Comments on: Make It Pay… Insight From Martha

By: Marlie

Marlie — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:20:40 +0000

I am so interested, so there, so finding my way but even with my heart and soul into the magical wild world, I cannot afford her workshops or training that I sooo want to attend and get…manifesting a way to meet and hear her, have her as a guide, meet other masters, is what I am searching for…I feel compelled to get there, but it has become a paradox …I will continue to use my energy every day and hope the magic to be a real participant and touch the beauty of being in the presence of it all finds me. Are you listening universe, will you give me permission Does anyone else have the money issue and can offer advice?

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:55:07 +0000

I have been trying to start a business based on my current profession and I have not really made inroads into it. I realise that this is because my heart and soul is not into it – I am not always keen on my job so why would I want to do it for myself even if that would bring greater financial rewards?
I have been really stuck for a few years now deciding what I should do – the state of my bank balance indicates I need to do something! I have just kind of had an ‘aha’ moment that the ‘trying’ may be why I can’t decide what to do. Instead I am going to take Martha’s advice of ‘doing nothing’ and ‘lying down when I am tired’ in the hope that this will allow me to listen to what is really going on inside. When I take the pressure off, the panic about ‘what to do’ goes away. Lets hope ‘magic’ will follow…………….

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:46:35 +0000

I’m definitely still trying to sort out exactly what I’d like to get paid for doing…but I think it has to do with teaching people about healthy relationships, so as to live in a community that comes from a place of nurturing. I love those lightbulb moments when people understand why a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault acted the way they did…and are now willing to behave differently. But really, I’d like to start younger, and have the community for children who have been abused to heal, and for the children who are exhibiting troubling behavior to be redirected.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:22:56 +0000

This was exactly – EXACTLY! – what I needed to hear today. Thankyou

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By: me

me — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:16:51 +0000

thanking god for you being born ms martha beck! I have suffered addictions and avoidance and i just love your output on these and many other issues… Thank You xo

By: sss

sss — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:36:20 +0000

This post is giving me a stomach ache…lol. “Find a way to make it pay”…I think I’ll write that down and go to sleep. zzzzzzz……

…find a way to make it pay….

By: sss

sss — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:32:44 +0000

hi viki ~ i hope you don’t mind me butting in but you said you “have to” pay the mortgage. is that true? owning a home is not the same as surviving.

you didn’t mention if you had kids or not.

(quick note: i lost everything i owned last year except for my suitcase and a very few items of clothing and a friend bought me a new laptop out of the blue so i could keep working on music)

By: Gandolfa Stegmann

Gandolfa Stegmann — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:13:21 +0000

I just read for the third or fourth time your column from the May, 2012, O magazine and want you to know it speaks to me at a level that calls my attention. I am 80 years on the calendar w. a mind that could be 60! thanks, Martha

By: Viki

Viki — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:29:58 +0000

This is so well timed. I’ve been lucky enough to spend most of my life doing what I love…dancing, choreographing, teaching, writing, designing my own line of clothing. The end of my marriage, although my decision, disrupted my business and my life, and suddenly I was compelled to get a “job” to survive. I’ve been trying to find my way back to doing what I love, but I have had trouble figuring exactly what that is at this point in my life. I have had hints but no moment of “Aha! That’s what I’m supposed to/want to do!” I’m still working on it, but I have to pay the mortgage in the meantime, so I’m also looking for a “job”….