10 Year Anniversary - It’s Over… Or Is It Just Beginning
By Coach Colleen | May 26, 2009
It is all a matter of perspective.
Our first 10 years together is over. Our celebratory vaction of those 10 years is over.
What is just beginning is our next 10 years together, the rest of our lives, tomorrow. I am choosing to celebrate new beginnings and that the next ten years bring as much fun, joy and happiness as the last.
Packed and ready, we cleaned the condo Maureen so graciously allowed us to use. Thank you Maureen!
One last stroll around Keaukea Bay, through the Sheraton hotel grounds and walking on the black lava rocks. We took a moment to sit on those black rocks teasing the salt spray to wet our travel clothes and said good bye to our volcanic ocean anniversary paradise. Awe, wonder, amazement, gratitude, inspiration, adventure and a basic love flowed from both of us. Thank you Hawaii. We’ll be back.
Dilemma?
When is our anniversary vacation over? When do we change our mindset to our Seattle life? Hmmm… Do we have to? In some ways no, others yes. We do have to go to work. What if our work was to spin?
Hmmm…
We decided that it would be over when we wake up tomorrow. Our plane landed at 11ish pm. We played with our little dog and fell into bed going on our 11th year anniversary.
Thanks for being the inspiration for reliving my anniversary in this blog. I’m remembering and smiling.
Coach Colleen
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In Search of Half-Brain Spinner Dolphins? Day 7
By Coach Colleen | May 19, 2009
We set the alarm clock, both our cell phones and left the curtains open so we would not sleep through our boarding call.
Mar and I and ten other dolphin seekers hung out on the dock as our captain interacted with the local police. As I walked up to the pier at Keauhou Bay, I had heard the sound of metal on metal: a boat trailer had kissed the bumper of a parked truck. As we sat waiting for the police to take our captain’s driving info, there were a few jokes about our ‘Captain’s ability’ to drive boats versus cars.
30 minutes later we headed north out of Keauhea Bay in search of half-brain spinner dolphins. Let me explain.
In Search of Half-Brain Spinner Dolphins
Hawaii’s spinners feed in the deep ocean at night then come into protected bays to rest. How they rest is by turning off half their brains. According to Kelly our One Love One Spirit swim guide, they feel safe from predators in the shallow protected waters. I may have to do some more research on this.
It took us about 20 minutes to spot these graceful creatures slipping in and out of the water. 
They too were heading north. After a dolphin etiquette lecture, we were slipped overboard as quietly as possible (NOT!).
In seconds, they swam past us. Three or four swam within 5-10 feet of me. 
More were in the background. Our encounter lasted only seconds. Then a herd of humans were frantically swimming in search of dolphins. Another one darted by. Then they were gone.
Tag, you’re it!
Back on the boat heading north we again saw them as they lived up to their name – leaping and spinning. It was an awesome sight. A baby even flapped his/her tail at us. What was the message? Leave me alone! I actually think it was more like Ha Ha, you can’t catch me! or Tag, you’re it! Then, they were off again with us in pursuit.
We did two more full group drops. On the third drop, the dolphin contact was slight but the sun penetrating the deep waters (over 100 feet) was glorious. Away from the herd of humans, I spread my arms wide and spun in a slow circle drinking in the vastness of forever.
Back on board our pontoon boat, the captain asked ‘Want to snorkel or drop again with the dolphins? Four of us wanted to go with the dolphins, and I am so glad we did. I had snorkled all week, I wanted dolphin encounters.
That fourth drop was by far the longest and most interesting. I am holding to the idea that the dolphins knew that the four of us were safe and truly respected the fact that we were visiting their home. They swam past, turned and came back.
Rather than swimming after them, I decided to just be still. Off to my left, a lone dolphin caught my eye. He (somehow, I felt it was a he) just hung suspended a few feet below the surface. I watched.
I had talking with our dolphin tour master from One Love One Spirit, Julia, for a couple of weeks. She was so excited for us and kept telling me about life-transforming experiences after swimming with these incredible creatures. I wanted one of those life-transforming experiences.
I didn’t have that type of experience in the moment, but you know I cannot get that lone dolphin out of my mind. I can visualize him as I write this. Maybe a life insight will come later. My intention for swimming with these playful mammals was to learn play.
Well, watching them play in the wake of our boat, flap their tails at us and spin in the air for no reason that was apparent to me was so captivating in the moment that I couldn’t think of how that translated to my life. Hmmm…. Maybe it was just that – being in the moment.
A Dolphin Jungle Gym
Earlier a dolphin watching boat passed in front of us. For the dolphins it wasn’t a boat, it was a water jungle gym. The 40-foot boat purposely left a big wake. Our captain slowed down and said we might as well watch the show because we would have to wait for the wake to dissipate. The line of wake exploded with dolphins jumping… surfing… diving… spinning… again… again… and again.
I have seen a lot of dolphins playing in the wakes of boats, but this was by far the best 1 minute show I’d ever seen. Playing just because.
I’m going to have to place the questions in my subconscious about what specifically I can take away from my dolphin playground adventure. What did that lone dolphin say to me? I need to be still and listen. I do know that I don’t have to be in visual contact to communicate with him. I’ll keep you posted.
The rest of today… what did we do?
A shower, a nap and into the Kona tourist district plus a little driving around to see what’s here and search for a special anniversary dinner location.
Today was our actual anniversary
We wanted to have a special dinner to celebrate our accomplishment. We couldn’t bear sitting inside even if there was a view. We stumbled onto a sand-floor, beach-front table and settled in to watch the sunset and the sunset hula show. It was marvelous. We acknowledged our first 10 years together, toasted each other and our next 10 years.
We forgot the camera, so here is a tourist photo from the Trip Advisor site. 
Thanks AZlovesHI for the great photo. We are going on our 11-year anniversary!
We both agreed that we were (are) the luckiest people in the world. We are so glad we are with each other. We sat in silence relishing that moment - smiling.
Thank You
We both would like to thank all of you who have supported us on our life journeys. We occasionally talk about our past relationships to clarify rather than compare with today. Like the dolphins, we have learned to live as much as possible in the moment. It really helps us to be present to each other. We have learned a lot…. Hmmm… lessons from our 10 years together. Look for this in the near future.
I’m getting ahead of myself. Off to pack and home tomorrow.
Coach Colleen and Mar
Once I discovered what love meant to me, I meant Mar. At the request and encouragement of friends, I put what I did into a system that you to can use to find your true love.
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70 Miles to Civilization: Day 6
By Coach Colleen | May 19, 2009
We left our ocean view hideaway today, said goodbye to our turtle friends and headed towards Kona 70 miles and 2 hours away.
Following recommendations from our friends Terry and LeAnn, we stopped at Two Step beach (that’s what the locals call it) and the Place of Refuge.
The Place of Refuge was a safe haven for those who had offended society and the Gods.
It was a place to repent and escape death. Somehow it seemed like a place to release and forgive. We did our own forgiveness ritual. It just seemed right. 
Even as I sit writing this tonight, I can feel the serene energy I experienced as I walked through the grounds. What or why, neither Mar nor could I say. It was powerful. If you ever go, take a moment to give thanks, to forgive yourself or others and ask for guidance.
Hmmm…. Again, I’m in that space of refuge from what? Myself? My past? My future? My mental entrapments? I’m finding it hard to mentally leave that place of refuge and continue recounting our day.
It Just Keeps Getting Better
We had our most beautiful snorkeling experience so far in the trip at Two Steps beach. I saw a large eel, but no dolphins. 
Satisfied and pleasingly tired, we hauled ourselves up the two rock steps and onto the solidified black lava rocks where we warmed both sides of our bodies.
Off to Civilization
We drove into our condo where there was a fully-loaded mango tree across the street, stashed our gear, thought about taking a nap, but couldn’t not go look at the public beach and boat launch right next to our inner-city retreat. We are at Keauhea Beach City Park where we are to be at 7:45 am tomorrow morning to board the boat for our swim with the dolphins adventure.
I will admit that I have been a little anxious: what if we do not see dolphins? Our trip was with a highly recommended dolphin swim group - one love one spirit.
Coach Colleen
The absolute first step to finding true love is preparing yourself emotionally. It is fun with my Total True Love system. It makes online dating much, much easier.
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Hawaii and Abe Lincoln Meet in Paradise, Day 5
By Coach Colleen | May 17, 2009
Today we decided South Point and the Green Sand Beach and, maybe, back to the lava flow after dark (a token thought). Well, we never made it back to the lava flow because our day was full of new marvels and a very, very, very long walk.
Yes, back to Turtle Beach as we started our southerly adventure. Mar wanted to see The Green Sand Beach so we started on what we thought to be a 45 min mild walk according to the guide book. 
Only a few minutes on the dusty inland straight path in 85 degree, humid, no trade winds terrain, we made our way to the flattish black lava coastline. Mar stopped counting at 15 bays. One and a half hours later, we arrived at another beach in paradise. 
Our exhaustion was overshadowed by the beauty of this bowl of turquoise water and slightly green sandy beach. Why in the middle of a flat lava rock coastline a horseshoe outcrop of olivine rock 150 feet high mysteriously appears is, well, a mystery. But, there it was and it took our breath away. 
We waited a few minutes to catch our breath and figure out how to get down. Yes, those were people climbing up what appeared to be a nearly vertical rock face. 
Thank goodness for optical illusions. The climb down and back up wasn’t bad. One of the best parts, I will admit, was the ledge at the bottom that afforded shade for us the weary trekkers. This was only day 4 in the sun so shade after a 1.5 hour walk in the direct sunlight was heaven sent – we would have the same long trek back to our car.
After watching the waves for about 15 minutes, we were about to go into the water when a series of big waves sent several body surfers tumbling head over heals. Even the 4 local buff guys who were there got out of the water. 
A little further around the shore we arrived at the southernmost tip of the United States. The Hawaiian’s are quick to point out that South Point is further south than Key West in Florida.
Check out this map of the world map. It shows it clearly.
The waves while not huge were dramatic. I sat out on the lava for a few minutes but had to move away from the shore not because the waves were near me but because I imagined that they could be and the result would be next stop Tahiti. I’d made the reverse trip on a 38-foot sailboat and it took 23 days. The seas were the roughest as we sailed by the Big Island on our way to Honolulu.
The waves were scary because each one was different and I’d just seen the waves at Green Sand Beach change dramatically. I know enough to know that if there were not any locals sitting this far out there was probably a very good reason. At times, I can let my imagination run amuck and this was one of those times. I moved back and had a much more serene experience. 
The power of those waves was captivating, mesmerizing and deserving of great respect. We sat there and made an offering to the Spirit of the Pacific. Even now as I write this, I feel hollowness, no, more of a vastness in my stomach. We are so small sometimes.
A Personal Icon for Success in Life
The offering I left to the vastness of the Pacific Ocean at South Point was a Lincoln penny, a token of what I hold dear – clarity, brevity, respect, perseverance, honor and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get the job done right.
Why a Lincoln Penny?
Read the full article which is about using symbols to attract your perfect job at my Resumes 4 Interviews blog www.Resumes4Interviews.wordpress.com
Coach Colleen
Please feel free to send my all your pennies. Find your true love symbol using the Total True Love system.
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Day 4 in Paradise
By Coach Colleen | May 16, 2009
An Awakening
Another Day in Paradise is like any other day filled with little decisions about what to do. Today our choices take us in opposite directions – one north, one south.
Even in Paradise You Have to Live with the Consequences
North to the lava tubes, then to the unparalleled Hawaii Botanical Gardens in Hilo; then back to the free flowing lava at dusk for the dramatic orange glow of molten earth flowing into the sea. Or, south to stand on the southern-most tip of the United States, a very spiritual place we’ve been told. And, a walk in to one of the two green sand beaches in the world (so we heard).
I watched the weather report and a front was forecast to arrive tomorrow. It’s a 20 minute walk to the lava flow, so we decided to beat the rain and go today.
Any guesses where our first stop was? Turtle Beach, of course. And, we were not disappointed. Sitting here I think I want to just sit and watch the turtle. Watching a turtle sunbath in the same hot baking sun as you are sitting under is not the most exciting venture – my hat’s off to all those National Geographic photographers.
Walk-In Tubes
The Lava Tubes, our first stop today, were quite dramatic. 
I can say this with all certainly because I did not notice the gain in elevation. Walking uphill in hot, humid weather is taxing if you are not used to it. Seattle is rarely 85 degrees during the peak of summer. We had descended several flights of stairs to reach the lava tubes. I was so engrossed in the surroundings that I never noticed the elevation change which was not insignificant because we only ascended one short flight to exit.
Next, we drove to Hilo and sat at a city park on the bay and ate a late lunch before we strolled the grounds. It was getting close to rush hour and we were on vacation and considered getting out of town now to avoid the traffic congestion – flashback to home. But, seeing at least one lush tropical garden was top on Mar’s list of wants, so we decided to brave the traffic and go there. We ended up in gridlock but it was so worth it.
Hawaii Botanical Gardens is a must see. How to describe the over the top extravaganza of color and drama. Red was the predominant color. I’m sure there is a botanical reason, but I don’t know it. All I know is that it was extraordinarily big and bright and exotic. In every direction we looked we saw a different flower. Thankfully, there were not hoards of insects because my mouth hung open as we looked up and around to the next explosion of nature on steroids. Mar’s repetitive verbal reaction was ‘Oh, my God!’ All I could say ‘Look at THIS!’ and THIS! and THIS! and THIS! You get the picture. If not, here are a few.
About ¼ mile outside the gardens in the middle of nowhere on a windy road, we passed and backtracked to a smoothie stand. Oh, my God! Was my reaction. I’d go back to Hilo just for another mango, pineapple juice, papaya and banana smoothie.
On the Road to Lava: Gridlock and Rain… Torrential Rain…
Let me set the stage. The main road around the Island, Highway 11, is a two lane, winding highway where passing is nearly impossible. Plus, the closer you get to the equator, the quicker the sun goes down. In Hawaii, it’s dark, dark and darker after sunset.
We plowed right in to the middle of rush hour traffic as we exited Hilo on the adventure of a lifetime – seeing flowing lava. Remembering, Hilo is the rainy side of the island, we were expecting an afternoon shower, but NOT a torrential rainstorm. It seems that the storm front was ahead of forecast and arrived just as we were leaving Hilo. Dusk was an hour off, but who would have guessed. Darkness and driving rain exaggerated by our speeding car (40 mph) combined with us not knowing where we were going contributed to our 6 miles to the lava turn and another 11 miles and a 20-min walk to flowing lava.
11 Miles to Lava… Or So We Thought
It took us over 1 hour to go 11 miles because of the traffic and the rain. We pulled of the road a couple of times because we could not see the car in front or behind us. Charging on at turtle speed we decided that rain would only make the steam plume bigger and we were from rainy Seattle, so we were going to the Lava Flow in the rain… or so we thought. Here are two what we missed photos from the USGS site. 
As we finally approach the rangers who were to direct us to flow, we saw people not going forward but turning around. The wind had shifted with the front and it was too dangerous to allow people into the area.
VOG, Volcano Off Gas, is noxious and can kill. We had seen the VOG every day but hadn’t thought much about it. My friend Martha who lives in Kona part of the year warned me about VOG. Her ex-business partner’s friend died of an asthma attack triggered by VOG.
My Reaction Could Spoil My Day… or NOT
As we turned around, we both knew we wouldn’t be back this trip. Seeing flowing lava was on my must-do list. In that moment, I thought about my reaction. I could be upset and throw a temper tantrum. Or, I could go with the flow (or ‘go with the wind’) and accept what is.
For me, it is often more easy to accept what is when I’m on vacation than in my everyday life. So, I put seeing flowing lava on my ‘to do in my lifetime list’ and we started on our two hour trip back to our Island home.
We had made a decision early that morning. Was it the right one? Who would I blame anyway – the weather forecasters, the storm front, the rangers, God?
It was my choice
I was at a choice point. I decided that nothing was going to get in the way of me having a wonderful time on my anniversary vacation – nothing has that kind of power over me.
Coach Colleen
Find yourself and then find you can find your true love. The Total True Love system is a self-discovery system for finding yourself in relationship to love. Then, you can if you want find the love of your life. Finding the love of your life is an inside job. Use this system with online dating or even before.
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Sleep in – no way! Day 3
By Coach Colleen | May 13, 2009
Lounge around and soak up each other, our view and the bird talk – yes!
This morning, Mar and I poured over the maps and the tourist book a friend of hers lent us – Hawaii The Big Island Revealed by Andrew Doughty.
We had read it before we came but until we got hear it didn’t really sink in. We made our really want to see/do this list.
1. Swim with dolphins
2. See and swim with sea turtles on the black sand beach
3. See flowing lava
4. See the volcano crater and the Park
5. See lava tubes in the Park
6. See at least one tropical garden
7. Eat fresh mango and papaya
8. Eat fresh local fish
9. Visit the southern-most point of the United States
10. Walk into the green sand beach
11. Visit and snorkel at The Place of Refuge
12. Walk into Honomalino Bay, a non-tourist laden beach that locals frequent on weekends
13. Snorkel at Two Steps Beach by the Place of Refuge
14. Maybe go to Captain Cooks Monument by Kayak
15. Have a special dinner out on our anniversary night
A 10-Year Success Lesson
One thing we have learned about each other over the years is that we have to say what we want and stand up for it and not give in because we think we are being gracious. That kind of graciousness is a sure fire recipe for resentment if you always put your wants and desires aside for your partner. Both of us have done it and felt cheated and resentful. We have learned to ask for what we wanted. Believe me this is the best policy for keeping your individuality alive and vibrant in a long-term relationship.
Our list was full and we each had our priorities. Mar’s the tropical gardens and mine the dolphins and flowing lava. Coffee and tea in hand, birds visiting us on our balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean, we continued our adventure by planning our stay and staying open to doing something totally different in any moment.
Our guidebook highlighted a picture-perfect palm surrounded beach requiring a 20 minute walk. Having been warned not to go on weekends when it’s a local’s only beach, we decided to pack a lunch and our beach chairs and go today. Neither of us had had enough salt water swimming yet. Plus, they said dolphins often hang out there in the morning.
So, at 10:30 off we went. Our first stop - our turtle beach. There were three turtles basking in the sun. 
Someone had made a stay-behind-this-line around these gorgeously homely sea creatures. I claimed these two as our anniversary mascots. They looked so content tucked nose to nose in the warmth of their surroundings.
You know it’s paradise when…
You know it’s paradise when you keep marveling at how you started your day – seeing sea turtles before noon.
Driving down to Honomalino beach was nothing short of astounding. At the bottom, we parked and started our walk to yet another glimpse of Paradise extraordinaire.
I was immediately drawn into the land of Bilbo.
I imagined myself as a hobbit in the midst of a tangle of limbs and briars. At some points, there appeared to be no cross-country openings other than crawling and climbing over, under, around and in tree limbs, roots, trunks or suckers that were growing intertwined in every direction. 
There surely was not an ocean anywhere around here.
Eyes stinging with sweat, we emerged into a palm tree forest and the reward of a cool breeze. An old windmill on our left, an abandoned house of sorts on our right, we wondered if we were on private property but the sound of waves on the beach kept us going up the back of a sand dune. The rewards of paradise are endless. As our heads cleared the dune, we were faced with a truly picture perfect tropical postcard. 
A crescent shaped white sand beach framed on each side by black lava. The rolling surf teased our sweaty skin and caressed our eardrums as it led our eyes towards the turquoise waters that beckoned our hearts. One lone sailboat lay gently at anchor in the middle giving us a perspective other than the next land mass Tahiti. 
Today was our first real surf entry. It or should I say we were comical. The sand was beyond hot. It burned our feet thru our socks. We did not see dolphins or turtles, but we did see fish, black and orange sea urchin and eels in our shallow snorkeling bowl of delight.
Communication – I Thought You Brought It?
After 10 years, you would think we have communication down to a science. Well, we skipped science class today and both of us forgot to check to make sure we had sunscreen, so we moved around a palm with the sun/shade. Water and sunscreen are a must in the 85 degree, humid tropical sun. We might have stayed longer but sunscreen and lunch called us back to our mobile base camp – the car. Oops!
We Have History
We didn’t care. We knew we had each other. We could count on each other and our love. We have a 10-year history. What a way to cap our first 10-years of memories – with a shared view of paradise and the mystery of hobbit country. We laughed knowing that having remembered each other was what was important… and, we still have the rest of the day, the rest of our vacation, the rest of our lives - together.
Coach Colleen
I found my true love and so can you with the Total True Love system - It is all about finding out what is important to you before get involved.
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Anniversary Vacation Day 2 in Paradise - 10 Years to NOW!
By Coach Colleen | May 12, 2009
Served coffee in bed. Isn’t my true love wonderful?
We’ve taken many vacations over our 10 years together and we wanted this one to be different. We wanted to relax, get up late and just hang together.
NOT, we awoke to wave action muffled by riotous tropical birds. Red cardinals, yellow finches, love doves and some other bird that stands up like a penguin called us to action – get up this is paradise!
What to do? Where to go? It was time for another cup of coffee on the deck just watching the waves and settling into the heat. It was hot! 85 degrees and humid.
It was nearly noon when we started our explorations.
First we went to the famous black sand beach about ½ mile from our hideaway. But that is not what caught our eye – there was a huge sea turtle on the beach. As we approached from the opposite end of the beach, we watched it turn and scoot back into the water. Horrified at our loss, we just watched several turtles play in the surf. 
Good luck? Bad luck? Who Knows.
This might have been the best thing that could have happened to us because it prompted us to go snorkeling. The guide book said it was snorkelable if calm? (Is snorkelable even a word?) What does calm mean? We asked a local who said this was as good as it gets. So, in we went.
I put my fins and mask on and ducked my mask under the water to see Mar putting on her fins and backing into a turtle about 1 foot behind her. I did some sort of flailing motions getting her to stop and turn around and look. Amazing animals – just gliding through the water.
Our second day in Hawaii and we were swimming with sea turtles on a black sand beach!
I wonder if sea turtle mate for life. Do they celebrate anniversaries? Do they mark time? Do they live in any time except the now?
Being in the NOW, in the moment experiencing a tropical paradise together, was one of our goals for this vacation. We wanted to leave work and the cares of everyday life behind for these 7 days.
Swimming with the turtles was truly a NOW experience and the highlight of our second day. Even Eckhart Tolle would be proud.
Coach Colleen
Proud to be in love and proud to be learning how to be more in love every day.
True love’s gonna be like mango’s.
P.S. Total true love is more than I ever imagined. It grows every day even after 10 years. And it is as much about my internal growth and self love. Hmmm maybe I should write lessons -tips- learned in the first 10 years.
P.S.S. These entries are written as if I’m still on vacation, I’m back home and working. I had every intention of publishing entries and photos each day. Here is tip number 1 - don’t combine work and anniversary vacations. There is a time and a season for everything from the song TurnTurn Turn (remember the Byrds and their lyric source). Be with number one during together time - a 10-year anniversary vacation is one of those times.
You only have one of those and you have years to write about it. Oh yeah - it’s called being in the now. Living in the moment for that moment truly being with that wonderful person you have chosen to spend your life with. It is worth it.
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10th Years Together – Celebrating Our Anniversary in Hawaii
By Coach Colleen | May 11, 2009
Happy Anniversary to ME and MY TRUE LOVE
We are blessed by wonderful friends. And, I want to say thank you to Terry and Karin for sharing their ocean view timeshare with us. Thank you to Linda and Mike for gifting us a companion airline ticket. And, thanks to Jeri and Susan for the loan of gear and Maureen and her husband for the gift of two nights in Kona. Plus LeAnn, Rick and many others for tips on where to go and what to do.
After a 5 hour flight, a quick dip in the warm part of the Pacific Ocean and a 2 hour drive, we have finally arrived at our anniversary hideaway on the Big Island of Hawaii. We pulled in just as the office was closing and the sun was going down. We grabbed our key, stashed our gear, marveled at our ocean view and jumped back into the car to make sure we reached the nearest grocery store 6 miles away before it closed at 7pm.
Wired and excited, we searched through South Point’s six-isle mega store. South Point, you see, is the southern tip of the Big Island and is the southern-most tip of the United States. It is the remote part of Hawaii boasting of few tourists and even fewer tour amenities. This is exactly where we want to spend our 10 year anniversary.
Once back at our Anniversary Hideaway, groceries in hand, we actually stopped to smell Hawaii – plumeria – so good, so Hawaii. 
Groceries put away, we finally take a second long breath and sit on our deck drinking in the intoxicating crashing of waves on pure black lava.
Our relationship milestone, 10-year anniversary celebration vacation has begun….
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Sex IS Good for You
By Coach Colleen | April 6, 2009
Hi Ladies,
I want to give you a resource that is frank and funny at times.
It is on Oprah’s website. Dr. Laura Berman tells all!
Here is a great place to start - sex is good for your cardio vascular system.
There are several short videos. You do have to watch a little commercial, but it’s worth it.
Coach Colleen
Find True Love… by Finding Yourself First with the Total True Love self-discovery system.
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Why Do We Ignore True Love?
By Coach Colleen | April 1, 2009
Hi there,
We all have a true love pattern within us. It is perfect for us. It is personal to us. Yet, we often ignore it.
We succumb to our humanness of using society’s pattern for true love, TV’s pattern for true love, Movie’s pattern for true love. We do this at the expense of our own true love pattern and our own happiness.
But, it doesn’t have to be so.
You can remove those ‘outsider’ patterns of true love. You can remove that second hand learning and discover your true love pattern.
By releasing your attachment to what ‘should’ be because someone else says that’s what should be you create space within yourself for self-discovery.
Love in imaginably unimaginable
Love is one of those concepts that grows within itself within you. Love is a mind-bender, and we try to define it using our mind. We create ‘The List.’ You know the list that set of characteristics that you want in your true love.
Love is imaginably unimaginable and is best imagined by your using your heart and your head. It takes both. What represents true love for you?
Is it a rainbow that is always there after a rain? Or, popcorn that is fresh, buttery and fun?
Imagine… Accept … Expect… And Find True Love
Coach Colleen
Author of the Total True Love System – A guidebook for Imagineering and finding your true love
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