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Looking for good ideas? Have some ideas you'd like to bounce off others? IdeaShare Niagara could be exactly what you're looking for!

IdeaShare is: a place where members actively participate in sharing and feedback to assist each other in growing as a leader and overcoming challenges we face in our business.

Our purpose: As a group of business leaders in Niagara, we educate, challenge, mentor and uplift other leaders in the Niagara Region through the sharing of principles and knowledge we have found to be successful. We encourage and educate each other with business and leadership principles we actively use every day.

Are you a leader in your field? Then IdeaShare is a great place for you to share some of your knowledge with other leaders. Together, we grow and develop into better leaders and people.

The next IdeaShare meeting is this coming Thursday, January 10th at the J.J. Kapps Restaurant, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines. The start time is 7:30 a.m. There is no cost to attend except for the cost of your meal.

Oh - and one thing IdeaShare is NOT: We are not a networking group. Come with an open mind in the spirit of sharing and not with a business agenda.

Please R.S.V.P. with Mark Kawabe ideashare (at) thewebforbusiness.com.

Need to detoxify? After the holiday season? Of course you do : )

Check out the detoxification specials from A.H.A. Wellness Services.

Essential oil treatments combined with detoxification footbaths are awesome. You'll be amazed.

Check them out: http://www.theniagaraguide.com/health/aha-wellness-services/default.htm

The more I experience, the less I believe people really, deep down, honestly want to know the truth.

As long as information fits the worldview of the person receiving it, that information will be perceived as  truth. That is why there are multiple truths: everyone has a unique perspective based on their own experiences.

One person has a great experience at a restaurant and it's their favourite. Another person gets sick after eating at the same restaurant, attributes the illness to food poisoning and tells everyone they can to stay away.

We are bombarded by advertising that tries to convince us we're not good enough or that our lives are lacking something or that we're going to die if we don't pop the newest pill.

Some people believe this. Others do not. Their truths differ based on their perspective and experience.

Even if you tell the truth, only some will believe it. Others may come to believe it if they change their perspective. Still others will never believe. That's fine, because that's the way it is.

That's why the internet is so wonderful for businesses. It allows people to collect information based on their worldview and their own perceived needs. As a business owner, it's important to remember this so you can keep your focus on the people who are open to needing or wanting your product. There's not much point promoting a butcher shop to vegans or a spiritual retreat to an atheist.

And that's the truth ; )

If you could get something for nothing, would you?

Here's an offer for all small Niagara non-profits: a free enhanced listing. No cost.

Just click for the details: http://www.nonprofitniagara.com/freelisting.asp

This offer's been available since we started The Niagara Guide. It's just our way of giving back to the community.

S.A.R.T. Enterprises is pleased to announce that Mary of Tamara's first public speaking event has been booked for Friday, October 19, 2012 at White Oaks Conference Resort.

Mary of Tamara is not your average psychic channeler. This is a full "walk-in" of the Energy of Mary (yes, THAT Mary - mother of Jesus) into the body of Tamara Bernard. Mary is fully present at all times.

Her purpose? To provide information about the Source Energies mankind has referred to as "God" and lay the foundation for the Second Intervention. Consider this: Source Energies refer to Jesus as The First Intervention. The Second Intervention is what many would call "The Second Coming" - where Source Energies will incarnate and walk the Earth.

Find this hard to believe? I don't blame you. Our logical minds don't always like these situations. It's easier to write it off as quackery or some such. Then again, if you don't listen to the information being provided, how can you judge for yourself whether it might actually be true?

Find out for yourself. Friday, October 19, 2012 at White Oaks Conference Resort. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased online by clicking here.

Click on the image for the flyer (PDF format).

I'd like to thank Sheri Webber from A.H.A. Wellness services for signing up with The Niagara Health Guide.

Sheri's one of those unique individuals who finds something that works and then sticks with it. Her work with essential oils and ion detoxification has made a difference in people's lives.

We all know we need to live healthier lives. Helping our bodies clean up is important. Detoxification should be more prevalent in our toxified society, but of course, it's not a top of mind topic for many.

You owe it to yourself and your health to check out A.H.A. Wellness Services.

I am pleased to welcome Tamara Bernard of S.A.R.T. Enterprises to The Niagara Health Guide.

Tamara is a very gifted deep trance channeler who channels many high level energies. The information provided by these energies is profound, comforting, mind-bendingly challenging, while delivered in Truth and with compassion.

S.A.R.T. Enterprises offers a spiritually-based system of healing for the 6 types of pain. The methods have been provided by Source Energies and are unlike other forms of energy healing in many ways.

Further to this, Tamara has channeled messages from eight High Level Energies and Angels who have specific messages about the state of our souls, the state of our planet and most importantly, what you can do to help. The eight are: Kuthumi, Saint Germain, Mary, Ashtar, Uriel, Dze-thuk, Arcturius, Alpha and Omega.

I strongly encourage everyone to read these messages. I was struck by their intensity and purity of intent, as well as their consistent plea for mankind to remember what humans really are: we are souls having a human experience, and our actions have an effect on each other, the Earth and indeed, in Source as well.

I expect we will be hearing much more from Tamara and the Energies and Angels she channels in future.

Visit S.A.R.T. Enterprises in The Niagara Health Guide.

Call me inspired. Hopeful. Even "Pollyanna-ish" if you will.

I think there's enough good news in Niagara that it deserves its own blog.

So, I created one.

http://theniagaraguide.com/_blog/Niagara_Good_News

Let's share some good news about Niagara.

It seems nary a day passes without more crappy news about Niagara.

Whether it's the slots closing in Fort Erie or outbreaks of C. Difficile in hospitals or any number of bad economic stories, there's a paucity of good news about Niagara in the mainstream media.

Well, I have news for you. You don't have to buy into that crap.

Seriously. We've all heard enough bad news that without hearing anymore, we have enough to print a newspaper full of it every day for the rest of our lives. How exactly is that helping us get through life?

You've probably heard the term 'Pollyanna'. It's the name of the lead character of a 1913 book called "Pollyanna". The little girl in the book steadfastly works on finding the good or positive in every situation.

Sometimes calling someone a "Pollyanna" is meant to describe them as a person who refuses to believe the reality of a situation. I'm not saying that bad situations aren't bad. They suck. But there are a number of sayings that speak to the possibilities that surround us every day, whether the circumstances are good or bad. You've probably heard a few of these.

• For every door that closes another opens.
• Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
• Every cloud has a silver lining.
• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Every day I challenge myself to rise above the mental fog of negativity to where the sun shines. I didn't say it was easy, but I do my best. I'm sure you have your challenges. We all do. I challenge you to add one more: look for the positive in your life.

It's there, if you choose to look for it.

Did you find some? Good. Tell Niagara about it. Comment on this post and shine some light in Niagara.

Let's work together to share the good news that exists in Niagara. Your story of good, no matter how small, can inspire others. If you make even one person feel better, isn't it worth it?

There you go Niagara. There's your challenge. Let's get started.

Long time volunteer Joan Davis was feted during the last curtain call at Garrison Little Theatre's production of Don't Dress for Dinner, March 3, 2012.

Congratulations Joan!