by desing | Classes, Faith & Purpose, Freebies, Services
I know I am not the only one who has struggled with fear or who has had to face (and continue to face) giants that can seem overwhelming, difficult, discouraging and out right scary at times! I had to quit my high-profile job in the music business a few years back in order to pursue my dreams of Embrace Her Legacy and that was met with dozens of fears; I feared rejection, the future and failure. I have had faced dozens of giants since then and I still have fears and giants that I am dealing with, you are far from alone.
In this age of social media, we can be fooled to believe that we are the only ones who are struggling while everyone else is on vacation, succeeding, prospering and living their lives like it’s golden but I have learned that’s so far from true. We have to understand that everyone is putting on an “aspirational front” to a certain extent and you never really know what someone is going through behind the scenes. There have been so many times where I just wanted to post “If you ONLY knew what I was dealing with right now and how many giants I have to slay in order to move forward! I just want to cry myself to sleep! – which I have no shame in saying that I have because sometimes you feel like all you can do is cry.
There are times where I wished that successful people would be more transparent about their struggles – especially the struggles, fears and giants that they experienced at the beginning of their journey of success. You ever just wanted to get Oprah on the phone and ask her how she did it? Yep, me too.
The truth of the matter is that all of us who are on this journey of success will have to defeat giants. Giants are those trials and tribulations that are challenging, uncomfortable, testing and sometimes hurtful. The giant can be a job loss, business failure, financial lack, being hurt my someone you love, losing a loved one, becoming ill, marital issues and so much more. We all will have to face seasons in our lives that are harder than others and those seasons will stretch our faith and capacity. We all have fears that we deal with on a daily basis and if we do not recognize them or deal with them from the root then we will find ourselves meditating on thoughts of fear, speaking words of fear and acting upon our fear.
There is no way that you are going to be able to realize your dreams and live a limitless legacy if you are a servant to your fears. Remember this: Anything that you cannot say “no” to, you are a slave to. The tricky thing about fear is that it comes disguised as so many other things, one of them is practicality. Trust me when I say that your dreams do not have to be practical in order for them to be valid.
Well, after recognizing my own fears, dealing with my own giants and realizing that many other women were dealing with their own fears and giants, I have decided to do something about it and I want to help you boldly face your fears, graciously defeat your giants and embrace your victory in my FREE class!
I wanted to make this free for all of you ladies because I want everyone to kick their fear to curb and live in the purpose that you were called to live! I am tired of fear ruling our lives, whether it’s fear of the future, fear of success, fear of financial lack or fear of being alone – I am committed to helping you triumph over your challenges! Here is a brief synopsis of what I will be covering on the call –
- How to identify your fears and deal with them from the root
- The difference between external fears and internal fears
- How to fight your fears with a plan
- How to exercise your faith and the authority God had given you
- How to defeat your giants by using your Five Senses of Faith
- Daily action steps you can take to fight your fear and defeat your giants
I’m a believer in God and His Almighty power. I am a child of God and He has given each of us the power to not only walk through our fires but to not get burned in the midst. You have authority living on the inside of you and I believe it is my duty to show you how to tap into that power, so let’s get it going and make sure that you come to class ready with a pen and notebook to take notes!
I look forward to empowering you to live fearlessly and to conquering your giants with glamour, grace and style! Enjoy the class!
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@embraceherlegacy
by desing | Faith & Purpose, Services
Thank you so much for your overwhelming response of my book, Take the Limits Off Your Legacy: A Woman’s Guide to Unlock Purpose and Vision! This is my mission to empower women and girls to remove all the limits in achieving your dreams and realizing the destiny that you want and deserve – this is my personal assignment which I am so honored to be chosen for!
Now, I want to get to know you up close and personal. I want to talk to you specifically about YOUR legacy. There are plenty of people who have empowered me on my journey of success and many of them I have not met. Sometimes I just want to ask them a specific question in regards to my life, trial or circumstance so I want to give you that opportunity. I am so thrilled to work with you ladies so I want to motivate you in-person, yes, you get me in the flesh through what I am calling, Visionaries Sessions which are book discussions and empowerment workshops hosted by you.
I will come in and talk to you and your group about Take the Limits Off Your Legacy, success, living a limitless legacy, overcoming fears and giants, discovering purpose, birthing dreams and whatever else you want to talk about in regards to becoming the woman you have been called to be in order to honor what you have been called to do. I will come to wherever you are and us visionaries will unite in power and authority in achieving our success.
Visionaries sessions can be hosted at your community organizations, church groups, events, conferences, schools, or even at your home. I will come to you and we will work one-on-one beforehand on the topic that you want me to cover or we can have a general Q&A about the book – I will tailor the session to your needs. And if you can’t get me to come to you, feel free to reach out to me so we can work together one-on-one in my Strategic Goal-Setting Sessions.
Here a few topics that we will cover in Visionaries Sessions –
- 7 Deadly Limits of Embracing Your Legacy & Success
- Q&A about Take the Limits Off Your Legacy
- Embracing the Power of Your Story & Your Truth
- How to Become a Goal-Getter to Birth Your Dreams
- Understanding the Cost of Living Out the Extra in Extraordinary
- Facing Your Fears & Defeating Your Giants
*Topics are subject to change
I know you’re probably wondering, how does this work and how much will it cost me? There are few options and you choose what works best for you:
- Option 1: $1,250 Flat Rate + Travel Accommodations (Includes five complimentary 30-Minute Strategic Goal-Setting Sessions for (5) individual guests, 20 complimentary copies of Take the Limits Off Your Legacy, 1-hour empowerment workshop + Q&A, and book signing with photos).
- Option 2: $1,000 Flat Rate + Travel Accommodations (Includes 15 complimentary copies of Take the Limits Off Your Legacy, 1 hour empowerment workshop + Q&A, book signing photos)
- Option 3: $800 Flat Rate + Travel Accommodations (Includes 1 hour empowerment workshop and/or Q&A and book signing/photos)
- Option 4: $650 Flat Rate + Travel Accommodations (In order to qualify for this option, you must guarantee a minimum of 25 women at your event. Includes 1 hour empowerment workshop or Q&A, book signing/photos. If the minimum guarantee of women is not met, the rate will be $800 and the balance is due the day of the event.)
- Option 5: $500 Flat Rate (Only available for those in the New York City area. Client must guarantee a minimum of 25 women at your event, if the minimum is not met then the rate will be $600 and the balance is due in full on the day of event. Includes 1 hour empowerment workshop and/or book Q&A and book signing/photos)
Please note that a 50% non-refundable deposit is due at the time of booking (which will serve as confirmation of your session), the remaining 50% is due the week prior to your event. All travel accommodations must be reviewed and approved via email by an Embrace Her Legacy staff member prior to any travel being confirmed – all will be confirmed via a written contract between the client and Embrace Her Legacy.
If you would like to host a Visionaries Session with me or would like further information, please email info@embraceherlegacy.com with detailed information with Visionaries Session in the subject line. Please include the following in your email: Your name, date(s)that you are interested in, your location, about your event and a brief synopsis of which option your are interested. Thank you!
If you want to purchase your copy of Take the Limits Off Your Legacy, you can do so here.
I cannot wait to see you soon!
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@embraceherlegacy
by desing | Faith & Purpose
We all may struggle with some sort of fear in our lives. Fear can be such a torment if you allow it to be and it can come disguised in so many ways. In order to truly defeat the fear that may show up in your life, you have to first understand what fear is.
This is the definition of fear – an impending threat of danger, evil or pain whether the threat is real or imagined. There are actually two types of fear that we deal with in life; one is external fear and the other is internal fear.
External fear is that fear that you feel when your outside circumstances are being threatened. For example, if you are home alone at night and you wake up to hear someone lurking around in your kitchen. Your outside, physical circumstances are being threatened and the fear you experience at that moment is valid.
Internal fears are those fears that play out in your mind which are the imagined threats that are indicated in the definition of fear above. Internal fears are fueled in our thought life and those fears will influence our words, actions, character and destiny. These fears that I am referring to are things like the fear of rejection, the fear of failure, the fear of success, the fear of being alone, the fear of financial lack, the fear of the future, the fear of never overcoming your circumstances etc.
The tricky part about fear is that if you do not recognize it or deal with it at it’s root, then you will find yourself always speaking and acting out of fear which will ultimately undermine your potential and God’s power in your life. Scary but true.
So how do you deal with the fear once and for all?
The only way to fight fear is with a plan.
Let’s say that you are going on a really important road trip and since you have never been there before and you have no idea of how to get there, you may fear getting lost along the way. So in order to assure that you do not get lost, you choose to prepare for the trip by packing a map, printing out directions, using your navigation system and assuring that you have your phone charger for your car along with a full tank of gas. You fought your fear of getting lost with a plan.
This is the same way that you have to fight those internal fears in your life. Get your plan in order. I am a believer in God and His Almighty power so my plan of fighting fear includes prayer, worship, spending alone time with God, studying His word and speaking His promises out loud throughout my day. We may not have the same spiritual beliefs, but you have to get your plan in order and do what works best for you.
I begin every morning speaking and declaring what I want for my day. I begin every day in prayer. I focus my attention on God doing what only He can and trusting Him for everything each and every time a thought of fear arises. What I am doing is strengthening my faith and weakening the fear.
Whatever you choose to focus on, you empower to grow in your life. It’s so easy for me to tell you to live by faith and not by fear, but too often we say that and have no clue as to how go about doing that. Faith is the confidence for what we hope for and the evidence of things that are not seen. I highly recommend that in your plan to combat any fear in your life is that you choose to focus on what you hope for and not what you fear.
Also, write out your plan to combat your fear. What is one thing that you can begin to do differently tomorrow to deal with any fear in your life? Write it down, look at it every morning and do what it says. There comes a time where we have to stand our ground and say that enough is enough!
Declare today that fear will no longer have power over you, your future or even your loved ones. Tap into the power that lives inside of you and create your plan to defeat fear in your life once and for all.
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@embraceherlegacy
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by desing | Faith & Purpose, Our Media, Services
If you’ve read my book, Take the Limits Off Your Legacy: A Woman’s Guide to Unlock Purpose and Vision then you know that I am on a mission to empower you to remove any and all limits in achieving your heart’s desires. Whatever the vision is that you have for your life, please understand that it is VERY possible but the possibility begins in your mind first.
We put so many limits on our thoughts, happiness, impact, potential, capacity, God’s power and your future and I’ve noticed that many of those limits are self-imposed and they manifest in our minds.
I am always saying that you will attract what you believe which is a proven universal law that has stood the test of time. I believe in God and His Almighty power. In the book of Proverbs, it states that as a man thinks in his heart so is he. (Proverbs 23:7).
That’s pretty intense and proves that what you think has the power to change the course of your destiny.
I want to help you transform your mind because your thoughts will dictate the words that you speak, your words will dictate your actions, and your actions will dictate your character and destiny.
So I thought it would be great for us to come together to say “No More Limits!” I want you to take the limits off yourself, your potential, your dreams, your future, your happiness, your legacy and God’s love for you. God wants us to prosper and succeed in all we do but He asks us to believe it first (which I know can be hard to do) but you have to look at your life with the eyes of faith and not of fear.
Therefore, I want YOU to join my #NoMoreLimits campaign. The overall goal is to create worldwide conversation, inspiration and a community with the purpose of encouraging women and girls to surpass perceived limits of achieving your legacy and boldly declare a life that embodies having no more limits on the possibilities of your future success. I want women and girls to make a public declaration of what limit they are saying “no” to!
This is how you join the campaign –
1. I want you to think about what limit you have been holding onto or allowing you to hinder or distract your success?
2. Make a decision right now to say “No More!” to that perceived limit by stating out loud, “I am saying No More Limits to…”
3. Take a selfie stating “I am saying #NoMoreLimits to…”
4. Share that image with us on Instagram, use hashtag #NoMoreLimits and tag @embraceherlegacy
5. We’ll be re-posting some of our faves and you just might see your image included in our viral campaign!
Here are a few examples below –
My hope is that you do this with the intention of breaking barriers in your life and enter into your season of victory. Remember that you will attract what you believe and I want you to believe for #NoMoreLimits!
Feel free to keep up with me on Facebook, Instagram (@embraceherlegacy), or Twitter and let me know how your life with No More Limits is working for you.
Until then.
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@embraceherlegacy
www.embraceherlegacy.com
by desing | Faith & Purpose
In order to experience the benefits of success then you must be committed to the process. Although that process is rewarding, it will definitely be filled with challenges. Some of those challenges will be miniscule but others will test your faith like never before. Those grueling tests of faith can become giants in our lives because they are huge, intimidating, frightening and outright scary.
Nevertheless, in order to win the victory, you have to learn to face your giants and understand that they are a part of the process.
There isn’t a woman in this world who doesn’t expect to go through labor pains when giving birth because she understands that she will have to continue pushing in order to birth to her child. This is the same way you should look at the challenges you face while on the journey of success – you have to keep pushing!
The first step in defeating your giants is to make a decision to push through your seasons of difficulty while looking at it as just that – a season. Life is filled with ebbs and flows and seasons always change, after winter always comes spring.
Victory begins in your mind, not when the victory has physically manifested. Your thoughts will determine your words which will determine your character and your destiny. Therefore, it is vital to picture your victory in your mind first. The Bible states that “As a man thinks in his heart so is he.”(Proverbs 23:7) If you believe that you will never get over this hump then you won’t. You have to make a commitment to envision your victory and speak words of victory.
Just because you “feel” something does not mean that you have to speak it. There is death and life in the power of your tongue. Do not allow any words of defeat to come out of your mouth. Our feelings cannot be trusted because they are constantly changing.
Understand that in order to grow, you are going to have to experience some level of difficulty because your capacity is being stretched and part of you is being strengthened. It is in your crisis that your character will be revealed to you and oftentimes our “giants” develop those character traits that will help us fulfill our purpose. Unfortunately, when we need to learn patience we do not receive some magic dose of patience, what happens is that we begin to encounter circumstances that require patience.
Of course tapping into muscles that have never been used will hurt but this is where you must learn to trust your process. Success is not a sprint but more of a marathon that requires your resilience, persistence and tenacity.
Commit to facing your giants with style and grace!
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@embraceherlegacy
