Transformation Coaching Magazine January 2020 by Transformation Coaching Magazine

COACHING AND BUSINESS TOOLS Digital Marketing 2020 2020 Vision Put Your Hands in the Sand

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INSPIRATION & GROWTH Drink More Coffee and Alcohol! Clear Vision in 2020 Greater Reality Living: All Life is Interconnected Celebrate Aging Resolved: No More New Year’s Resolutions Go Around the Wall

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COACH SPOTLIGHT The Path to Freedom

FEED YOUR SPIRIT The Secret of Personal Magnetism

PUBLISHERS Natalie Rivera Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed.

EDITOR Lisa Cedrone

CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Bryan Hawley, Natalie Rivera, Terez Hartmann, Alan Cohen, Keke Morgan, Karen Hartfield, Mark Pitstick, Owen Waters, Mary Boutieller, Gregg Sanderson, Jo Mooy

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Digital Marketing 2020

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Tips for planning your online strategy this year. By Dr. Bryan Hawley When it comes to digital marketing, the challenge is that most people have one mentality: If I build up enough followers on social media it will make me a bunch of money period. Well this used to be true— until the algorithms changed. A little less than a year ago, Facebook changed its algorithm (yes again) with something called organic reach. As a result, trying to get free traffic from Facebook at any type of scale to make money or sales really doesn’t work. Of course it’s great if you get 100 likes or even 1,000 likes for a couple of posts; however, you can’t eat “likes,” you can’t deposit “shares,” you can’t pay bills with smiley faces and thumbs up,

so just getting notices on your posts isn’t going help. So, what are some of the tricks that you can do going into 2020? Well let me share three with you right now. They’re kind of secretive, so don’t go telling anyone else; we’ll keep this just between us. 1) Start off by what I call “actually caring about the customer trick.” You see, people can actually tell if you are trying to sell them on something. It’s almost as if we were energy beings putting off vibrations (what a concept) of intent and goodwill, or just trying to make a sale and get something from someone. 2) Take the time to listen to what your customers have to say. You might think that they want “X” but what they really desire “Y.” By listening, you might be able

to show customers how to go directly to Y and not even worry about X—but you won’t know that unless you listen. 3) Finally, try actually helping them with their issues before pitching an offer. Now that’s a mindful concept right there! It’s sounds good, but how do we actually do it? Maybe you have a product or service and know deep down inside that if you could only get it out there to the masses it would help millions. How do you do that and follow the 3 steps above? Social media is a great channel, since billions of potential customers and people you can help are online everyday. However, to make it work you need to know the latest trends. Now, I will admit that a few years ago you could create a course, write a book or invent the latest widget, place

a paid ad on social media and voila, you had pillow profits coming in. Not so much anymore, so you need to follow the steps herein. In aligning with step 1, writing ads or blogs from a desperation or lackof mentality will never have the effect of getting the masses to stand up. The energy is just not there to attract customers. It works the same in digital as it does in real-life contact with people.

So, when you are writing copy or doing an ad, make sure you are doing it with the right intentions—that you are literally trying to help others, and your payment or reward is simply a byproduct. For step 2, you must know your audience, what they want, how soon they need it, and have a follow-up sequence to keep in contact with them. Most people will not

act immediately when they see your ad or content. Here are some rough stats from our customers in 2019. We have found that. • Five percent are ready to take your offer NOW and are actively looking. • Thirty percent are not looking but will be open to your offer within 30 days. • 60 percent are not looking now but will be within a 60- to 90-day period. • Five percent you don’t desire and will never purchase your product. Shoot for the 30 to 60 percent group, while taking the low hanging fruit from the 5 percent immediate sale. How do you do that? That leads us to the secret of step 3: actually help people. For example, if you are a coach, write a blog post or even do a short webinar and give away your best stuff to help others solve problems. You can simply do a PowerPoint, record it using Screencastify (it’s a free app) and upload it on YouTube for everyone to see. Once you do that: 1) Create a Facebook ad under the category “traffic” for $5 per day, and drive targeted viewers to your free webinar. No pitches, no sale, just good ole help.

2) Do another, but this time offer a free e-book (you can even convert a PowerPoint into a PDF document and upload it as an e-book) in exchange for a simple email address. 3) Next, set up an email drip campaign by sending out a bi-monthly newsletter to all the email sign ups with tips and helpful hints. 4) Then set up a retargeting campaign in Facebook for everyone who watched 25 seconds or more of your recorded webinar. Use this campaign for a “private offer” or “exclusive offer” because this is now a “warm audience” that you hopefully have already helped in some way. Now you are the guru or expert in your field (you basically preframed yourself as the authority and helped others at the same time during step 1). This is something that you can do over and over, and the beauty of this approach is that you only need to create content a few times; the program can run on autopilot while you sleep (pillow profits). Stay tuned for next article where I will discuss the aspects of opening and marketing an online store.

Listen for Your Calling with Dr. Bryan Hawley Dr. Bryan is a published author, national speaker, and personal growth consultant. He also owns an online digital marketing agency and has created a simple online course on digital marketing to help other coaches, and authors break out into the world and reach audiences. You can find out more on his website http://www.drbryanhawley.com or email directly at info@drbryanhawley.com.

Drink More Coffee and Alcohol!

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By Natalie Rivera

me it was. You see, I did my share of drinking in high school. More importantly, I did my share of being around drunk young adults in high school (and college), and to put it mildly, I was not impressed. By the time I turned 21, I was tired of being the designated driver by default because I didn’t trust anyone else not to be an idiot, holding back friends’ hair when they barfed, and wrestling people for keys. Nor was I keen on being around people who became aggressive or promiscuous when they drank. Don’t get me wrong, I made my share of stupid decisions, but I became a responsibility snob. As a result, I had never been in a bar nor did I go to one when I turned 21. I did drink, but only around people I knew, and never very much. On this occasion, I was invited to a bar to celebrate New Year’s Eve. I figured my boycott of bars for over a year (since becoming “legal”) had proved my point (to myself) and so I agreed to go. Not only did I go drink with a bunch of 20-somethings, I drank more than usual. I drank enough that my uptight self danced with abandon in the middle of what was not a dance floor, by myself. I was laughing and being laughed at and enjoying every minute. I was always the type of person who made New Year’s resolutions. Like most people, I didn’t always keep them; however, I did consciously reflect every January 1st and set a trajectory for my year to come. I hadn’t put any thought into my goals for the new year, so when the countdown ended at midnight and the room erupted in cheers, as Old Lang Syne played in the background, I took a shot of whatever-it-was-my-friend-handedme, and shouted “this year, my new year’s resolution is to drink more coffee and alcohol!” That declaration received a resounding “woohoo” from my friends and we took our shots. That was the only New Year’s resolution that I ever kept 100 percent. It might sound like a terrible goal to use more unhealthy, mind-altering substances, but for me it was one of the best decisions of my life.

It was mid-afternoon on some random weekday and I felt like total shit. I dragged my ass to the office coffee machine and felt a tiny surge of excitement (as much as I could muster) when I found the coffee pot empty. I now had an excuse to hide in the coffee room for an extra 10 minutes while it brewed. The smell of the coffee brewing gave me a feeling of comfort, of hope. I resisted the temptation to plop on the floor while I waited and instead rocked back and forth to distract my body from its exhaustion. Coffee in hand, I headed back to my cell (I mean cubicle). I sat cross-legged in my ergonomic chair and stared blankly at my computer screen as I sipped my coffee and pet it’s warm body like a tiny kitten. I felt like Gollum and his precious. An hour later I was engrossed in a design project and had completely forgotten about my pre-coffee stupor. My brain had kicked back on and my focus was keeping me distracted from the fatigue that lingered in my body. On a normal day, one in which I did not partake in the mid-afternoon caffeine-induced crawl out of the hole, by this time in the afternoon I would have been doing something brain numbing (like organizing email) because that is all I would have had the energy to handle. When my mind popped out of project-mode for a moment and I remembered how horrible I had felt just an hour earlier, I had an “aha” moment. Coffee helped me feel better and work better. Coffee woke me up! Yep, I know this seems obvious, but at the time it was revolutionary. I didn’t associate the constant feeling like someone drained my blood as being “tired” and so never associated coffee with a possible resource for fighting off the fatigue and foggy brain. Before that day I rarely had coffee after my morning cup. The afternoon cup-o-joe gave me a boost of clarity and helped me get through the day without daydreaming about curling up in a ball under my desk. By the time I got home, my artificial zest had faded. My typical evening routine commenced: cook dinner, scarf dinner, scramble to wash the dishes and frantically stay in motion knowing that once I plopped on the couch, I would not be able to get up again. Then, by about 7 p.m., when my small, 22-year-old body finally was completely spent, I would dive into the couch and live vicariously through the meaningful lives of fictitious characters in television shows like Grey’s Anatomy. Not long after this day I had another substance-inIt wasn’t until a year later, when I contemplated duced “aha” moment. It was New Year’s Eve, and I was at a taking a nap at a red light, that I realized there was somebar. I know, this doesn’t sound revolutionary either, but for thing wrong with me, at a deeper level. On my way home

For the first time I recognized that I deserved to feel better— by any means necessary.

one day I stopped at a red light. I had the familiar fetalposition-on-the-floor fatigue fantasy and noticed myself thinking, “I wonder how long traffic lights are…I could just close my eyes, take a quick nap, and wait for someone to honk.” I looked around at the drivers of the cars stopped at the intersection. They were all probably twice my age, yet none of them looked like they were pondering the viability of a three-minute nap. They looked alive. Happy. And, for the first time I acknowledged to myself that I wasn’t either of those things. I went to my doctor and had her do every test imaginable, yet they all came back showing I was “healthy.” Right. Because it’s totally normal for 22 year olds to feel like bloody hell all the time. In fact, I’d felt that way at the beginning of high school, six months after I had mono. I had gotten worse over time, however I didn’t glean insight into any of this until much later. Eventually, my doctor labeled me with “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” (which is really just a cover-up for “I don’t know what the hell is wrong with you”). While my “diagnosis” was frustrating, it did lead me down a new path, starting with changing my diet, learning how to de-stress and meditate, and opened the door to personal and spiritual development that transformed my life and eventually lead to my healing. My New Year’s declaration to drink more coffee and alcohol was a pivotal moment. The indulgence in excess coffee and booze that followed gave me the energy I needed to function. From this somewhat improved state, I could see my life more clearly, realized I needed help, got help, and changed the trajectory of my life. The moral of my story is NOT that you should drink more coffee and alcohol. My point is that secret to New Year’s resolutions that a) you will keep and b) will create

a ctual change in your life, is to make them based on what you need, not what you “should” do. So, ask yourself: 1) What do I need the most in my life right now? 2) What is the biggest obstacle that is weighing me down or holding me back? 3) What could I do (or stop doing) that would eliminate or lessen this problem? 4) What difference would it make in my life if I made this improvement? For example: 1) What you need most right now is less stress. 2) Being too busy is the biggest obstacle to your peace and calm. 3) You could ask yourself, what responsibility or timewaster could I eliminate that would free up some time? (For instance, step down from the PTA, get your kids or spouse to take on more of the cleaning duties, have your groceries delivered, or stop spending so much time on social media.) 4) The difference this would make is that not only would you have more free time, but you would also feel more empowered because you made a decision to take back control of this part of your life. The best New Year’s resolutions are the ones you’ll keep because you actually want them. Instead of considering all of the rational goals that you “should” set for your life, pay attention to that voice in the back of your mind telling you what you really want…you know, that thing you tell yourself you shouldn’t do. DO THAT. Photo Credit: Unsplash/Emma Smith

Ignite Life with Natalie Rivera

Natalie Rivera is a firestarter, speaker and entrepreneur. She is passionate about empowering others to GET REAL and live authentically. After a decade of living a life that wasn’t hers and developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Natalie let go of everything and completely transformed. Through her journey to healing she rediscovered her true self and greater purpose—to inspire others to transform their lives. Natalie “retired” from the rat race at 24, put herself through school as a freelance designer, created a non-profit teen center, and later created Transformation Services, Inc., which offers motivational speaking, curriculum development, life coaching, event management, and publishing. She is also the Publisher of Transformation Magazine. Visit http://www.transformation-academy.com.

2020 Vision

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By Terez Hartmann

me, enjoying my life more, or allowing myself to evolve and grow in some way, shape or form. So, rather than spin your wheels pursuing something that may actually take you away from what truly matters to you, ask yourself this question first: What is YOUR big picture intention? (Write it down!) I believe the more you keep your big picture in mind Happy New Year, fabulous fiery friends! before deciding on any particular direction or goal, the more Once again, we find ourselves at the turning of a you actually create and realize a vision truly worthy of your page, the beginning of the next chapter and, in some cases, precious focus, time and life. even opening a whole new book. These are exciting times— ripe with possibilities and potential for all who are open and STEP 2: Decide willing. However, without meaning to, we often can get so Want to allow for positive changes or upgrades in caught up in the “how” part of realizing our dreams—or the your life? Regardless of how general or specific your intenbazillion bytes of data and opinions coming our way at the tions/focus may be, stick to your guns! Nothing derails a speed of light—that our vision of our true selves, life and dream, healing or personal evolution revolution like seconddirection can get a bit cloudy. guessing yourself and peeking back over your shoulder. Come We think we have to have it all figured out, and to a solid and clear decision, hold to your vision, and focus oncraft all sorts of detailed lists, plans and action steps, but ward, upward and forward! What decision/s have YOU made the moment the path becomes not quite so clear, or that for this year/for right now—and why? (Write these down!) freedom-loving, inner rebel part of us starts to feel the slightest bit fenced in or overly structured and steps in as if STEP 3: Keep Your Visons Front and Center. to say, “You’re not the boss of me!” our grand designs and When “life” happens it’s far too easy to lose sight ambitions can go right out the window. of your dreams and visions, so having an easy way to replay But there is a way for both aspects of the human and keep your visions alive every day is a powerful step to spirit to get what they want, to live in harmony, and for you to realizing them. Put your visions/decisions in writing or cyallow awesome manifestations and happy adventures ever- berspace in multiple places and forms that are easy to see after: Create and maintain a rhythm and flow that allows for or review. For example: both freedom and focus. Æ Print a list of your core visions/intentions and/or Ready to see your life clearly, allow for freewheeling create an e-mail or text to yourself that you can easily fun, and progressively realize your dreams, new decisions see on your phone. and visions in 2020? Read on to discover five easy steps to Æ Create a physical vision board or photo gallery on your see your way to a bright, beautiful New Year—and NOW! phone/computer/tablet with images. that truly move you and keep the vibe of your dreams alive. Æ Create an audio message you can play daily—for ideas, visit http://www.YourDayOnFire.com. Æ Create a weekly list of ideas/action items that feed STEP 1: Focus First on the BIG Picture your visions and decisions. For me every intention/goal/vision/etc. is about fulfilling what I like to call the BPI (Big Picture Intention), which is: STEP 4: Focus on Presence and Savor Life When you find yourself in a beautiful moment, savor life by giving that experience, conversation, delicious meal, music, etc., every ounce of your attention. You’ll get “I am LOVING ME and to enjoy your NOW even more fully (which is what every having a GREAT TIME dream and goal is ultimately about!) And the longer you focus on joy, fun and all-things fabulous, the more Law of while BECOMING MORE.” Attraction will amp up the awesome by bringing more feelgood moments your way! On the other hand, if you find your mind wanderWhen I really consider ANY and every item that has ever landed on one of my New Year’s Resolutions lists, buck- ing off into over-analyzing the past or worrying about the et lists, vision boards or intention lists, I have found that ev- future, focusing on the here and now in a matter-of-fact way erything boils down to either feeling better and better about can truly be a lifeline in helping you return to clear vision.

A VISION OF FREEDOM AND FOCUS

FIVE EASY STEPS FOR “2020 VISION”

When the monkey mind clouds your vision, take three slow deep breaths, then stop and ask this question: Where am I right now and what data is present? Answer in very matter-of-fact, non-emotional/ computer-esque terms. Only include data that is boring and neutral. Tech and sci-fi fans: Think in terms of what “Alexa” would say if describing a scene, or what “Computer” would say when asked for the current status on board the Starship Enterprise. For example: “I am here now, sitting in a clear Lucite chair at my glass and stainless-steel dining room table, in our dining room, facing the kitchen, typing on my laptop computer in my home, in Tampa, Florida, United States. The current date is Tuesday, December 11th, 2019. The temperature is currently 70 degrees Fahrenheit. I am wearing a white t-shirt with an image of Snoopy on it, a black and white jacket, grey exercise pants, black socks, black sneakers, and red glasses. On the table are multiple objects: a red water bottle, an open journal, a pencil, a black flashlight and an orange cup. I hear the sound of the washing machine and there is the subtle smell of cinnamon in the air…” Continue with this thought process until you feel a sense of calm and relief. Just like meditation, this simple exercise of focusing on raw data only helps your mind to focus in a nonresistant way, while helping you interrupt a funky thought pattern, and get back to seeing your life clearly. STEP 5: Move

Move your body every day—literally—as much as possible to keep your vibe and spirits up, your stress low, and your brain open to receiving ideas—and do something related to moving toward the things that truly matter to you. If you get into the habit of making weekly lists (See “STEP 3: Keep Your Visions Front and Center” above); this can be a great resource to turn to for focus and direction. A question that has also been amazing for helping me stay on track, keep my focused side happy, and

honor my free-spirited creative flow of the moment is: What is the next step I can take NOW that feels constructive and productive? I also vary this with a more specific version: What is the next step I can take NOW that feels constructive and productive for my: Æ Health and well-being? Æ Relationships? (marriage/partnership, family, friendships, etc.) Æ Career/flow of abundance? (creations, business, investments, etc.) Æ Healthy home environment?

THE BOTTOM LINE: 2020 VISION

Whether it’s the turning of the calendar, a catalytic event or a fresh, new idea that presents itself to you, any moment can offer an opportunity to make a new decision to cultivate clearer vision. I have found that having “2020 Vision” for this year, the coming decade, and life in general also does not mean that you have to see every single step or the entire route in advance; it’s about maintaining a balance between keeping your eye on your BIG picture—the overall way you want your life to feel and flow—and having a clear sense of openness and willingness to take the next step. As we enter the roaring 2020s, it is my wish and intention to see you and your clients embrace even more of the bright, beautiful self and life YOU deserve, for when even one more person dreams with eyes wide open and allows visions to ignite, he or she helps any open and willing soul in this world to remember that they too have the power to turn on the light. Here’s to making the decision to see your life with “2020 Vision” and to truly living Life on FIRE!

ALLOWING YOUR SUCCESS with Terez “Firewoman” Hartmann

Terez “Firewoman” Hartmann,“Your catalyst for all things Fab-YOU-lous,” is the author of Allowing Your Success!, a proud contributing author of Transform Your Life! book one and two, a professional Keynote Speaker/Workshop Facilitator, Singer-Songwriter/Recording Artist, “Allowing Adventures!” & “Savor Vacation” Facilitator, and true Renaissance Woman, and Visionary. She keeps her fire lit by embracing and promoting a lifestyle of “Allowing,” and by using creative expression to elevate and ignite the human spirit, a passion that she shares with her husband, soul-mate and creative partner of over 15 years, John Victor Hartmann. Together they share “Allowing TRUE LOVE” workshops and experiences designed to help others attract, allow, and maintain extraordinary relationships, and create custom jingles and voice-overs in their studio, THE Creativity Express. Visit: http://www.TerezFirewoman.com

Clear Vision in 2020

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This year we will see things as we choose to see them, not as we have been taught they are. By Alan Cohen I was standing at the counter of a snack bar at a children’s zoo when a customer became quite nasty with the server. A part of his order had not been delivered correctly, and he made quite a stink. I recoiled, thinking, “What a mean, cruel person!” Minutes later I was passing the deer enclosure, where I saw a man kneeling to pet a fawn, tenderly feeding the creature. “That man reminds me of St. Francis,” I thought. When the man turned his head, I was astonished to see it was the same fellow who had created the unpleasant scene at the snack bar. Who was that man really? Was he the angry, abusive one, or the gentle, saintly one? We might say that he was both. He had the propensity for both kindness and mean-spiritedness, each aspect bubbling forth in different situations. 2020 is the Year of Clear Vision. This year we will see things as we choose to see them, not as we have been taught they are. We have been trained to use the fearful mind to gauge what is real. Yet all great spiritual masters have advised us not to judge. We tend to focus on one aspect of a person, usually a fault or limitation, and we box that person into a small identity. Yet judgment always backfires because there is far more to that person than the single dark aspect we are focusing on. If we were to see them at another time in another situation, we would see an entirely different, better person. When we hold a negative opinion of someone, we suffer because we have contracted our consciousness to the realm of the wrong, small, or missing. We further lose because

in a judgmental mindset we become subject to our judgments about ourselves and those of others toward us. If you hold a penny in front of your eye and look toward the sun, the penny will block your vision and you will miss seeing the huge star. How odd that a tiny object just an inch wide can obscure the physical energy source that feeds all living things! Likewise, every soul emits rays of spirit that bring us life when we look upon them. When we release judgment, we expand our vision to receive the unlimited good that wants to bless us. It’s tempting to fall into agreement with judgments issued by others. When I was looking to purchase a property, a real estate agent named Tom told me, “Watch out for Jimmy N. He is a manipulative, unethical realtor.” In the wake of that warning I avoided Jimmy N.; whenever I heard his name, my armor went up. Later I had to do a transaction with Jimmy, and I found him to be one of the kindest, most honest and ethical people I have ever worked with. He was mature, wise, and did honorable charity and service work. Tom’s opinion of Jimmy was entirely erroneous, based on his judgment only. In retrospect I was sorry I had adopted Tom’s opinion and unfairly judged Jimmy before I got to know him. Earlier I stated that we embody both good and bad aspects. Yet ultimately only the good about us is true. A Course in Miracles calls us to identify only with the attributes of God. Because God is loving, kind, generous, and forgiving, that is who we are at our essence. Our true nature is innocent; all else is passing illusion. When

we allow ourselves to get sucked into beliefs in smallness and evil, we suffer. Yet the pain that judgment engenders is not necessary. We can walk the high road and remain at peace. Of course, people do foolish, cruel and evil things. But only because they have succumbed to their own judgments and those cast upon them by others. Hurt people hurt people. It takes a victim to make a victim. Someone who recognizes his or her innocence would never be tempted to hurt another person. Hurtful acts are not calls for more judgment, which perpetuates the vicious cycle. They are calls for love, which ends the vicious cycle. The intellectual faculty judges constantly. From an early age we were taught to focus on differences, label everything, rank people and objects in order of desirability, and reject everyone and everything that does not get us what we want. What we really want runs far deeper than the judgments we hold. What we really want is inner peace. We will never find that peace by making wrong and pushing against. Instead, we can drop into deeper acceptance, compassion, release, respect and support. Dale Carnegie advised, “Give that person a fine reputation to live up to.” This instruction serves not just the person you are praising, but empowers you as you see and claim the best in that person. As that person becomes the best in them, you will become the best in yourself. Forgiveness is not simply a gift to the recipient. It is more fundamentally a gift to ourselves. This is the clear vision that will make our new year new.

Get Real with Alan Cohen

Alan Cohen is the author of many inspirational books including A Course in Miracles Made Easy. Join Alan for his life-changing Holistic Life Coach Training beginning September 1, 2020. For information on this program and Alan’s books, videos, audios, online courses, retreats, and other inspirational events and materials, visit http://www.AlanCohen.com.

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The Path to Freedom

Healing is a daily process and a daily choice that we can make. By Keke Morgan

This little girl is six years old, living in the beautiful, sunny state of Florida. She is graduating kindergarten today, and in the graduation program she’s singing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” She’s smiling in the picture, but she’s thinking God can’t possibly have me in his hands... She’s terrified of going home because she resides with a monster...One who physically abuses her, verbally makes her feel inhuman, and sexually assaults her... 20

It’s a family member with whom she lives. This little girl already, at six years old, feels worthless, not worthy of love or protection. It is here she learns not to value family, that she is alone. She fears life because she thinks this is what life is all about, so at only six she’d rather die... This little girl endures the abuse for two years and finally gathers the courage to tell her parents after relocating to another home in another state 16 hours away from her abuser. While one parent believed her, the other blamed her and called her a liar. Nothing ever happened to the perpetrator; in fact, he’s still to this day considered a part of her

family. Later in life, the parent who initially believed her will go on to blame her as well. This little girl learned very quickly she is alone and protection just isn’t an option for her, so whenever anything else happened to her she kept silent and “just took it.” She grows up through adolescence struggling with depression, anxiety and feeling complete darkness. During this time, she wants to die and even attempts suicide a few times. She grew into adulthood carrying all her trauma with her, through her marriage straight into her parenting. As an adult, she carried this little girl inside of her daily, continuously living in fear with anxiety and depression—silently. Working, smiling, looking “happy” on the outside, she’d perfected the art of the appearance of “happy”—and lived like this for years. Yes, this little girl is me: Keke Morgan. One day I decided this couldn’t be all there is to life! This cannot be how I’m suppose to feel, or how I’m supposed to live the rest of my days on this Earth... So I decided to re-parent the little girl living inside of me. It began with me first acknowledging the little abused girl was still there and a very prevalent part of me. I begin to tell her positive affirmations everyday—all the things a little girl would need to hear. I reassured her that the things that happened to her were not her fault and nothing she had done warranted this abuse happening to her. I did not wear the wrong thing, look the wrong way, sit too close, I did not “ask for it.” I forgave myself for all bad decisions I made when I was broken and did not know my worth. I did this and continue to do this daily. I then begin to ask God to bring to remembrance all the things I had buried in a sealed box

deep down inside me. I found yoga and meditation. I was taught through religion that prayer is always the answer, but I’ve since learned that prayer is when you speak and God listens; meditation is when God speaks and you listen. And there are steps to healing, not just prayers... I dedicated quiet time to listen, and God revealed all that I had hidden so that I could face it head on. There are times in meditation sessions that it’s nothing but stillness, and that’s comforting to me as a person who suffers with anxiety. My mind seemed like it was always racing or filled with tears, screams and immense pain as the memories came flooding back. Sometimes I can’t even believe that this is my own life. I would view it as if it was happening to someone else. However, I came to understand that removing myself was a bad coping mechanism I had learned years ago to survive. While going through this process daily, I started to feel like there is purpose here! “I have a lot to offer.” I started to think, “I know I’m not the only one.” And I began to educate myself. I became a yoga Instructor, and it helped me so much on my journey to healing that I wanted to offer that help to others. Then I found Transformation Academy Life Coaching courses! I dove right into the Master Class, and it flooded me with so much valuable information and many, many helpful tools! I decided to life coach myself first. I know the tools work because I’ve used them myself and continue to use them daily. Healing is a daily process and a daily choice, and this program equipped with me with the information I needed to make the right choices everyday. Now I make it my mission to help others take the proper steps to heal and make the right choices daily. It’s not to survive, it’s to LIVE and flourish.

Keke Morgan is a wife of 16 years, mother of three, licensed Realtor, certified yoga instructor, and certified Master Life Coach. With her exciting and vibrant personality, Keke encompasses the ability to interact and effectively communicate with others. Overcoming her own trauma of physical and sexual abuse has given her a unique approach and outlook on life. Keke possesses great leadership skills and is called to serve others, whether it’s finding their dream home, guiding them through overcoming pain and trauma, pursuing their passion, or unlocking their peace, power and purpose. Contact Keke at kekeisthekey@gmail.com.

Put Your Hands in the Sand

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A brief introduction to Jungian sandplay therapy. By Karen Hartfield Dora Kalff, a Swiss Jungian analyst, developed Jungian-based sandplay therapy in the mid 1900s around three defining influences in her life. As one of Carl Jung’s students, she embraced Jungian theories of psychology and the power of the unconscious in her own practice. She also adapted and expanded what she learned from contemporary child therapist Margaret Lowenfeld’s extensive work with children and play. Finally, Kalff was exposed to Buddhist thought when she housed Buddhist monks who had fled their home country for political reasons. Sandplay therapy combines these influences in its recognition of the deep wisdom and import of the psyche, the concepts of presence, and the creation of a sacred space for healing. Jungian-based sandplay therapy uses two trays filled with sand (one dry, one damp) and a variety of miniatures that can be placed in the trays to create a three-dimensional scene or image. Through allowing this simple act of imagination and creation, the trays provide a means of expressing and processing experiences and feelings that bypass the thinking, analytical brain and access the unconscious. This can bring to light what is not otherwise visible. According to Jung, symbol is the language of the psyche. By providing a safe opportunity for the psyche to express itself through symbol, healing can come, not from the interpretation of the

“completed” image, but in the expression of the image itself. Jung wrote that “often the hands know how to solve a riddle with which the intellect has wrestled in vain.” Our thoughts often lead in circles; engaging a different and more visceral form of expression can break the cycle and create new and deeper understanding. Each aspect of sandplay therapy is important. The tray offers a safe, contained space in which to process and explore. The sand provides a visceral, grounding means of connection. (Jung himself experienced the powerful healing properties of playing and working in sand). The miniatures are the symbols that communicate multiple layers of conscious and unconscious thoughts and experiences. And the sandplay therapist is the witness that holds the protected space in which this sacred and often numinous process can transpire.

SANDPLAY THERAPY AS PERSONAL PROCESS

Sandplay therapy is beneficial for both adults and children. It can be used in conjunction with other forms of therapy, and encourages the process of self- discovery and healing. However, sandplay therapy is not only for those dealing with specific issues. Those who are seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and a desire to live more consciously can also choose

to explore themselves through a sandplay therapy process. “In sandplay therapy, through the free and protected space, the individual is able to penetrate the depths of the personality and experience the Self. From this ground, a more naturally balanced relationship between the ego and the Self manifests. When this occurs, one has the opportunity to live life in a more conscious, authentic manner,” according to Sandplay Therapists of America, a nonprofit organization that promotes education, training and research in sandplay therapy. [https://www.sandplay.org/]

Allowing expression through the use of symbols, within a safe and protected space, touches into the personal underground connections that reach forward and back, and into the many layers of the psyche, shifting one’s internal state and one’s experience of the world in subtle and profound ways.

Karen Hartfield is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Sandplay Practitioner with Sandplay Therapists of America. She is the STA Regional Rep for Florida. She continues to expand her study of and involvement in this modality; in 2018 she also participated in a week long training with the International Institute for Sandplay Therapy in Malta. Her practice, Fearless Heart Counseling, is located in Venice. For more information visit http://www.Fearlessheartcounseling.com or call 941.301.7490.

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Greater Reality Living: All Life is Interconnected

The internal machinery of life, the chemistry of the parts, is something beautiful. And it tu rns out that all life is interconnected w ith all other life. -Richard P. Feynman, Ph.D., Nobel Pr ize w inning physicist By Mark Pitstick MA, DC I was fortunate to grow up in a “mixed neighborhood” of white and AfricanAmerican people. Our Lutheran minister and his family were Chinese. One of my good grade school friends was from Korea. Another dear friend’s mom came from Italy. In college, I listened to different professors who had traveled abroad extensively. They reported that nearly everyone they met was friendly and peaceful. My Russian language professor was especially outspoken about how loving and welcoming people were there. This was a revelation to a young man who grew up with bomb raid practices at school, storing essentials for survival in our basement, and fearing nuclear attacks by the Russians. At age 21, I awakened very early in the morning and saw a vision on the ceiling. A huge golden central orb had many tiny dots connected to it by golden threads. As I wondered what it all meant, a wise voice or thought said: “This is how life is. The central sphere represents God. The infi-

nite number of golden dots are like the many beings in the universe. Some of them realize they are one with the One and thus are in or on the central sphere. Others are very close, but don’t fully realize their inseparability from All That Is. Still others believe they are quite distant from the Source.” The teaching concluded, “The good news is that a perimeter can be drawn around even the most distant dots. Viewed from a sufficiently broad perspective, the entire assemblage is seen as all One and interconnected.” Not all people were as lucky. They grew up isolated and/or negatively influenced by prejudiced people and family members. As a result, they learned to fear people who look and act differently instead of valuing the richness of different cultures. Knowing that all people matter and we each are interconnected is a hugely important piece of information. Many people have had, or least know someone who had, a near-death experience (NDE). Neardeath experiencers (NDErs) often return from clinical death with very similar messages. One is that we each are one with the One and part of Source Energy right now and always. Using basic logic and mathematics, that means all people are interconnected.

Using A and B to represent two people and X for all is not an end. I also started the nonprofit SoulPhone that exists, the statement can be made: if A and B are Foundation (http://www.SoulPhone.org) to: subsets of X, then A and B are interrelated. • educate people about the breadth of clinical and scientific evidence that clearly shows life continues after bodily death. • help fund research and development for the The term greater reality living describes how SoulPhone Project. you might choose to live as you expand your awareness The SoulPhone Project includes a reliable and of reality, which is defined as the state of things as it actually exists. Because so much of reality escapes the highly accurate SoulSwitch (yes/no), which will allow senses, you likely have viewed life as if through a tiny production of the SoulKeyboard that will enable texting pinhole and then wondered why things don’t make and typing with post-material (deceased) persons. This sense. As the old saying goes, “There is much more to will greatly increase the quality and quantity of communication with “departed” loved ones and “deceased” life than meets the eye.” If you are now inspired to expand your scientists, inventors, and others who want to help us imperception and take action in your own life, the Greater prove life on Earth. Replicated, multi-center, university-based sciReality Living model provides a roadmap to: 1) Learn That Consciousness Survives Physical Death entific studies for the SoulPhone technology have just recently—for the first time in human history—definitive2) Internalize This Great News ly demonstrated that death is NOT the end of life. The 3) Vitalize Your Body, Mind and Spirit first live public demonstrations revealing the presence 4) Enjoy the Many Benefits of Greater Reality Living of post-material (deceased) persons and their ability 5) Serve Others and Make the World a Better Place to communicate will begin in Florida in February 2020. (Learn more at http://www.SoulPhone.org/Events) To help you embrace this new worldview, this seI designed this LIVES Formula to prepare people for optimal living after learning about the findings of ries of articles will cover the five different aspects of the Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., who directs the Laboratory for LIVES Formula and help you see more of life’s big picture. Advances in Consciousness and Health at the University You also can connect with Greater Reality Living groups in of Arizona. He is a Harvard graduate, former Harvard and your area by visiting http://www.GreaterRealityLiving.com. It is our hope that these groups and the inforYale professor, and author of nine books including The mation presented in this series of articles will encourage Afterlife Experiments and The Sacred Promise. Together we wrote the book Greater Reality people to expand their horizons by acknowledging that Living to help people optimally navigate the paradigm our interconnectedness is one key to personal and planshift—as more and more people really know that death etary peace, joy, love, and fulfillment.

WHAT IS GREATER REALITY LIVING?

Mark Pitstick, MA, DC is an author, master’s clinical psychologist, holistic chiropractic physician, frequent media guest, and webinar/workshop facilitator. He directs The SoulPhone Foundation and founded Greater Reality Living Groups. Dr. Pitstick can help you know and show—no matter what is happening to or around you— that your earthly experience is a totally safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure amidst forever. Visit http://www.SoulProof.com for free articles, newsletters and radio interviews with top consciousness experts.

The Secret of Personal Magnetism

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When you operate mainly out of a heart-centered frequency, you will notice that people are attracted to you in all aspects of your life. By Owen Waters When people open their hearts to unselfish, unconditional love, a whole new world of possibilities opens. Rather than spending effort avoiding the selfishness of others, they spend time making sure that the way they choose to serve society is done in the best way possible. When people can trust others to treat each other with love and respect rather than as competitors, then everyone gains. As heart-centered awareness grows and blooms within society, people’s primary focus will shift away from service to self and towards service to others. When it does, the world will transform out of all recognition. But you don’t have to wait for all of society to catch up. In both your personal and professional dealings with people, you have a reputation, and it is fed by word-of-mouth recommendation. Build your reputation as someone who tends to give more

than is expected of them, and you will find yourself becoming increasingly popular in both your business and personal lives. People respond to heartfelt action and, as they say, what goes around comes around. Action and reaction are opposite and equal in all types of thought and action. Your heartfelt action, by automatic reaction, will create a heartfelt reality among you and the people who are attracted to your energy. When you operate mainly out of a heart-centered frequency, you will notice that people are attracted to you in all aspects of your life. Friends, lovers, professional associates; everyone will be attracted to your magnetic personality. Personal magnetism has been one of the great mysteries of life simply because, in the past, so few people have operated from that heart-centered frequency of awareness on a routine basis. However, it’s really no secret. It’s just one of those commonsense facts of life.

The secret of personal magnetism is that the more you unconditionally love people, the more they love you. You don’t have to make a big deal out of it. You don’t have to stand there like some transmitter beacon, radiating huge amounts of heart energy. Top stage performers do, but you don’t. You can be very quiet about it and everyone will be quietly drawn to you. Everyone of a similar nature, that is. Everyone who appreciates kindness and a truly warm, genuine smile. In other words, you’ll attract the very best of friends. There’s nothing more attractive than a warm smile from a person who quietly radiates a sense of unconditional love for themselves and all others.

Spiritual Dynamics with Owen K. Waters Owen is a cofounder of the Spiritual Dynamics Academy, where a where a free spiritual growth newsletter awaits you at: http://www.SpiritualDynamics.net. He is an international spiritual teacher who has helped hundreds of thousands of spiritual seekers to understand better the nature of their spiritual potential. Owen’s life has been focused upon gaining spiritual insights through extensive research and the development of his inner vision. For the past 12 years, he has written a spiritual metaphysics newsletter which empowers people to discover their own new vistas of inspiration, love and creativity. Spiritual seekers enjoy his writings for their insight and clarity.

Celebrate Aging

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”—Madeleine L’Engle By Mary Boutieller Happy New Year to one and all— so full of promise and the feeling that we can begin again! Always in January, I tend to reflect upon the past year to see what I can glean from my experiences. I look over my old wall calendar to see what filled up my life and ponder all of it. Individually and collectively, we have seen our share of triumphs and tragedy, love and loss, joy and sadness. I wonder what we should do with all of this accumulated energy and experience? Do we shove it under the rug in hopes that we never have to do “that” again? Do we journal about it, try to incorporate it, ignore it, learn from it, move toward or away from it? Do we see it as a momentary experience that has no significant meaning, or is each moment in our lives important in some way? Lately, I’ve been hearing myself say “as we get older” an awful lot! It both speaks of wisdom gained and sounds really old, like something my mother might have said. A small knee injury of mine that would have gone unnoticed in my 20s is now in it’s fourth week of healing. Healing seems to take longer “as we get older.” This whole idea can be rather daunting if we allow it to be. The idea of getting older—of thinking we are not our fullest selves; of some day dying...such heavy stuff that most of us choose to not think about. Do I approach aging with fear and aversion—pushing it away and refusing to acknowledge it? Do I attach strongly to the idea and feel sorry for myself? Or do I accept that this, too, is a part of life—that in order to live, I must age. From the mo-

ment we are born, we begin to get older, so why struggle against it? As they say, it beats the alternative. So “getting older” really is a matter of perception. I think some of this continues to come up for me because of my stepfather’s recent passing. Losing someone you love has a way of bringing up the possibility of your own death. And that’s okay for me. I don’t want to be afraid of the idea that I am getting older and will someday die. I want to be able to talk about it, think about it and accept it—but not be morbid about it! Instead, I want to reframe the idea of getting older and embrace the life I am living. There are as many ways to embrace life as there are stars in the sky. The idea that we are no longer vital because we are not in our 20s seems absurd to me. How many of us would take our 20-yearold bodies if it came with our 20-year-old mentality and maturity? I see different versions of vitality all around me. They inspire me and remind me that many of my excuses are full of hot air. For example, my wonderful neighbor and friend has battled cancer twice, yet doesn’t let it hold her down. She is older and wiser and talented and does things I wouldn’t even know how to start! Another woman I know had two hip replacements and just finished walking the Camino de Santiago Norte—300 miles! Yet another man I know took to the road on his bicycle in his 60s and rode across the United States. So many examples of youth in aging! A quick look on Google gleaned a great story of an 80-year-old runway model named Wang Desun. He was nicknamed the “hottest

grandpa.” His workout routine would put mine to shame, and his creativity and art are amazing to see. As interesting as his health was to me, I especially liked something he said in a GQ Magazine article. He said, “I pursue nowness. That’s what I do.” What a cool idea - to pursue nowness. To live in the present moment and not worry about the past or about something that hasn’t happened yet—just living right here and right now, each day, as it comes, looking at it as pure potential and possibility of what can be—nowness! The Dalai Lama said: “As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery... we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.” As the New Year begins and winter continues to unfold, maybe we can reflect on the past year, take in the lessons, let go of regrets, and contemplate how we want to spend our days here on Earth. Maybe, instead of holding on to what is no longer relevant, we embrace what is, taking one bold step after another in the direction we want to go, becoming the person we are already. Maybe, this year, we grow the seeds of compassion and inner peace and decide to truly love ourselves, warts and all. This life is remarkable and we are remarkable—each day truly a gift, each breath another opportunity. Let us celebrate that and celebrate each other and find gratitude in all of it!

The Yoga of Life with Mary Boutieller Mary Boutieller is a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance. She has been teaching yoga since 2005. Her work experience includes 22 years as a firefighter/paramedic and 10 years as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Mary’s knowledge and experience give her a well-rounded understanding of anatomy, alignment, health and movement in the body. She is passionate about the benefits of yoga and the ability to heal at all levels through awareness, compassion, and a willingness to explore. She can be reached at: SimplyogaOm@gmail.com.

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Resolved: No More New Year’s Resolutions

If you want something different in your life, start moving toward it with your destination in mind. By Gregg Sanderson

more guilt you can enjoy when you break ‘em. I’d always be sure to break one by 1:00 a.m. so I can have A New Year’s Resolution is like an enve- the guilt out of the way by sunup. lope. It doesn’t matter what’s inside, you’re licked To make a resolution, you have to assume before you start. there’s something wrong with you, and you need to fix They’re great if you like guilt. They don’t last it. Most involve some limitation or excess where you’ve long, and the more you have invested in them, the accepted a belief that it’s unhealthy or undesirable. 34

Put energy behind what you really really want to change, and you affirm there’s something really really wrong with you. You focus on your “imperfection” instead of the result you want. You say, “I resolve to quit smoking” instead of “My lungs are clean, food tastes better and I smell good.” For example, suppose I want to get my body into shape, and I forget that “round” is also a shape. I resolve to lose 20 pounds and eat only healthy food. Then, when I sit down to a meal I think of my resolution. Am I affirming that I’m too fat and anything that tastes good is bad for me? In a sense, I sure am. Instead, I could visualize my body weighing (fill in the blank) pounds in perfect health no matter what I eat and create my affirmations accordingly. “Hot fudge sundaes dissolve fat cells” might be a bit extreme, but you get the idea. Then there’s our old friend Justassoonas. “I’ll be happy just as soon as: • I have enough money • I lose some weight • I find the love of my life • I dump this loser • Etcetera. Etcetera. Etcetera.” It all boils down to “Justassoonas I get my ducks in a row.” Well, let me tell you about ducks.

Imagine a mama duck rounding up the kids to go for a swim. The li’l ducklings are wandering all over the place doing this or that, and mama faces a daunting task to line them all up. So, what does she do? She just starts walking toward the water, and as if by magic, all the babies line up behind her. That’s how the Universe works, too. Take a lesson from mama duck. If you want something different in your life, start moving toward it with your destination in mind.

Amazing things happen as your “life ducks” line up in a row behind you. This year, instead of a New Year’s Resolution, make your New Year’s Revolution and visualize the outcome you want instead of what you think you need to be, do, or have to achieve it. Ignore your Justassoonas, and take baby steps in that direction. You’ll get there before you know it. No, wait! You’ll know it before you get there.

Happiness is BS with Gregg Sanderson

Gregg Sanderson is author of Spirit With A Smile, The World According To BOB. He is a licensed practitioner in the Centers for Spiritual Living, and a Certified Trainer for Infinite Possibilities. His earlier books were, What Ever Happened To Happily Ever After? and Split Happens—Easing The Pain Of Divorce. His latest project is the New Thought Global Network, where subscribers can enjoy the best in New Thought presentations from anywhere at any time. You can see it at http://www.newthoughtglobal.org.

Go Around the Wall

When we go around the wall instead of trying to walk through it, we can experience the transient nature of all things.

By Jo Mooy One day it happens. You decide to stop beating your head against the wall and instead go around the wall. When that prod occurs it’s a watershed moment. Your inner conversation tilts. The endless barrage of thoughts that swirl, absorb, analyze, judge, accept or reject, come to a stop. Your mind says, “Enough! There’s got to be a better way.” My watershed moment arrived on a summer day in June 2016. I was in Ireland when the news of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting reached Dublin. Before Orlando happened I reacted to bombings and the news of horrors around the world much like everyone else. But Orlando changed everything. My feelings flowed like an out-of-control PingPong match. Ping: There was the initial shock. At first I was numb. How could this be happening again? Why does it continue? Wasn’t Newtown supposed to change things? As those initial thoughts subsided a raging anger rose up. The outrage was so raw and palpable that retribution surfaced easily. I wanted somebody—anybody—to find and punish those who took innocent lives. I levied equal vengeance on government officials who couldn’t figure out a solution to gun violence in America—even after 20 first graders were gunned down in Newtown, CT. Then the self-questioning began. Pong: These questions were softer and more subtle. They lurked silently behind the outrage and retribution. But, I knew them and recognized their

origin. They began in an orderly flow. Where’s your compassion? Where’s your peace? Where’s your harmony? You know what to do when events like this happen, so why don’t you do it? I struggled with those questions even as the other harsher feelings tried to blot them out. I didn’t have any answers so I just sat. The Irish people, no strangers to bombings, were sympathetic and saddened. They offered hugs and condolences. And quite often, a cup of tea or a beer. In their affection, and through their comments, I was embraced with empathy and kinship. I was no longer a stranger far from home. When I said, “They were just out for a night of dancing” the Pub goers said, “just like our children were simply walking to school.” For the remaining time in Ireland, those shared experiences were enough to get me through “Orlando” until I returned to the United States. I came home. Shootings and bombings continued with a startling normalcy over the next three months: Burlington, Nice, Dallas, Bangladesh and Baton Rouge. I wondered if the world was losing its “human-ness.” Nothing changed outwardly when I got home, but something much deeper was happening inside. I continued to feel numb and saddened. But something else was stirring. One night in a dream I saw myself floating inside a large bowl of soup. It contained all the emotions and feelings one could ever experience in a lifetime. A voice said, “Just be!” It continued, “Whatever is sim-

mering below the surface, let it be and let it become whatever it is.” The experience of floating in all those emotions was profound, but I couldn’t put any words around it other than to realize the words imparted a great sense of relief. Then the voice told me to recite the 23rd Psalm. In the dream I knew it by heart, though in waking life, I only know the first line. I asked the voice why I should say the Psalm. It replied, “The Psalm will restore your peacefulness.” The voice then explained, “Feelings are born in the heart but they also come from the head. The ones from the heart have no words and no names. This Psalm is like that.” With the world spiraling out of control I had become a simple cook, watching the soup, without having any thoughts or feelings. The voice in the dream had restored peacefulness through the first two lines of a wellknown psalm. Instead of batting my head against the wall of horror in the world, and raging at the feelings in my head, I entered the most serene feelings in the heart as I recited it. I was no longer alone. When I did that, I was able to go around the wall instead of trying to walk through it. There, I experienced the transient nature of all things. Behind the wall, the things that appeared to knock us about didn’t exist any more. Instead, I saw events where there was no judgment, no chaos and in time, they dissolved. Behind the wall was an easy balance of the world that will emerge one day. Let 2020 be the first year of its coming.

Conscious Living with Jo Mooy

Jo Mooy has studied with many spiritual traditions over the past 40 years. The wide diversity of this training allows her to develop spiritual seminars and retreats that explore inspirational concepts, give purpose and guidance to students, and present esoteric teachings in an understandable manner. Along with Patricia Cockerill, she has guided the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006 where it has been honored for five years in a row as the “Favorite Meditation” group in Sarasota, FL, by Natural Awakenings Magazine. Teaching and using Sound as a retreat healing practice, Jo was certified as a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association. She writes and publishes a monthly internationally distributed e-newsletter called Spiritual Connections and is a staff writer for Spirit of Maat magazine in Sedona. For more information go to http://www.starsoundings.com or email jomooy@gmail.com.