I-Dare-You

Annabel Fisher, Founder of AAMET

I have a great interview for you today with the founder of AAMET (Association of the Advancement of Energy Techniques), Annabel Fisher.

I have a very specific reason for introducing you to Annabel: I want you to see how her courage and determination helped her continue on through a terrible illness to come out the other side and create a world-wide organization that helps thousands of people become emotionally free.

In today's chaotic world, her story serves to remind us that w really can persevere and triumph.

Listen to the interview HERE (or just click on the I Dare You Radio logo to the left(.

You'll be surprised at what we talk about--how she and I both used EFT (MTT/tapping) to relieve ourselves of very intense, chronic conditions that we feared would be with us for the rest of our lives. I want you to take careful note of what she did to help herself, and how at first it seemed like it backfired on her!

Dorothy Hall, Certified T-Tapp Trainer & V.A. Expert

I want to introduce you to Dorothy Hall.

This is an interview you'll love if you want to be fit, strong, flexible, healthy and full of energy, and if you are out of shape and hate to work out or diet.  I found Dorothy on T-Tapp.com, one of the certified practitioners of T-Tapp listed in Hawaii.

Dorothy worked for a long time for a software company, but her independent spirit got her into way more fun and fulfillment than her J.O.B. ever gave her. Listen in at how she amde the leap to freedom!

I was originally disappointed that she lives on Kauai (about 200 miles north of here, a long paddle over the ocean), but she will be travelling more soon, hopefully including us on Oahu in her trips.

Why am I so stoked about T-Tapp? Listen in and find out why. It's an amazing series of moves that are so powerful and so effective that...well, listen in! You'll see!

 
Either go HERE, or click on the IDareYou logo to the left.

You Are A Center of Influence

Since I was away last weekend, I have a buildup of Weekend Goodies. I’ll be adding one or two a day now and then. So, if you haven’t already, you might want to sign up for the RSS feed so you can see the Goodies as I add them during the week. You will find the RSS feed links to the right on the home page at AngelaRecommends.com.

I’ve been asked why I do them…well, for fun! When I was a kid, I used to adore reading all the papers and magazines my folks subscribed to. Well, I really ought to say I devoured them. I still do. I just love to see what people are doing and saying, especially if it is intelligent, funny or enlightening–even better if all three.

I’m also interested in bucking the status quo. Normal isn’t a part of my vocabulary. The status quo is what keeps us numb, asleep and easily malleable by the powers-that-(try)-to-be and their minions, the press.

But see, now there are those of us who realize that we are not “just” EFT practitioners, not j”just” coaches, not “just” marketers, not “just” (fill in the blank)–we are centers of influence. We are the new media. If we so choose, now we have the technology that enables us to stand up and bypass the entire system–media, gov, the whole thing. Whew–dangerous thinking, eh?

Ask yourself: do you have a

Do You Qualify? Do You Dare?

I was frankly quite surprised by how many applications there were for my Write A Book in 10 Days program starting on the 20th.

The first slots for this month have been filled, and now that I see how much people like it, I am suggesting that you get on the list and hold your space for future programs, because the waiting list is already filling up.

Why would you want to go through this powerful, effort, money and time-saving book-writing-and-marketing program?

Because you want your book written, published and marketed!

But–maybe some phrases like this are rattling around in your brain:
I procrastinate
I’ll never do it
I don’t believe people want to hear what I have to say
I don’t have time
I don’t like selling
I’m afraid people will not like me or my book
I don’t have a website
I don’t know how to do it!

Well, that’s where I come in! I help you:

1. GET CLEAR
I help you determine, right from the start, how to market your book *and* make money on it–before you write one word. There is no other book-writing program you can find where you get your marketing handled before you write your book. Easily. Effortlessly. Promise!

(If you’re writing a book just for your family, this is probably not for you.

If you are averse to making money off your work, this is definitely not for you.)

2. HAVE *FUN* AS YOU WRITE, PUBLISH AND MARKET YOUR BOOK
Because I help you create a very short, focused, concise plan that is fun to follow, you don’t get tied up in distraction and procrastination.

My unique planning system is so easy and so immediately rewarding that you’ll be excited to get going every day. Why feel overwhelmed and scared about writing a book when it can be so much fun?

(If you tend to rebel against instructions from someone who is showing you a new way to do something, please don’t apply.

If you’d rather take 10 years to write your book in your ’spare’ time here and there when you can, with no map, no marketing expertise and no support, this is not for you.)

3. ONE-ON-ONE GUIDANCE
Because we meet one-on-one,

Are You A Waste Maker?

FROM The STORY of STUFF : There must be Another Way

"We are humungous waste makers in this country. Nationally, we generate over 250 million tons of garbage each year, and that is only the municipal waste – or garbage - which doesn’t even include the much larger amounts of waste from industries, mining, and construction.

"We make enough garbage each year in the U.S. to fill a convoy of 10-ton trucks long enough to wrap around the earth six times!"

"Annie Leonard is author and host of the online film, The Story of Stuff, a fast paced, fact filled expose on the hidden environmental and social costs of current systems of production and consumption. The film has become an internet phenomenon, generating over 6.5 million views in 200 countries and territories since its launch in December 2007.

"Annie has spent nearly two decades investigating and organizing on environmental health and justice issues. She has traveled to 40 countries, visiting literally hundreds of factories where our stuff is made and dumps where our stuff is dumped. Witnessing first hand the horrendous impacts of both over- and under- consumption around the world, Annie is fiercely dedicated to reclaiming and transforming our industrial and economic systems so they serve, rather than undermine, ecological sustainability and social equity.

"Many people who have seen The Story of Stuff have asked what they can do to address the problems identified in the film. She says:

"Each of us can promote sustainability and justice at multiple levels: as an individual, as a teacher or parent, a community member, a national citizen, and as a global citizen. As Annie says in the film, “the good thing about such an all pervasive problem is that there are so many points of intervention.” That means that there are lots and lots of places to plug in, to get involved, and to make a difference. There is no single simple thing to do, because the set of problems we’re addressing just isn’t simple. But everyone can make a difference, but the bigger your action the bigger the difference you’ll make."

I Dare You Write Your Book with Me!

This week I got pinched again by the write-a-book muse. I've had a book slipping around in the back of my mind for a while, and it seems that it's time to finally let it out.

I've learned to let my internal system handle the rumination, back-burner simmering and rounding out. When everything is ready, out it all comes. I need to be awake, aware and ready to romp, because it takes over anything else I do. I've already started.

Buckminster Fuller, the late, great genius, said that his work was 95% gestation and the rest manifestation. I bet if you look at anything you've done really well, most of it was both inner and outer prep and the last jump was fast. So if you've been chewing on a book project for a time, maybe it's time to let it come to the fore and manifest it--fast.

How? I have a system I that makes writing a book so simple that I can write a book in a week to 10 days (for a 150-250 page book). It's fantastic for creating about-books or how-to books (I don't recommend it for fiction books, novels or poetry books that take time to dream up characters and twisty-turny plot lines).

I write one particular page at the very start that gets me totally aligned with every aspect of the entire book. I then take a few hours each day until the writing is done. Then I build the book so it will work both in print and as an ebook. I publish it, and sell it in a wide variety of venues.  

I invite you to come along for my 10-day writing ride. I'll guide you as you write right along with me so you can do the right things in the right sequence so you can end up with a high-quality, intelligent, viable product.

You'll be proud as punch to finally be the author you knew you could be, and to have finally gotten done what's been nagging you for--how long?

You'll have a book you can sell on your site, on amazon.com, at your classes, seminars and workshops, and at the back of the room when you speak (prepare for a way different life!).

And in the next segment of the course (late October), I'll show you how to make a ton of dough without having to be a celebrity, without needing a 'real' publisher, without doing a best-seller launch on amazon, or even website affiliates.

WHAT DO YOU GET AS YOU WRITE ALONGSIDE?
When you decide to take me up on my invitation,

Rupa Marya: Respected Doctor, Accomplished Musician

I'm particularly pleased to have found out about Rupa Marya because she is such an inspiration to those of us who are not strictly right or left brain oriented.

She's the perfect embodiment of the idea that left informs right, right enhances left. She juggles two seemingly disparate careers--and thrives doing it!

In short, she decided to go for her doctorate, but couldn't stay away from music. She decided to do both--and kept each side secret from the other! As I searched for other viable news reports about her, I found these two articles below. I hope you enjoy reading about her!

From ABC news: (Read the whole thing HERE)
"Rupa Marya grew up seriously thinking she would become a doctor. She also wanted to be a singer, it was what her parents – immigrants from India wanted for her as well. Her heart was also in music so she felt pressure to choose between medicine or music."

From Boston: (Read the whole thing HERE)
She says, ""Watching this country become more fearful and journalists becoming the mouthpiece of the administration, I became so angry," says Marya, on the phone from Sweden. She performs with the April Fishes Tuesday at Johnny D's as part of a North American tour that includes the Montreal Jazz Festival and Quebec City's Festival d'Été.

"I couldn't pick up my guitar," Marya says. "It was too painful. But then I started to think about what would it be like to create music that reflected what I wanted to see in the world, to give a voice to the things that weren't getting any airtime. I started with an assignment to write 10 songs about love, compassion, and uncertainty in a time of love across borders.

"How we're conveying information to one another is something that's very interesting to me," Marya says. "As a doctor, there are so many ways you can miscommunicate, and it's always a challenge. How do you tell somebody they're dying? How do you tell an audience that people in their neighborhood are living with so much fear of being deported that they don't seek proper medical help? It's like the riddle of my life, and I explore it several different ways, through music, and through these kinds of investigations."

Are You Living Your Energetic Truth?

Have you ever been shushed?

Or told to lighten up?
Or maybe someone said to you: "get a thicker skin," or "you're too sensitive!"

Or, "Get serious!"

And did you end up trying to be some way that was completely not 'you' in an attempt to be loved or more acceptable?

I have. I've been shushed, told not to laugh (right!) and in particular, not to laugh so loud. And, "You're too much!" If I had a dollar for each time I've heard that I'd never have to work another day in my life. I simply, naturally, as part of my energy make-up, have lots of 'swift,' substantial, powerful energy. It comes with Angela Treat Lyon territory.

But I used to think that, in order to be more acceptable, I 'should' be more quiet, speak more softly, walk more gracefully--that there was something wrong with me.

Ha! There certainly wasn't! Yes, of course I'm OK with me now, but I sure didn't used to be. And I used to compensate for what I thought of as my blunders and gaffs by trying not being my natural self. I ended up trying to be an ideal that just didn't fit me, and I felt like a fraud, unaccepted and really, really angry. I was living a lie, and I was afraid to live my truth.

At last, more understanding! This week, I finally availed myself of Carol Tuttle's Online Energy Profiling system. I wish now I had gotten it before when I first heard of it. She really hits home when she says that the very thing you don't like about yourself or that you've been criticized for may be your greatest gift--even your mission!

I am really impressed with the clarity and quality of Carol's site, the videos and Carol's delivery. BUT--most of all, Carol's knowledge and ability to deliver it in a soft, yet incisive way, while simultaneously weaving in pointed stories about herself and her own family and how profound this information has been for her, had me riveted.

I am so impressed. I'm not a sit-down-and-watch-videos-for-hours person, but I sat in this very seat and spent three+ hours watching each online video segment, beginning to end. They were that good. No, they were astounding.

No hype, no this-is-how-it-is, no you-must-do-this or thats--just clear information that makes things understandable. So simple--yet complex and deep; interwoven so neatly. It was such a pleasure to listen, watch and soak in every word she said. I even watched a couple of the segments more than once--unheard of for me--I'm a watch-once-and-that's-it person.

Don't want to wait? Use THIS LINK!

Why is this information so profound? See what you

What Happened to the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence?

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

(This is from Larry James' website, CelebrateLove.com)

NOTE:  If you received an e-mail describing what "really" happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence that describes their many tales of woe, don't believe it! The "how the signers suffered" or "the price they paid" spiel contains numerous errors. (Click here for the full story that debunks the Internet e-mail hoax. Need more proof?  Click here.)

For the record, here's a portrait of the men who pledged "our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" for liberty many years ago.

Fifty-six men from each of the original 13 colonies signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Nine of the signers were immigrants, two were brothers and two were cousins. One was an orphan. The average age of a signer was 45. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest delegate at 70. The youngest was Thomas Lynch Jr. of South Carolina at 27.

18 of the signers were merchants or businessmen, 14 were farmers, and four were doctors. Twenty-two were lawyers - although William Hooper of North Carolina was "disbarred" when he spoke out against the king - and nine were judges. Stephen Hopkins had been governor of Rhode Island. 42 signers had served in their colonial legislatures.

Hawaii is Still Here, Free and Independent!

I was surprised when someone wrote and asked about my note talking about North Korea sending missiles over Hawaii today - I had thought it would be all over the news. Apparently not!

I googled it, and was shocked to only see one article about it.

Yes, North Korea did plan to shoot lovely little packages of dissonance over us, and did - yesterday and last night. But apparently nothing that even came close or did any hard, thank goodness!

You might have thought my note about it was pretty weird and maybe even paranoid. Well, it was a very real thing for those of us here who knew about it, I assure you! Imagine how you'd feel if someone - even so far away - was making plans to send destruction falling onto you from the skies! It's a pretty strange sensation, knowing you can't do a darn thing about it aside from leaving.

I've been asked what I'd do if I only had a week to live - well, I've given that a lot of thought this week! And I decide every day that I'm already doing what I'd do. Feels good. What about you - would you change what you're doing?

The idea of independence strikes home for me today, especially as we seem to still be here and safe on a day that could have been a horror.

I love freedom - the freedom to do, be and have what I want, where, when, how and with whom I choose; and I love independence - being able to be on my own and live my rightful path while simultaneously creating in interdependence with the rest of the planet.

As I sit here feeling most grateful that Hawaii not been sent to the bottom of the sea, I send you forty bazillion tons of love and joy and hope that you have a wonderful weekend, and that you celebrate freedom and independence no matter where you live.