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by desing | Classes, Faith & Purpose, Services
“Life is a series of choices, if you want a better life then you have to start making better choices.” This is something that has resonated with me and I want to teach you how to birth your God-given dreams, the time is now!
This audio teaching is all about giving birth to your vision. You know…that thing that keeps you up at night. That thing that you daydream about at the office. That idea that you can’t get out of your mind. I want to show you how to take that from an idea in your head to an actual entity that is alive and well in your life. Birthing your vision is part of my ultimate Embrace Your Legacy Framework which includes:
UnMasking Your Truth
Discovering Your Purpose
Birthing Your Vision
Living Your Legacy
I need you to recognize that all of us are carrying a vision that has been planted in us as a seed and we have been chosen to birth the vision. You birthing your vision is not solely about you, you have the potential to impact millions of lives if you first choose to go full forth to do it and do it correctly. I want you to WIN and boldly decide to birth your vision no matter what circumstances you may be facing. God is not looking for your ability, He is looking for your availability. Are you ready?
Just as there are stages of the pregnancy process, there a stages of the “birthing your vision” process and inevitable “labor pains” that we each will endure on the journey. I will walk you through the process of giving birth to a vision which includes:
- Unmasking your truth & discovering your purpose
- Conception of the vision
- Awareness of the vision
- Stages of the vision
- Delivery of the vision
- Growing the vision
- Learn how to deal with those “labor pains”
- The process of giving birth to your vision
- How to appropriately nurture and grow your vision
- What to expect from others when they find out you are choosing to birth your vision.
You’ll also get to learn more about my story and the personal challenges I’ve triumphed over from low-self worth to struggling to leave my high-profile job in the the music business to pursue my dream. I will teach you how to set goals that are SMART and my strategies that I use for birthing a vision ( effective goal-setting, strategic use of limited resources, social media strategies, building your winning circle of influence and more).
I have been on this journey of helping draw out the gifts of others for a few years now and I want to show you how to make your dreams happen. Let me show you how to make success attractive, how to build the right relationships along the way, how to use social media to build meaningful relationships, how to become the “who” you’ve been called to be so you can do the “what” you’ve been called to do, how to set and organize goals that you can actually achieve, how to discover your purpose and exclusive strategies I use to manifest and grow my vision.
If you are pregnant with a dream that you are passionate about and want to give birth to a healthy vision that will allow you to live the legacy you want to leave, then this 2.5 hour recording is for you. How much longer will you be miserable at your job? How much longer will you look at others living their dreams in envy? How much longer will you allow year after year to go by only to have excuse after excuse as to why you can’t take your life from average to optimal? How do you know that you have (20) years left? Trust me I know how that feels! I was miserable for YEARS before I left my high-profile job in the music industry and before I finally got the guts (and a clear sign from God) to move forward with my vision, I am a FIRM believer that was God has called you for, He has equipped you for but it’s up to YOU to do the work. Say NO to the fear and lies that have held you back, your time is NOW!!! 
What You Will Learn:
- My Story: You will hear how I’ve overcome several personal challenges to get where I am today
- UnMasking Your Truth: Let me show you what is means to “unmask your truth” and why you cannot successfully birth and grow your vision if you do not honor this step first. This focuses on character development.
- Discovering Your Purpose: Learn some key aspects of how to identify what you have been called to do
- Conception of Your Vision : Learn the process of the vision being planted in your heart as a seed. Recognize how your dreams are God’s dreams. Learn how to overcome the fears and insecurities that have hindered you in the past.
- Awareness of Your Vision: Discover how to turn that seed of a vision into an experience and decide to birth the vision. Learn how to effectively deal with others (including naysayers and loved ones) when they discover you are “pregnant” with a dream.
- Your “Trimesters” or Stages of Your Vision: Learn the action steps to you should take to embrace the nurturing, development & emotional process of the vision. These are the stages of your vision and I will teach you how to develop SMART goals for your vision according to the stage of your vision. This is where I show you how to “do the work.”
- Delivery of Your Vision : How to recognize and deal with the inevitable difficulties and delays of the vision. Learn techniques to deal with the “labor pains” right before birthing your vision.
- Growing Your Vision: You’ve obtained your vision, but now it’s time to learn how to MAINTAIN your vision and grow it to a healthy vision. Learn how to develop the RIGHT relationships with others to grow your vision. Learn what it means to live in your legacy and how to do so.
You are worth giving birth to that vision, no matter how grand it may be. I believe that with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! It’s time to overcome your fears or shortcomings that have been holding you back from birthing your vision, it’s time to recognize the seed that you have been carrying and give birth.
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by desing | Faith & Purpose, Tools
If you could finish this sentence, what would you say? My self-worth is defined by…Over the years I have dug deep to the answer to that question. I thought that I was doing it just for my own sake but then I came to the realization that it’s not only best for me to have a strong self-worth but me having a strong value and awareness of myself would then help me show others how I would want to be treated.
I’ve heard the saying of “you show others how you want to be treated,” however, it really started hitting home over the last few years.
What I recognized in the process of defining my self-worth and respect is the importance of creating boundaries – specifically boundaries in our relationships whether it be family, friends or lovers.
I experienced years and years of low self-worth even though I did not know it back then. I thought the dysfunctional behavior I was exhibiting was normal until the red flags started waving frantically and I became FED UP with making the same old mistakes.
I looked in the mirror and hated what I saw, so instead of mopping about it, I made the conscious effort to change it. And I made it my business to never allow anything to come in between my sanity and my self-worth, I would always put that first before anything else.
I noticed that one of my biggest problems was not putting boundaries on people. I would allow people to come into my life and do as they pleased. “Friends” would say cruel things, men would be disrespectful, controlling and out right selfish. Loved ones would pretend to care about my situation only to gossip and say hurtful things behind my back. But how could I love if I barely knew how to love myself? Life was showing me how I truly felt about myself.
Anybody ever been there before?That’s when I started to deal with people the way they are and not the way I would like them to be. As women, we can feel guilty if we ax people out of our lives or as I like to say “check them” because they are loved ones and we care about them, hoping they they will change. But honey, let me tell you this, when people show you who they are BELIEVE THEM. Do not make excuses for the behavior of others. You may not be able to control how other people act but I tell you that you can control what you allow yourself to deal with in your life.
People need to understand consequences for their actions and they need to respect the boundaries that you set in your life. It can be hurtful because sometimes you have to learn to love people from afar.
I made a promise to myself that I would NEVER allow anything to come in between me, my peace and my worth. We are all on the journey to becoming our best selves and I like who I’ve become.
If there is any chaos, unhealthy relationship or dysfunctional behavior in your life then I want you to identify what is it inside of you that thinks that this type of behavior is acceptable? Our lives are mirror images about how we feel about ourselves on the inside. The more you sow your energy into the chaos, unhealthy relationships or dysfunctional behavior then the more you’ll reap from it.
Challenge yourself to do some Spring cleaning on the inside of you. Determine what you will and will not deal with in your life and set those boundaries on people. Live your life courageously for you and not for others. You are worth having the best in this life and that includes relationships with others. Get rid of the fear that tells you that you are not worth better, you my love are priceless! You were created with intention so it’s time to live with that same intention in your life.
Don’t complain about how others treat you if you are not going to do anything about it. They key to a better life is making better choices.
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@EmbraceHerLegacy
by desing | Faith & Purpose, Tools
You ever been in such a funk that you have no desire whatsoever to deal with anyone else? All you want to do is go into your “cubbyhole”, deal with your issues, turn off your phone and sit there until the storm has passed.
If only life were that simple. Life can throw it’s curve balls that will try us, confuse us and test our strengths. We may look at the lives of others and be misled to believe that “they have it so good.” The storms of life are and always will be tough to deal with it. They’re uncomfortable, exhausting and oftentimes too long. So of course it’s natural to want to separate ourselves from others to the point that we just don’t want to be bothered.
Nevertheless, anything taken to extreme is error. We all have “funky days” where it may be best to be alone but it can become selfish when we are so caught up in our own storms of life that we fail to pay attention to anyone else but ourselves and our own problems. I get it, I’ve been there.
We are all going to deal with storms in our lives and many of us at the same time. However, there is so much power in giving love and being there for others in spite of your circumstances. We may not always be able to control the storms of life but we can control how we choose to react to them.
I never really understood the power of love until a few days ago. I woke up the morning of my birthday, thankful but still in a funk over some circumstances that I’m dealing with. (I love how people think that those of us who are inspirational and positive don’t deal with tough circumstances LOL.) The prayer that morning was simple – “God, things may not be going the way I thought they would, but I know I can count on your love for me. Surround me with your love today.”
That day and the days after, I heard from countless loved ones, hung out with some pretty awesome people, heard an incredible testimony about loving others through our storms and was even surprised by family and friends with a surprise birthday brunch. I knew it was God; I knew He heard me. The love I felt from that day and onward has been like nothing I have ever experienced in my life, I know it’s God for God is love.
So why am I telling you all of this? Because the love I received the past few days has strengthened and revitalized me with a new found focus and outlook on life. Life is more than what we get done, how much money we have or a vacation to an island. It also made me want to spread that love to others; I received the love and now I want to give the love. I refuse to allow “life” to distract me from loving someone else. I say this to tell you that you never know how you “loving on someone” can impact a life. It’s not all about you and your storm (which will eventually pass.) Do something filled with love for someone else in your life in spite of what you may be going through. Take your niece for an afternoon to give her mom a break for the day, cook a warm dinner for a friend, offer to buy the homeless man something to eat, send flowers to your parent just because, give your little cousin that jacket of yours that she likes, call your friends instead of texting, write a handwritten note to your beau – get my drift?
Instead of focus on getting the blessing, have the courage to be the blessing and trust God to use you in ways far beyond what you can imagine. Your circumstance may not change over night, but you are taking back your power by no longer allowing your circumstances to control how you treat others.
Change the prayer from God give me to God use me. The storm you’re in may be a part of God using you to be able to encourage someone else one day by saying “I’ve been there before.” Think about it.
XOXO,
Maria I. Melendez
@EmbraceHerLegacy
by desing | Events, Our Legacy, Tools
My goal was to create an intimate environment where we as women could come together and discuss our goals, visions, purpose and legacies while addressing and overcoming fears or insecurities that hold us back. I wanted to address the power in our stories and how unmasking our truths lead to discovering our purpose, birthing our vision and living our legacies. I would like to report that the mission was accomplished. This intimate discussion event is something that I plan to continue doing so we can get down to work on really living in our legacy and embracing the God-given purpose that we each have. Until next time!
