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RAW Live: Hanging Out with Tristan Jud in Review week 2

2/29/2012

RAW Live: Hanging Out with Tristan Jud in Review week 2

Last week's Raw Live Hang Out was a very educational and intriguing for me. I was totally shocked by Tristan showing us the different things one can do with steel wool and a little flame while snapping a photo. I still want to know who it was that first decided to set steel wool on fire and take a photo of it? LOL

Tristan spent time showing us the various things he carried with him and what you could do with each item. Later he reviewed different cameras with Tiffany as she was interested in buying a new one and asked for his thoughts.Of course there was the usual banter and chatter and that is always on the lighter side.

I am truly a beginner when it comes to photography and honestly, I don't understand all the terms yet, but I have come away from these hang outs with a little more knowledge every time I attend the RAW Live Hang Out with Tristan.

This week Tristan wanted to do something a little different. He would like to ask you for some input on what you would like to discuss. So I am including a brief survey here: Of course you can't answer in the blog itself, I am not that technically inclined, But you can reply to this message with your responses or leave a comment in either the Facebook groupor use the contact form on Tristan's blog
1. What is a good day for you to attend a live hangout? (keep in mind that 8pm- 9pm EST is the truly the best time frame due to time zone differences, What Tristan wants to know is if Sunday is a good day for everyone.
2. What type of things would you want to see discussed in the RAW Live Hang Out with Tristan Jud broadcasts?

3. Finally Tristan would love to have featured photographers in the broadcasts. Would there be any other photographers interested in being featured?

One final note: If you are interested in being featured, have a particular photo you would like to share or ask questions about, please leave a message on thecontact form for the blog,Be best if you can do this by Saturday so he has time to prepare.

I haven't featured one of Tristan's videos in awhile so this week I thought it would be a good idea to feature one of the photo shoots he did with the Model Elise Natalie. Oh here's that link for the live broadcast "RAW Live: Hang Out with Tristan Jud" just in case you missed it the first time. Remember that is at 8pm EST on Sunday or 9am Perth Australia time on Monday Morning.

Kat

About Tristan
I'm a Husband, Commercial, Fashion, Glamour & Lifestyle Photographer. I work with my Wife to produce high quality images.
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Bad Day? Change your focus, Change your day

2/25/2012

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Bad Day? Change your focus, Change your day

So your having a bad day...It doesn't have to stay that way you know.
You may not be able to change how your day started. Difficult things and challenges are a part of everyone's life. BUT you don't have to allow them to ruin your whole day. You can and should Change your focus, Change your day.

Over the years I have found some techniques that help me to refocus and change the outcome of my day and I would like to share some of those things with you here.

Change Your Focus Change Your Day Tip #1

"Its not about the good or the bad, Its about where your focus is...Where's yours?" Kat Cooley

One of the most important revelations I had in life was when I realized that positive people had the same problems in life that I had, they just didn't let it consume them. In fact they deal with them then switch their focus to something better.

Change Your Focus Change Your Day Tip #2

This is perhaps a critical part in changing your focus. Because your thoughts decide what you focus on. If you are always looking at the negative, then you will not see the positive things that are happening around you. I like to think of it like this: If all you see when it rains is the mud on your shoes and your wet hair, then you will miss the beautiful flowers that it brings.

Change Your Focus Change Your Day Tip #3

There are at least two ways to view every situation. How you interpret what is happening IS the key to the outcome. I recently found myself, rather suddenly, in a hospital, two hours from anyone I know. I couldn't talk much on the phone because is left me winded and wheezing and at the gas prices of today, expecting others to travel to where I was to see me would have been unrealistic and unnecessary. Most of my morning had pretty much tried to make me feel like Murphy's law was in effect full force. If it could go wrong it did.

The Negative way
Now I had two choices at this point...whine and cry at the troubles, dwell on the negative and have a big ole pity party. (no one would have blamed me either) OR

The Positive way

I could cease the moment and focus on ways to use the situation in a positive manner. I chose the latter and I was certainly not disappointed.

Over the next few days, I gave my business information to two different people on the medical staff, shared some positive thoughts about God with two respiratory therapists, hooked up a customer service clerk from the medical equipment I received, with some information on becoming a virtual assistant, provided the lab/respiratory student nurses, the opportunity to use me as a pin cushion and learn what it was like to have a "hard stick" patient...ok, being stuck over and over because they can't get the veins (on several occasions) is one I could have done without ..., but the positive side is I helped them learn something, they may not have seen, so next time the patient may not have to suffer as much. And repeatedly challenged all staff to test their skills to "find my pulse" even the doctor had a hard time...LOL! No I wasn't dying...it is just hard to find it in my wrist.
Change your Focus, Change your day...

Change Your Focus Change Your Day Tip #4
The 5 things I am thankful for rule:
When you are struggling to be positive or your day is just going all wrong...the best thing you can do is start thinking of what you are thankful for. And not just anything, but things that relate to your current negative situation. For instance: A driver cut you off: I am thankful I was smart enough to see that...or I am thankful God showed me that in time for me to respond.

Of course you can be funny, serious or creative...the point isn't so much what you are thankful for but rather where your focus is. A great example of this was something that my daughter said in response to the 5 things rule once. She had been going on and on about hating Mondays and I challenged her to come up with 5 good things about Mondays...First on her list: "Its 6 days till its Monday again."

All to often we fail to realize that our thoughts, our focus, directs what comes our way. Not because it "draws" it to us, but rather because we have our eyes open..ready and waiting... for what we are focusing on. I like to sum up what Noah St. John wrote to wrap the explanation up nicely in his book "The Secret Code to Success" People that look at a situation and immediately asks "what can go wrong" Often miss out on Golden Opportunities because of their focus on the fear or worse case scenario.

A successful person on the other hand says "what can I do with this?" and "How can it benefit me or others?" This person is more apt to take chances on the opportunities that come up and even though they may fail, they will always win because they never give up.

Food for thought: Where do you think we would be today if Martin Luther King Jr had said: "If I stand up for what I believe in they may hurt me" instead of "I have a dream..."

So the next time you have a bad day, Change your focus and Change your day.

Stick around and check out the upcoming blogs on a continuation of this series. Oh and if you are interested in earning while you learn to blog for money, you want to share passionately on a topic of importance to you AND earn money while doing it...then check out my other blog and click on the banner at the top >>> KatsHands Empower Network Blog

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Kat Cooley
of
Kat's Hands
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Please Allow Me to Introduce The Take Action Life Coach Diana Kerekes

2/9/2012

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I recently had the good fortune of meeting a wonderful woman: Diana Kerekes "The Take Action Life Coach" This young woman impressed me so much that I wanted to tell others about her and how she can help them too. I wrote a post in my Empower Network Blog and decided to link it here so that those connected with me here and not there could have the opportunity to meet this awesome lady and find out how she has helped me. After you watch the video here, Click the following link or the photo to go to my Kats Hands Blog on Empower Network

Sincerely

Kat Cooley

The following are some of her links: Her link as a life coach on Successimo , Faceebook, Her website, Talk Fusion

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Stop the Chaos of Migraines in Your Life

2/3/2012

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Stop the Chaos of Migraines!

That's right! You read that correctly I have had zero migraines in over a year. Up till 2010 I suffered through migraines almost daily unable to find a way to Stop the Chaos.
They were debilitating kind that forced me into bed, hiding under covers, wearing sunglasses, in the dark to block the light. I was definitely no stranger to the Emergency Room either.

I had many occasions where the pain was so intense my friends would look in my eyes and be afraid for me or it lasted so long that an ER trip for IV drugs (to the tune of $700- $1,000 each time) was the only way to bring relief. But that all changed last October 2010.

How Did I Stop the Chaos?
I was introduced to a company with Revolutionary Technology called Amized Fusion Technology(tm) and my life has never been the same since!

Its important to back track here a bit:
I had been taking ibuprofen (4 or more) every night since at least 2002 just so I could sleep (something was always hurting) and since 2009 I had been on some form or another of stronger NSAIDS in an attempt to kill the pain in my leg and low back caused by an injury I had sustained in 2008 and re-injured in Jan. 2009. (these previous facts are important because its possible that some of the headaches were rebound from the drugs) However, I had been suffering through some pretty nasty, sudden onset migraines since before 2004.

Thanks to Amega Global's Amized Fusion Technology (tm) I found the way to Stop The Chaos that constant pain causes in one's life and I have been Totally Free of migraines Since! And the best part is I didn't have to use drugs or nasty tasting concoctions to do it. I have zero migraines, when I (rarely) get a mild headache I just use the Amega Global products and the pain is gone, often in less than 10 minutes. Now I don't know about you, but it takes longer than 10 minutes for me to grab a bottle of pills, take them then wait for them to work. Oh and the pain I had in my leg and back...I don't need to take daily pain meds for that anymore either!

I know by now you are wondering just what are these products, where do I get them and what's the cost to me? I'm not going to tell you here. I prefer to chat with people either via phone or through chat so I can answer questions and explain things. Okay ,Okay I won't tell you here but you can click any of the photos and they will take you to more information. But I would still like to chat with you as there is much more to my testimony than what I am putting here and I can help you decide if Amized Fusion Technology and Amega Global will help you STOP THE CHAOS in your life too.

By
Kat Cooley
Kat's Hands
*The Hands and Voice of Your Success*

For more information on things I do to earn money click here

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RAW Live: Hanging Out with Tristan Jud in Review week 2

Bad Day? Change your focus, Change your day

Please Allow Me to Introduce The Take Action Life Coach Diana Kerekes

Stop the Chaos of Migraines in Your Life

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