Natalie Amsden Rivera
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Natalie Rivera is a visionary speaker and entrepreneur. She is passionate about empowering others to GET REAL and live authentically. After a decade of living a life that wasn’t hers and developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Natalie let go of everything and completely transformed. Through her journey to healing she rediscovered her true self and greater purpose—to inspire others to transform their lives. Natalie “retired” from the rat race at 24, put herself through school as a freelance designer, created a non-profit teen center, and later created Transformation Services, Inc., which offers motivational speaking, curriculum development, life coaching, event management, and publishing. She is also the Publisher of Transformation Magazine. Visit www.joeelandnatalie.com.

Upsetting the Applecart

By Natalie Rivera Nothing stands still in life. Change is constant, inevitable. As you read these words you are moving, growing, changing. This being the case you would think we humans might be more accustomed to the change process. Instead…

Building a Bridge to Your Dreams

By Natalie Amsden For those of us who are on the path of consciously creating our lives, we often come across teachings that inspire us to create a “vision”—a big picture, long-term vision of what we would ultimately like our…

Shed Your Shell and Embrace Change

By Natalie Amsden Sometimes insight comes from the strangest places, often Earth’s most simple creatures. I was sitting on the dock watching the light reflect on the water and listening to the egrets calling in the mangroves. I was on…

Lessons on Love: The Grass IS Greener

By Natalie Amsden I stare for a long time, trying to discern the color of my grass. I consider the cliché about “the other side.” Time passes and distance helps me take in more of the view. I notice a…

“The Now” vs. The Law of Attraction

By Natalie Amsden Eckhart Tolle, one of my favorite teachers, tells us that freedom from suffering and access to our dreams are available only in the “Now”. In fact, he postulates that this Now moment is, in fact, all that…

Money is the Root of All Awesomeness!

By Natalie Amsden In the United States, everyone grows up hearing “money is the root of all evil,” and at an unconscious level most people actually believe it. This is evident based on the general consensus that any heart-centered field…

Awakening: Free to Be Me!

By Natalie Amsden I cannot help but be ME. Believe me I’ve tried otherwise. I was a weird kid. I didn’t know I was weird until one day in 5th grade. A boy at my bus stop told me, and…

Breaking Cycles with the Five Virtues of Transformation

By Natalie Amsden The following is a typical cycle that most people encounter when they attempt to make changes in their lives. 1.    Feeling Discontent 2.    Reaching a Breaking Point 3.    Declaration You’re Ready to Change 4.    Being Faced with…

Awakening: Give Your Pain a Purpose

By Natalie Amsden We all have pain. It’s inevitable. It’s part of life. But, the first thing I want to get clear is that there’s a difference between pain and suffering. Pain happens when your life circumstances do not match…

Is the Nature of Our World Good or Evil?

By Natalie Amsden The headlines shout messages of yet another Priest scandal, the evening news glorifies a local break-in, and battles wage over the regulation of deadly weapons. Often it is easy to lose faith in humanity. Strangers save the…