crash Course on Spiritual Warfare! Ok! This one is just straight from my heart! I am really overwhelmed with this one. Many of you know that I am a military mom. This set comes is fresh and completely new. These are totally new. You are going to want this one. I really do believe that of all my teachings, this is one that will really meet you where you are, no matter where you are today. If you want a sample of it, check out this audio.

NOW…I am completely excited to be kicking back for a few weeks to enjoy my Christmas break, plan our new year, and gear up for a big 2009. We are going to hit the road running. Get ready for a blast!

Merry, merry Christmas!

With much love,
Cindy

I am back home and busy as a bee. We had a wonderful weekend. Not only did we have a super seminar (the Let’s Make a Memory Virtual Seminar), but I also got to make sweet memories with my children–Matthew, Elisabeth and Jill. We had a blast!

I am back home working on all of the to-do’s. I about choked looking at my list. It looks formidable, but I KNOW I will feel successful after I look back at this list completed.

This week, I am working on:

–>  Editing the rest of Training Sons, Training Daughters Virtual Seminar audios and text chat transcripts. WOW! These are amazing!

–>  Editing all Talk-a-Latte Preview Chats and MTM Radio Show audios. THESE ARE SUPER TOO!

–>  Editing all of the Let’s Make a Memory Virtual Seminar audios and text chat transcripts. What fun we had!

–>  Catching up on email and extra projects.

–>  Cleaning and preparing for the holidays–Matthew gets to come home!!! We are soooo excited!

Get ready! These projects are all amazing. I will keep you posted as I get them done. Keep me in your prayers!

Love ya!
Cindy