Les Jensen has mapped the energetic nature of our human experience and founded New Human Living to provide proven, tested material and resources to those that desire a better life for themselves.    His web site is a result of his life purpose coming into service to others. Les makes his home near Denver, Colorado. USA.  He shared his Passioneering interview with us in mid-December 2009:

SO: What’s your definition of “passion”?  

Hmmm, nice question. I really feel like it is several things all tied in an experience. I would say things like. Actually using your talents without regard to the outcome. Opening and following your heart. Feeling the Joy of honoring your life, and then doing it again at a higher and higher level. Seeing the potential of others, when they can’t see that for themselves, and then bringing your intentions to help them grow themselves. Promoting Love, Peace, Joy, Power, Grace, Harmony, Wisdom, Laughter and Abundance for all mankind, however you possibly can.

SO: What are your biggest passions for serving others, and how are you expressing them (also include hobbies and volunteering)?  

Creating tools for others to discover their truth. Writing books, speaking, creating CD/mp3 audio, holding online teleclasses. Laughing in public. Smiling. Continuing to heal and grow myself. Notions of bigger efforts coming into play in my life.

SO: Your biggest challenge(s) in leaping into your passions for serving others, and how you have addressed them?  

Actually DOing it. By loving myself enough to discipline myself.  Mastering my ability to focus for hours at a time. Letting go of the big stuff and taking all the little steps that are right in front of me. Surprise, that’s how the big stuff happens. Letting go of the old thinking. To finally be able to stay in a place of Joy. To REALLY get that I alone decide what I have or have not in my life. Completely owning that. Loving myself enough to paint my life big and beautiful.

SO: Your experience of “prosperity,” as you define it, in making the leap? 

More than anything, an overwhelming feeling of Joy in my heart. That is priceless. A sense of actually being alive and really participating in my life. A sense of ease when you know that you are always provided for. Drinking the nectar, that juice, that flows from your heart. Living in the heart.

SO: What’s the biggest lesson you’ve learned in making the leap?

A couple come to mind. Honoring myself. Showing up for myself. Honoring my talents and gifts that I have to offer others. That helping others is the most rewarding thing you could ever do. To give unconditional Love whenever the opportunity arrives. To remember my struggles, and the overwhelming feelings of despair I have had, and when I see that look on the face of others. To be there for them. So they can learn to shine their own light. Teaching them their truth.

SO: What’s your support system look like; how did you create it?

My support system starts inside of me. My Soul, or higher Self, totally rocks. I get recharged when I go inside and connect with my Soul. It keeps getting brighter and brighter. Works anywhere at any time. And lifetime friends that I have had. As well as new ones that have come along.

SO: What wisdom do you have for someone who’s scared/discouraged about their own leap?

Trust in your own power. It will show up for you, when you show up for you. It can not, and will not, over rule your fears. You need to step forward, and it will likewise. The more you trust it, the more it shows up. When you feel fear, take the steps forward anyway. The fear will start to leave you. Keep walking and the fear will wash itself away. And get clear about your dreams. Think of a future that gets you excited for yourself. Love yourself. See yourself living a prosperous life. Get that vision crystal clear and spend time there, in your thoughts, often.

SO: What’s your next big milestone?

Growing my platform to a global level. Creating multilingual material. Create more in depth material that people can use on their own. Things that support them throughout their journey.

Thanks Les, and Happy Passioneering!

Ellen Whitehurst is the CEO and Founder of The Empowered Lifestyle.  A monthly marquee columnist for Redbook magazine, Ellen’s first book, Make Your Lucky Day,is now going into Fourth printing and she is currently working on her second book.  Ellen also writes a daily tip for iVillage.com as well as contributing to other myriad media agendas, including now John Edward’s new site, InfiniteQuest.com as well lifestyle blogging for The Huffington Post.    She is also one of DoctorOz.com’s alternative/complementary/holistic healthcare providers in their new Web 3.0 sharecare program. For more information on Ellen and what sort of fortune and luck this month has in store for you log onto www.ellenwhitehurst.com.  

Her definition of “passion”?    “That thing, that essence that animates me, that makes me smile, and makes my heart and my soul smile.”

Her biggest passions:  Her son.  Feng shui, mystical, metaphysics.  And cooking and serving with food (she’s writing her second book on this topic!). 

Summary quote:  “There is no one less likely to have made a success of a brand than me.  And I’ve done it.  And if I can do it, anyone can”!

Biggest challenges along the road:   Feeling scared and lonely after her 20-year marriage ended and deciding to pursue fully her passion for feng shui.  Says Ellen, “I so firmly believe that if you follow your passion, if you find what it is that you love, it makes it so much easier to be persistent about it.  And persistence is the key to everything on this planet, I swear to you.  You have to have a real well of persistence to get over the obstacles because the obstacles are…really opportunities to learn. And at the time you may think that something that is crushing and disappointing is the end of the road. And I will personally guarantee -I will put money behind it - that that end of the road is simply bringing you to another new road that’s going to bring you closer to what your dreams are.”

How do you know when it’s a boulder to go over or a sign to take another path?    She says, “ for me, if you have a passion towards achieving or accomplishing a particular or specific goal, you’ll never get a boulder that will push you off of the path.   You’re never going the wrong way, you are going where you need to be.  If, however, you’re not that passionate about it…you don’t feel it in the seat of your soul…that’s where the concept of trust comes in.  You have to trust that you will be shown.  …Ask your higher power, whatever that is for you, ‘Am I on the right road?’    And then be open to receive the answers.  That’s about as trite as it gets, it’s as banal as it gets, but it’s also as real as it gets. If you can quiet your being and can, from your heart, from emotion, ask your higher power if you’re on the right road, I can tell you that, within 48 hours, you’ll get…confirmation.”

Natural talents/gifts:  “I came in with an ability to write.”

What didn’t/doesn’t come naturally:    … “the ability to get in front of people and speak”;  not having a business background

How does someone balance commitments & responsibilities with pursuing their passions?    “It’s really important that when you have responsiblities, when you have commitments and you’re embarking on doing something, obviously if you feel the need to keep your 9 to 5, to keep your paycheck, temporarily, you still need to push energy forward on some level towards what you’re passionate about.   …The same sort of commitment that you have to paying the bills, to taking care of your parents, or to taking care of the kid’s tuition…that same sort of commitment has to translate into a commitment to what your passion is.  And pretty soon, before you even know it, the passion will overtake whatever the 9 – 5 is, and you will find opportunities flying at you to engage yourself in whatever it is that you’re truly interested in, and will leave the 9-5 behind.”

Definition of “prosperity” and how she is experiencing it.   “I’m going to be a capitalist and say that I define it as something with a dollar sign in front of it.  I could really throw out the line that prosperity is abundance, and I do believe that secondarily.   …I define prosperity as feeling comfortable; as not ever worrying where the next dime is going to come from, or where the next pair of shoes is going to come from, or where the next car payment is going to come from.”

Tip on handling fears:  “…You can spend time laying awake in bed at night…and thinking ‘How am I supposed to make the car payment?’   That time that you’re spending worrying about it is in fact, what we call ‘feeding the hungry monster’.”  She suggests that, instead of worrying about it, you can choose to spend the time imagining all of the ways that money COULD come in to cover the car payment.   “Are you going to lay in bed and worry, or are you going to construct a visualization that has you paying it…..either way it’s a fantasy,” she notes.  “Why not choose the one that’s positive?”

…”If you feed your fear with fatted worry you’re just creating more of the same.  So don’t feed the fear.”

Her next big milestone:  A second book, focusing  on food and cooking; a television show