Melanie Barnum - The Steady Way to Greatness: Liberate Your Intuitive Potential & Manifest Your Heartfelt Desires

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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The Steady Way to Greatness: Liberate Your Intuitive Potential & Manifest Your Heartfelt Desires 2014 by Melanie Barnum.

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First e-book edition 2013

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Dedication

My husband, Tom, and my daughters, Molly and Samantha, are what keep me going. They are my inspiration and my light. Without their love, encouragement, and belief in me, this book never would have been written. I am, indeed, awed by their greatness.

Acknowledgments

My mother, my best friend, always said, Everyone has at least one good book in them. This I took to heart. Why not? I know she was there, smiling down, as I wrote this book and my first one, and is still there, sending love to my family and helping me with every reading I do. For that, and everything else you did for me, thank you, Mom! I love and miss you!

Being a psychic while maintaining normalcy every day can be quite the balancing act. For this, and so much more, I need to thank my husband, Tom, and my daughters, Molly and Samantha. My family is incredible. My girls are proud of their mama and think what I do is pretty cool. Samantha brags about her psychic family, and Molly and her friends occasionally enlist my abilities to teach them and guide them as they navigate through their teenage years. My husband has stopped listening to my doubts, insisting I am much better in every way than I give myself credit for, and tells me he is extremely proud of me, especially because the work I do is not always welcomed or respected. His chest-puffing when talking about his wife is real. My familys genuine confidence in me and my gifts keeps me strong and, more importantly, happy.

A sincere Thank you! as well to Tammy Nelson, an incredible author, therapist, and speaker, and most importantly, my sister. Her greatness shines every day. Without her love and support, the difficult days may have been too hard to push through.

And to all of my friends, who are indeed part of my family: thank you for believing in me even when I have a hard time believing in myself! Youve generated so much excitement to keep me going in my endeavors, and validated my gifts when I doubted them! Youve challenged and encouraged and always been there to support me.

To all of the clients, friends, and family members who have shared a little piece of their lives with me, and now with all of you, thank you! Your stories will help so many to understand how every bit of real life affects us in so many ways. And, thanks to Alicia Craybas for using her time and energy to make me beautiful during our photo shoot.

My gratitude also goes out to every teacher who allowed me to share the energy of their classroom; this of course includes anyone who has ever taught me anything that has led me to this point in my life. Sincere thanks to every author and every psychic who has ever had the courage to put pen to paper to pave the way and spread knowledge and wisdom to so many, especially on topics that are not always respected.

My intuition showed me a moon on the binding of my first book before it was even written. I immediately doubted what I saw, knowing full well that Llewellyn was a very well-respected publishing house and a frontrunner in my genre. I thought there was no way they would publish my book. Thankfully, I ignored my doubt and instead sent them my first manuscript. They have more than validated their greatness with all of their hard work and dedication to me and all of the authors at Llewellyn. One person in particular deserves my gratitude! A great big thank you to Angela Wix! She has helped me, encouraged me, and answered my seemingly never-ending questions with a literary smile. And, thanks so much to Brett Fechheimer and all of the other staff at Llewellyn who have worked tirelessly to get this book, as well as my first, into the hands of what I hope will be millions! Enjoy!

Disclaimers

Throughout this book I have used stories and composites of stories designed to help the reader better understand the process. At times, some of the names, dates, or locations have been changed as well to ensure confidentiality and protect identities.

Throughout the book I talk about God and the universe. Understand that although I use these terms interchangeably, I fully intend for you, if you desire, to replace them with what you believe in or have faith in. My use of this terminology is in no way intended to discredit or deny your faith or beliefs, but is meant to allow all to feel and be included and to participate in every way.

Contents

(weeks 12)

: Greatness (weeks 36)

: Energy (weeks 711)

: Identifying Intuition (weeks 1217)

: Using Intuition (weeks 1821)

: Strengths and Motivations (weeks 2227)

: Whats Challenging You? (weeks 2832)

: Visualizing Greatness (weeks 3336)

: The Act of Manifesting Greatness (weeks 3741)

: Living the Dream (weeks 4252)

List of Exercises

Exercise: Get Started!

Exercise: Think Back!

Exercise: Success!

Exercise: Rethink Success!

Exercise: Who Do You Think Is Great?