Insights into Leadership: 5 Great Success Tips from Nobel Prize Laureates & Other Nobel Trivia You May Not Know – Behind the Scenes at the Nobel Prizes: Part 1
This past December, I had the honor of attending the 2011 Nobel Prize events in Stockholm, Sweden and then the Nobel Peace Prize events in Oslo, Norway to collect interviews for Epiphany Channel and to do research for a television idea I’ve been working on. To attend...
Epiphany: “The Secret” Leads to “Regis & Kelly” & A Biz in Vision Boards!
This submitted epiphany story is in question and answer format (questions found on the Share Your Epiphany page). What is your greatest epiphany in life? (summarize in 1 or 2 sentences) While watching "The Secret" somebody said, "We usually think about what we DON'T...
“How to Get Honest About What You Truly Want”: Epiphany Exercise
Last week, in the online course I am teaching for en*theos Academy, one of the exercises I talk about is the value of thinking about and writing out your greatest epiphanies. And if you think you haven’t had one, you just pick a moment you’ve had of any revelation or...
Epiphany! How to Cultivate Transforming Life Moments: A 4 Week Course
I'm so excited that in one week, my 4 Week online Epiphany course hosted by the En*theos Academy begins! It will be happening Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 at 6pm PDT / 8pm CST / 9pm EST Those of you who get my monthly newsletter will already know this, but for those of...
Earth Day Epiphanies: Nell Newman & Annie Leonard: How Epiphanies Led Them to Help Save Our Planet
In honor of Earth Day, I thought I'd highlight 2 epiphanies from the Callings Section of my book. Annie Leonard and Nell Newman both had epiphanies about the need to conserve and help save our planet which led them to their careers, or as I refer to it, to their...
Class Notes on Oprah’s LifeClass with Deepak Chopra (w/ video!)
Earlier this month, I was graciously invited to attend Oprah Winfrey's LifeClass taping with Deepak Chopra at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Since it’s a Life-Class, I decided to take LifeClass Notes. Those notes are below. (Yes, I was one of those girls...
Epiphany: Only Love
"The whole reason we are here is to love. The struggle is optional. There is no need to hate, or deceive, or have our way, or be right, or to pontificate. All we need to do is love." ~Amy Sandberg My partner and I had spent two days arguing. It was the...
Elise Ballard TED Talk: Epiphanies & The Ripple Effect: What They Are, Why They Happen & How They Affect Us All.
I was graciously invited in the summer of 2011 to speak at TEDxSMU in Dallas in December. (December 2 to speak to 350 middle and high school kids and December 3 to speak to 600 adults, to be exact.) So when do you think I finalized these talks? Yes, that's...
The Epiphany Behind Barry Manilow’s Success, as told to Elise Ballard
I've always found Barry Manilow's epiphany about the Power of Love within a family so moving. If not for the supportive, encouraging love and actions of his family - in particular, of his stepfather - Barry Manilow's songs might not exist in this world today. (And...
Dr. Oz’s Greatest Epiphany in Life
“The goal is to move from just knowledge, which is information, to understanding, which is awareness.”—Dr. Mehmet Oz Dr. Oz's epiphany is about listening - truly listening to others and respecting their perspectives and beliefs, whether you agree with them or not, and...
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