Goodies

Clear Headed in the MORNING?

I'm not a morning person. When anyone asks me out to breakfast or for a morning appointment, my usual first reaction is to ask for a later time, because I'm just not human until at least ten o'clock. I'm usually simply too mush-headed to even think straight.

Why? Who knows - maybe it has to do with the fact that my father used to come barreling into my bedroom at 5 am and yank all the covers off my bed (imagine: winter; Long Island; COLD! - grrrr!) and tickle me and cheerily announce it was time to get up and going. (Have I tapped on that? Ooooh yes!)

Nonetheless, I like to just mootch around in the morning and enjoy the solitary amble through my garden or walk on the beach until actual thoughts start happening. It's quiet, calming and very satisfying.

Unfortunately, sometimes it isn't appropriate to be a moron before 10, and when my amazing friend, Rebecca Marina (celebrationhealing.com) told me what she does in the morning with a couple of New Sun Health products, I thought I'd try it, too.

Your Body Speaks

Your Body Speaks
Assumptions and Beliefs
White Lists

WHAT'S YOUR BODY SAYING?

It's been a strange week for me - ordinarily I'd have given two classes last week, but suddenly found myself flat with a bad cough! To me, a sore throat and cough means there's something my inner conscious is trying to "cough up," so I figured my body was trying to give me something I'd been holding down. So I just allowed myself to lie there and "listen" to what was "coming up" in my mind. When the cough went to my chest, I then asked my heart what it wanted. As I listened to what was going on for me, I had some cool ideas I'm implementing in the next few weeks - stay tuned!

EFT Surrogate Tapping Success

My neighbors, a mid-60's woman and her 30-something son - who I think is a little short on his marble supply - fight tooth and nail. Luckily it only happens about once a month, but it's so boring and the cops always come and it's loud and interrupts my day. Or night. One time he threw a TV at her. Not nice.

Tapping for MSG

I seem to be hooked on surrogate tapping. I went out to a Japanese restaurant last week with a friend who has experienced severe reactions to MSG. The restaurant, one of the best here in Honolulu, claims NO MSG loudly on the menu, so we figured we were safe.

Alas, halfway through our meal, she got short of breath, red in the face, puffy around the eyes, and itchy on her hands and feet - for her, a classic break-out response.

Living Life Artfully

I had the coolest surprise last week! My good buddy, Coach Red-Hot Mama Lynn Ward (who was one of the main factors of helping me get over the last bits of poor-poor me and money problems a couple years ago), wrote the following to her readers, along with a link to her new podcast of the interview we did together on the Core of Creativity.

Listen in as Lynn interviews me on her Podcast "Off the Beaten Path". Lynn is fascinated with the urge for creativity that becomes more focused and driven at mid-life. So as a coach and podcaster, she asked me (as I'm just over midlife - right!) to come on the show to talk about my passion for creativity. And since she is one of my favorite interviewers, I said Yes!

She told me I surprised her - and you might be surprised, too - with some of my answers. You might discover deeper ways to live your most creative life!

Join us by going to BoomerYak.com HERE. Look for our pictures, click on the link and listen in, download to your computer, or listen on your iPod.

Relax and Succeed???

I just bought a new car. Well, it's a 2005-new car, but it's new enough for me! Here's what happened:

I had the distinct displeasure of coming home from a relaxing month away to find that my old car wouldn't start. After tinkering with it, Jamie, my mechanic, said it was dead, and gave me the number to call the guy who hauls cars away for free. Uh - gee thanks!

Buying a new car was very definitely NOT on my January wish list. But something really strange and wonderful happened.

Instead of getting upset - which would have been really easy, with the amount of stuff I had to get done in a very short time, and there I was with no wheels - I simply relaxed back into it and decided to feel good, no matter what Instead of calling here and there and finding prices and going to look at cars, I thought I'd just wait a couple days. I did a little process I use, and repeated to myself my old standby, "Something amazing is happening."

Future Memories

To start the ball rolling this year, one of my favorite people in the world is coming to be with us: EFT Master Dr. Patricia Carrington! I know you remember her - she's the one who gave us the brilliant innovation of the EFT Choices statement.

She showed us her NEW EFT system of Creating & Anchoring Positive Future Memories!

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Get the freebie Creating & Anchoring Positive Future Memories audio - 60 minutes: HERE. Please download it all the way to your computer desktop!!!
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You may also know of Pat as someone who also has worked with Drs Carol Look and Sandi Radomski in producing a dynamic interactive computer program for using EFT for weight-loss (HERE . ). She also runs the EFT certification program.

Recently, Pat awoke one morning with a startling vision. She spent the next few days playing with what she had found, and has now developed a new EFT system around what she experienced that morning.

Eat and Stay (Get) Thin!

Here's how I was able to be away from home for 37 days - most of them in Mexico, land of fab food - and not only lose weight but feel great!

We're Wired to Connect

Big Idea... We're Wired to Connect - By Mark Matousek, January & February 2007. (This article is from the AARP newsltter, and can be read in full HERE.

Our brains are designed to be social, says bestselling science writer Daniel Goleman—and they catch emotions the same way we catch colds.

Have you ever wondered why a stranger’s smile can transform your entire day? Why your eyes mist up when you see someone crying, and the sight of a yawn can leave you exhausted? Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., has wondered, too, and just as he helped revolutionize our definition of what it means to be smart with his 1995 blockbuster, Emotional Intelligence, the two-time Pulitzer nominee and former science reporter for The New York Times has dropped a bombshell on our understanding of human connection in his startling new book, Social Intelligence (Bantam).

Business Blog Basics

Blogging is all the rage these days.

Just take a look around: businesses of all sizes have joined the blogosphere by the bazillions. They’re seeking to connect with customers, increase their credibility - and grow their businesses, of course.

Here's where to sign up for this Blogging Basics course: Business Blog Basics. Class 1: Jan 17, Class 2: Jan 24, Class 3: Jan 31.

Bottom line: Before you take one more step and jump on the business blogging bandwagon, you need to ask yourself several crucial questions: