Everyday Bliss For Women In Leadership

It’s official, I’m bigger than Oprah. (no, really, keep reading!)

Everyday Bliss For Busy Women finished out its birthday at #142 overall in General Books on Amazon.com, up from its starting number of 8,978. Wow. That’s a better than 8,000-fold increase in less than 24 hours. Pretty hot, I’m telling you what.  Everyday Bliss also finished #2 in Women’s Health on Amazon.com (!) and #5 in Personal Transformation, just above Eckhart Tolle’s Oprah’s Book Club choice "A New Earth" at #6 and just below the venerable Dale Carnegie’s "How To Win Friends and Influence People" at #4.

For a few brief shining moments, my book was number two and rose gracefully and with dignity, above the Oprah Book Club pick to sit at the feet of the all-wise and ever-chipper Mr. Carnegie. (and gee whiz, in company with Eckhart Tolle!) Hot holy bananacakes, Batman!

What a nice anniversary present. (yes, it was today as well) The Bear and I have been together for ten years this year. We’re still alive, still in love and still working on it as is fitting and proper. He thought this news above was the best anniversary present. It’s nice to have your partner proud of you.

And all this is illusion, is fancy, is ultimately, not important. Even though it is. Mr. Tolle was right on that front. And a lot of others. I’m just thrilled I was even if briefly, in his presence.   ;-)  Here’s the shot worth a thousand words, right here:

I have a friend whom I dearly love - Kim George, author of Coaching Into Greatness and Director of the AQ Institute. A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of hanging out in Kim’s home for a week, and being her guest at a concert by acknowledged "young guitar god", Derek Trucks.

Kim wanted to introduce me to Derek’s work because he is, quite honestly, probably the greatest guitarist now living. Or at least one of the mega-greats. You look at what he does with his fingers and listen to the virtuosity, and  your mouth simply falls to the ground. It’s the kind of good that spins your heart, stomach and head all in different directions and leaves you wanting much, much more. Emotions you didn’t know you had bloom suddenly and make you ache, but in a good way. You don’t want the set to end. But I digress…

Some might know Derek as an Eric Clapton protege, or from his work with the Allman Brothers. But on May 17th in Torrington, Connecticut at the palatial Warner Theater, it was solely the Derek Trucks Band, resplendent in its own celebratory glory. 

We got there from deep in the wilderness of Massachussets through the backwoods express route into what seemed like nowhere. Thanks, Google Maps. After miles of beautiful trees, lakes, herds of man-sized mosquitoes, cud-munching Guernseys and a medieval fortress dam or two (one wondered if we hadn’t taken a turn into the Twilight Zone) we arrived in Torrington and had the time of our lives.

Kim has been a fan for ages, and I was a virgin conquest, brought to be sacrificed upon the altar of good music. My heart thumped, thighs quivered and as many before me, I became thoroughly infected with the DTB virus. We all had the DTB’s pretty bad, to be honest. But if you haven’t seen and heard Mr. Trucks and his quirky, amazing fellow musicians, you are missing one heck of a treat. They not only roll out good rock, soul, jazz, r&b and blues, but the personalities of each musician are as engaging as their repertoire. Holy hit parade Batman, but the dude can rock SOLID! If you’re into fancy fretwork, Derek Trucks is your man.

I snuck in my Casio Exilim and managed a few short  and shaky vidcaps between security-guard strafings, the light flashing from an adjacent teenager playing games on his cellphone, and bobbing and weaving of the extra-large-headed fellow right in front of my lens. There was by way of compensation, a nice fellow sitting next to me named John, who interestingly is moving to nearby Walnut Creek within the month. (Dude! Meet you at the Fillmore!)  He and Kim exchanged emails and furtive plans to move items of fandom across state lines…which I am assured is all quite legal…. 

Not my best, but here for Kim and the rest of the excessively *rabid* Derek Trucks fans, (and they’re all rabid) is this five minute-sumpin’ Video.  Be mindful of your speakers, download at will, and Enjoy…

 

This is THE Blog for you if you’re a Woman who desires to live a life of  Everyday Bliss. Though that necessarily requires a bit of work on yourself, Bliss also BEGINS with accepting you for WHO YOU ARE.  Your thighs are thin enough. Trust me, my thighs are bigger than yours and it doesn’t keep me up nights. Bliss is knowing that things are okay as they are, you’re just fine, you are living a Guided life, and what needs to change will take care of itself.

TODAY my friend the renowned "Comfort Queen", Jennifer Louden, has declared an international holiday:

May 15, 2007:  Freedom From Self Improvement Day

Self-improvement is a one-way ticket to misery, Jen says. She endorses a path to happiness and fulfillment that starts with acceptance of who and where you are.

As a certified Bliss Booster, I couldn’t agree more.

As we give gratitude for what is good and wonderful in our lives, we need to start with ourselves - WHOMever you are, WHEREever you are and WHATever is going on in your life….is all just fine. 

“Beating ourselves up because our thighs aren’t thin enough, or because we still haven’t perfected the art of ‘positive thinking’ hasn’t made us happier or the world a better place,” says Jen, whose books include The Woman’s Comfort Book and her recently released The Life Organizer: A Woman’s Guide to a Mindful Year.

“Inner peace through endless self-improvement only serves to make us endlessly dissatisfied and disappointed. The biggest paradox in trying to change ourselves is that nothing happens until we embrace who and how we are right now, imperfections, perceived flaws and all.” she says.

I’ll add that it is only then that you can go forward out of what isn’t what you want and engage the Law of Attraction to get what you want. That Gratitude for What Is, is absolutely essential. And it needs to be legitimate gratitude, not merely mouthed insincerely.

My recommendation, if you’re not to the happy place with where you are yet, is to start with the EFT Personal Peace Procedure. Being at peace with yourself is key to Everyday Bliss.

The day will include a number of resources to encourage self-acceptance, ban self-improvement, and have fun while doing it, including a “Declaration of Independence from Self-Improvement,” audio downloads contributed by a host of best-selling authors and spiritual teachers, and suggested activities for celebrating our beautiful, imperfect selves.

To get a comprehensive run-down on what Jen is offering, check her blog out at:

http://freedomfromselfimprovement.com

And drop the shoulda-coulda-woulda’s, don’ts and must-do’s that litter your life and poison personal peace.

Be Kind to You.

Be gentle and compassionate with your dear, precious self. 

To quote Jen: "True change is a result of self-love, not self-hatred.”  You said it, girlfriend.

Still skeptical about the power of The Law of Attraction as taught in The Secret Movie?? Then get on the bus and TEST DRIVE "The Secret" with Andy Wibbels and I for the next 30 Days. You can rev up here:

http://secretskeptic.com

Check out Andy’s MindMap of the Law of Attraction history here:
http://andywibbels.com/uploads/Image/secret_map.jpg

And be sure to listen to the "Getting The Secret" call Andy and I did last week:

People really loved the call as did we. Andy and I were overwhelmed with all the lovely comments folks made after the call. Here’s what people are saying:

Wow, Andy. This was a great call. And I am now a HUGE Maryam Webster fan. She does a great job of straddling the woo-woo with the practical. And I’m so glad someone spoke to how the Law of Attraction isn’t just about getting stuff. It’s a path of deep personal unfoldment and enrichment. Congrats!

- Nancy Tierney  http://www.unconditionalconfidence.com/

This call was amazingly helpful! Thanks for opening the dialogue and for having Maryam on to give us a real how-to. I’ve been focusing on making my mental shifts since Halloween. This call really revved up my evolution! Thanks to you both!

- Lynn Ward  http://thrivingafter50.com

Hey folks! I wanted to let you know that Tao Of Ka-Ching Adjunct Faculty member Andy Wibbels is giving his most amazing "Easy Bake Weblogs" class starting next week. This is the course that started me and many other coaches out blogging for our businesses and heck, just for fun. I can’t tell you how many business connections I’ve made since EasyBake, so if you’re looking to get started, this would be the class.

Go ahead and click here:  Easy Bake Weblogs to see what this is all about and why you NEED a blog to max your business potential. Or, keep reading to check out what you get:

EasyBake Is…

• A 4 part course with Andy Wibbels with 4 weekly 1-hour calls.
• Includes webcast.
• All calls are recorded. Audio archives from previous runs of the course are also available.
• Library of tutorials and Flash demos.
• Instant,
  anywhere, lifetime access. Archives are available forever from any
  internet connection on any browser. Free registration for future runs
  of the course.
• 60-day money back guarantee.

Main points covered:

• Creating your first blog (on your TypePad blog)
• Customizing your blog to suit your business
• Techniques for maximizing your business blog

Plus which I can tell you that it’s an awful lot of fun. And if you don’t know Andy yet, he’s a hoot! The thing I like is that you can keep on coming back again and again for life if you want. Andy’s always there to answer a question, and the Easy Bake community is really supportive. Easy Bake Weblogs for all your blogging needs!

New York is interesting. I’m here just prior to the Power of Collaboration conference with Andy and Lisa, hanging out in Nanda’s VERY cool apartment that we’re renting for the week. It’s an amazing flat. It’s decorated in World-Beat chic, with a darling, private little inner-city garden in the back complete with resident rat population (so cute! however, I am the only one who thinks so) and assorted neighborhood kitties.

Oh and Vegan-Ville. Quintessence Cafe, the East Village, right across from our apartment. I just had to go there as Quintessence was the name of my coaching business when I first started out. Quintessence is an all raw-food restaurant about the size of a long slender shoebox. A tiny but chic burrow in this most trendy little niche of NY and not a normal bite of food in the lot.

It was mostly great all but for the pumpkin pie, which tasted like makeup. The spinach-nutcheese rollups were fantastic (you couldn’t even taste the zucchini!), Lisa’s "Pete’s Pot" soup was a superb gazpacho though the California pizza was done on a very strong tasting base of veggie juice pulp Essene bread with a predominantly acidic taste of sundried tomato. Andy’s eyebrows shot up into his hairline over the pasta (spaghetti squash strands) alfredo that he indignantly whispered "isn’t alfredo, dammit!" and gnocchi that was really still-wet falafel dough, outside browned in a slow oven over a period of hours. Overall a nice place, food mostly good and a grand stage for people watching.

Other characters in the City:

Laila, the Beautiful - Speaking of cute kitties, there’s an amazingly cute one at the corner Arab grocery store. Her name is Laila and she is the spitting image of our darling Anoushka when she was that little. I gave Laila ear scruggles and played with her at length - her tiny fishbone sharp teeth nibbled at the tips of my fingers as she purred in pleasure at the skritching. Such a sweetheart and so very, very tiny. What a cool little present in the middle of the day. Gratitude to you O Laila the Beautiful, for the gift of love untrammelled.

The Lady in Pink - 60 years old if she was a day in all-pink miniskirt, pink and black striped hose, fuschia stilettos, Pepto-Bismol bolero jacket and hot pink boa. (yes - a boa) Babbling to no one in particular, she walked up and down 10th street outside our perch in Quintessence Cafe, finally darting across the street and surreptitiously muttering her order to Serge, our waiter. Gratitude to you Pink Lady, for brightening up our day.

Ramtha of the Bathouse  - We’re right next to a gay bath house advertising "Turkish! Russian! Baths!" and while dining, a gentleman emerged wearing a flowing white robe, a satisfied smile and little else, smoking his Black Russian with gusto. He had a lively, ministerial looking back and forth with the construction workers who were busily hurking junked cars into dumpsters in the brownstone next to us (well, it was really rebuilding the second story, but sounds like flinging cars carcasses when you’re in bed in morning waking up to such cacophony), and returned to the depths of Gehenna. Gratitude to you, O Ramtha of the Baths, for wisdom received.

The Tiny-Dog Ladies - Many women passed the restaurant in nice clothing with tiny bark-y dogs in nice clothing. Tiny dog sweaters in slate blue, cream, burgundy and spruce. Tiny dog t-shirts with political slogans and "I’m Mommy’s Good Boy!" in contrasting colors. Tiny doggie voices loudly proclaiming their doggie-ness. Fights break out when two such good boys meet. Gratitude doggie ladies, for reminding us to smile.

And across the street and down a bit is the Chinese Tui-Na massage place which appears to be legit. Lisa and I are totally going in for a tuneup tomorrow, just before Michael’s book party. And the $20 manicure/pedicure place around the corner, yes, yes, yes. Gratitude for small blessings and friends to appreciate them with.

  Speaking of books, I hope you won’t mind if I share with you some very good news about our new book on Emotional Freedom Technique:

For those who don’t know him, marriage-therapist Hendrix is similar in popularity to Dr. Phil in his Oprah-era heyday, though Hendrix’s recommendations are many times more realistic and palatable. Worthwhile to note that Hendrix’s book has been in the top charts for almost ten years, too. To even get near it is way cool! 

So excited I can’t sit still. TODAY’S THE DAY!!! My brand new book:

Freedom at Your Fingertips: Get Rapid Physical & Emotional Relief with the Breakthrough System of Tapping

- all about Emotional Freedom Technique - is finally OUT!

Together with nineteen other authors in collaborative effort, we’ve produced a brand new book about EFT that will be introduced TODAY, April 25. (keep reading)

I wanted to get this right out to you, because if you go to Amazon Today, Tuesday, April 25, we have a big bundle of free gifts contributed by the co-authors (yep, there’s one from me included).

Plus, we’ve even thrown in some prizes, including a Creative Zen Touch MP3 Player, DVDs and other goodies. Go to:

http://www.fayf.com/apr25amazon.htm

Check it out for yourself! I personally guarantee you will find this the most comprehensive source on EFT available - anywhere!

There are three things that are different about this book from anything else currently available. First, it was written by 20 World Class EFT Experts. I wrote the chapter on Overcoming Blockages and Obstacles . And just look the other EFT experts who provided chapters in their own areas of expertise:

Gloria Arenson: Procrastination

Ron Ball: Stress

Gwenn Bonnell: Pain Management

Paul & Layne Cutright: Relationships

Lindsay Kenny: Anxiety

Dr. Alexander R. Lees: Health

Carol Look: Abundance

Angela Treat Lyon: Stage Fright

Rebecca Marina: Sexuality

Betty Moore-Hafter: Travel

Carol Solomon: Weightloss

Loss Loretta Sparks: Addictions

Mary Stafford: Fears & Phobias

Carol Tuttle: Personal Development

Stacey Vornbrock: Sports Performance

Maryam Webster: Blockages & Obstacles

Rick Wilkes: Spiritual Growth

Brad Yates: Happiness

Jan Yordy: Children & Teens

Secondly the book is geared to broader audiences. It’s aimed at introducing EFT and energy psychology to the public by offering practical ways to use EFT in everyday life. And, it’s designed for reference and easy reading in a question and answer format.

Here’s a snapshot of the book.

– Provides a wealth of information on ways to use EFT for health and well-being

– 19 different topic areas

– Foreword by Dr. Joseph Mercola of www.mercola.com

– Chapters co-authored by World-Class EFT experts,

including EFT Master Practitioners

– 6×9 paperback, fold over cover flaps, 336 page reference guidebook

– Easy reading, question and answer format

– Find the information you want quickly

– Over 300 examples of specific EFT setup phrases

– 50 real life case stories highlight proven results

– Includes a chapter with an overview of the basics of EFT

Remember, if you order T.O.D.A.Y, Tuesday, April 25, you can cop the big bundle of free gi.ft.s, here:

http://www.fayf.com/apr25amazon.htm

Check my Amazon Author’s Blog too, for updates on this and other books I am involved with, plus extra energy magic!

http://snipurl.com/MaryamsAmazonBlog

And here’s an unadvertised bonus: If you’re going to be at the ACEP conference in a couple of weeks, we’re going to have an author’s party - and you’re invited! Check the bulletin boards and listen for the announcement from the podium.

Keep on Tapping - it works!

Warmest Blessings,

Maryam

I am happy to annouce that myself and a double-handful of other EFT experts, have just published a NEW book on Emotional Freedom Technique! Produced by Ron Ball of www.eftzone.com, it is called Freedom At Your Fingertips. Ron asked 20 respected EFT teachers to each write a chapter in their areas of expertise. The result is an easy to read, question-and-answer style 336 page guide that will be of special interest to beginners, practitioners, their clients and the general public.

Practitioners – you’re going to want to have this book in your waiting rooms and for clients to purchase. It covers Emotional Freedom Technique from MANY different angles – like no book before! There are chapters covering application of EFT to relationships, stress, anxiety, addictions, weightloss, abundance, personal performance, limiting beliefs, anger, fear, and many more topics. I personally contributed the chapter on Overcoming Blockages and Obstacles. You can find out more about the Freedom At Your Fingertips book at:  www.fayf.com

BUT WAIT. DON’T BUY THIS BOOK!  (yet)

Myself and the other co-authors collectively invite you to Buy the Book on April 25th – the day it is officially published and will premiere on Amazon.com.

We want to make sure the WORLD takes notice of Freedom At Your Fingertips to spread the good news about EFT as far as possible. Towards that end, we’re asking that you purchase �Freedom At Your Fingertips� on April 25th in order to raise the Amazon ratings as high as possible.

In return, we are offering a huge bundle of added extras when you come to the www.fayf.com website and input your Amazon.com receipt number. There are MP3 players, DVDs, expert audio files from the authors and other goodies to be won.

Check it all out here www.fayf.com and on April 25th – get a copy for yourself, friends and family - and be entered in the online drawing to win cool electronics and other prizes. Regardless of who wins the drawing, EVERYONE who buys on April 25th will also receive a ton of bonus downloads from each of the authors, too. Check out just what and how, here: 

http://www.fayf.com/apr25amazon.htm

And if you’re interested in reading about the book, the initial “day of publication� doings, who won what in the drawing and more tapping tips, you can visit my Amazon author’s blog here:

http://snipurl.com/MaryamsAmazonBlog

My husband and I were having nopales and scrambled egg burritos at Alicia’s Restaurant this morning, discussing the collapse of the Roman and Mayan civilizations. Specifically, about the precursors that led to those collapses that are now appearing across the world. Without getting too far into it, you can read more in Jared Diamond’s eye-opening book Collapse: How Socieities Choose To Fail or Succeed.

Suffice to say that our society is increasingly moving towards a haves/have-not’s paradigm. One of the characteristics that is currently defining the "have-nots" is lack of health insurance and medical care, which is why I am concentrating my learning and teaching on energy modifications that can be use to effect superior mental and physical health without the use of any devices, medicines or externals. Plus which, meditations and daily practice that constantly upgrade our internal selves and cause us to sort for that which will have the greatest positive effect for all concerned.

Wayne Dyer speaks of this in Your Sacred Self: Making The Decision To Be Free in the chapter everyone should read if nothing else: Recognizing The Limitations of Your Past. One of the things Dyer speaks of releasing, is the idea that "More Is Better" - otherwise known as "Keeping up with the Joneses". Below are Dyer’s simple recommendations for Releasing "More Is Better". Whomever you are, you NEED THESE TIPS, so do keep reading…

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