From a young age Fran Fusco was a passionate seeker, consumed with finding answers to the questions: who am I and why am I here? That longing for true self and purpose led her to explore many paths: studying literature at Brown University, graduate studies in psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and Columbia University, and varied career fields, including communications and social services. In the midst of this search, she returned from a trip to India with an undiagnosable illness that changed the course of her life. Forced to let go of self-illusions and expectations, she learned to listen in the moment for guidance and meaning.
Through this challenging healing process, she developed a true sense of self, but she still longed for an authentic purpose. Discovering Debbie Ford’s work, she recognized that these principles, tools, and skills were the crucial missing piece, the bridge between the experience and knowledge she had gained and true fulfillment. After years of trying to ‘figure it out,’ it was this work that helped her to reveal and shift the remaining blocks to greater freedom and self-expression.
Fran’s understanding and trust in the transformational process, and her abilities to listen deeply, spot disempowering beliefs and patterns, offer honest feedback, and communicate with clarity and humor allows her clients to feel safe and supported so they can let go of their fear, drop below the level of their busy minds, and access a deeper intelligence to find their own passion and purpose.
Fran is a Certified Integrative Coach, co-founder of her coaching business Power to Shift, and committed to sharing the work that has transformed her life so that others can break free from their limitations to create and live a life they love.
How Do You Get There From Here?
It's Not Too Late To Make 2011 Your Breakthrough Year!
"It’s the new year! Woo hoo!"
"I am going to lose 10 pounds!"
"I am going to find the love of my life!"
"I am going to get the perfect job!"
"THIS is the year! No, really! This time I mean it!"
Cut to March.
"Where are the potato chips?"
"What’s the point?"
"I don’t care anyway."
Any of this sound familiar?
We’ve all been there. I spent years searching for my life’s purpose. I alternated between the euphoria of imagining a perfect life and disappointment when it didn’t materialize.
Then I found a missing piece that changed everything.
A year ago, I read “
The Best Year of Your Life” by Debbie Ford. This simple, elegant book provided the bridge between where I was and where I wanted to go. It taught me that a vision without a plan, without structure and support, is a fantasy.
As it did for me, “Best Year” will guide you to envision a new life, create a plan, and put into place the essential structures necessary to support you on the journey. The practical exercises and suggestions reveal, illuminate, and shift the seemingly immovable obstacles. Conscious, responsible action, even tiny steps, keep you on track so the actions add up to actual transformation. This is the difference between true change and magically thinking “some day it will all work out.”
For the next nine months, I stripped, reshaped, and rebuilt my life, inside and out. I have made quantum leaps in creating a new life filled with passion and purpose. This is not a fantasy—it is real—and you can have it too. There is a way, and it is authentic, powerful, and effective.
Don’t wait, make excuses, or give up. This is your life. Make 2011 your breakthrough year!
7 Tips to Design Your Best Year
1. Create a vision map. This is big picture thinking. Have fun with it: put on music, and create a collage of images and words that capture the feelings, activities, and people you want in your ideal life. Focus on it daily to inspire you.
2. Clear out clutter. This gives you energy and space for new possibilities.
3. Create two specific, realistic, and measurable goals with a plan to complete them, including a timeline.
4. Put supportive structures in place to make sure you stay on track. For example, ask a friend to join you so you can hold each other accountable for your commitments and celebrate each other’s successes.
5. Take Action! Take a small step today. Don’t overwhelm yourself by trying to do it all at once—it’s a process.
6. Make a commitment to sit quietly every day and listen to your own inner wisdom. Allow yourself to hear what you’ve been longing for, ignoring, and resisting. This will help you adjust and refine your goals and vision as you progress.
7. Read Debbie Ford’s books, and/or take one of her classes to support you in your transformation. Her classes are offered online and there is nothing like seeing her live in one of her life-changing workshops. Go to debbieford.com for more information.
