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Archive for March, 2009

Okay – Law of Attraction fans will by now have heard about the “Gratitude Dance” (and if not then you have to look up Matthew Ashdown and check out the The Gratidudes — I’m quite proud to say I co-facilitated a workshop with Matthew about intention manifestation a couple years ago).

Well, here is the most excellent version of the Gratitude Dance I’ve EVER seen … and the reason … watch the very end of the video and see just what it is he’s celebrating about. I’d say that’s truly being grateful for even the small victories! I Love It!

And yes, I realize they call it “Excessive Celebration Fail” because it seems like he’s being a jerk … but I still think it’s awesome anyway!

People have often compared life to a pond — each thing you do in this world is like a pebble dropped in the pond … its ripples spreading out across the water effecting everyone and everything around you.

Julie Salisbury is less of a pebble and more like a huge stone! She makes a real splash in people’s lives and it doesn’t just ripple out across our little pond … droplets of water seem sprayed into the puddles and ponds out beyond the shore of our own little lake.

Since October of last year Julie has been helping me (and by helping I mean taking me by my widdle hand and guiding me like you would a toddler) to put together my first book. Recently I’ve come to refer to her as my “Book Coach” because she has forever been there — like a guiding light in the darkness of confusion — to help me along the path towards becoming an author. So many times I’ve thought about how easy it must be to write a book … yep… now, let me tell you how wrong I was!.

Writing a book has been the toughest challenge I’ve faced in a long time and yesterday I made my first step towards getting internationally published. With Julie’s help I finally finished my first book proposal which was submitted late last night to a publishing house in the NY. I know there is still a long way to go but it feels so good to just have that much done. The 3 chapters I submitted with the proposal ain’t my best writing but it’s a solid start. I have only 5 more chapters to go plus the copy editing before I will actually have something resembling an actual book. Then I just need to find a publisher. (And No, I’m not interested in self-publishing — I intend to go big … I mean, if you’re gonna run with the big dogs, then ya gotta git off the porch and go for it!)

Anyway, I just wanted to send a shout out to my wonderful book coach and friend, Julie Salisbury (*woo-hoo!*) … inventor of the InspireABook book building system! (*boo-ya!*) A giant heartfelt thanks goes out to my luck stars which brought this true “Nomad from around the world” into my life. Tons of hugs of appreciation from me to you, Julie — thank you.

(*oy!*) it’s definitely been a rough few weeks! Ye’ old depression came back and blindsided me… I swear, it seems like that little bugger just hides away and waits till I ain’t look’n and then jumps me like the mountain of junk falling out of an over-stuffed hall closet. For anyone who ever wonders about curing depression – it never really goes away … it’s not a state of mind, but rather, a set of behaviors … depression is a habit. I can go months without any loss of joy in my life, but if I’m not careful, old patterns come back and I need to keep changing them. The good part is that each time the good times last longer and longer and longer.

Anyhoo – I’m back on my feet again (thanks to NLP & CBT) and starting to look to the future once more… and now, I’ve figured out what my next step is! Do ya wanna hear about it? Well good, because I was gonna tell ya anyway.

I’ve decided to get back to basics and follow something that I found on Dean Hunt’s marketing website – “…you don’t need to re-invent the wheel! The reason you see all these marketing concepts everywhere is because they work.” So I’m working on a few new web pages to promote my upcoming courses…

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COMING IN JULY, 2009…

Neuro Linguistic Programming
Practitioner Certification Training
2009 Summer Intensive (July 4- 20, 2009)

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COMING IN AUGUST, 2009…

Verbal Self Defense Tactics 101:
Primary Skills Training
A Comprehensive Reality-Based Verbal Self-Defense Training Offered in a Two-Day Seminar in August 2009
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Verbal Self Defense Tactics Boot Camp:
Instructor Certification Training
A Follow-Up Two-Day Seminar to Become a Qualified Verbal Self Defense Instructor in August 2009

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COMING IN SEPTEMBER, 2009…

Neuro Linguistic Programming
Practitioner Certification Training
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Neuro Linguistic Programming
Master Practitioner Certification Training
Both are 3 month weekend programs scheduled to start in September of 2009