My plane is taking off in just a few minutes! And, I’ve created a place where you can follow my Paris adventure and will be using it exclusively to update you for the rest of this month. There you’ll find out who I’m meeting, what cool places we can visit together and how to “Do The Impossible” in your life too! So for the rest of the month, you can connect here:
http://maryamwebster.com/paris
If you haven’t yet encountered Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT, you’re in for a treat. If you’re an old hand, you’ll still enjoy this “spiritual documentary” (a la “The Secret”) style introduction to what EFT can do, and features some of my most esteemed colleagues. Really beautiful work – pass this one along to your friends and families. And, as Gary is retiring March 1st and has said he will be taking his website down, if the link at the end no longer works, you can download a free “EFT Quickstart” from me, here (will open in a new window)
http://maryamwebster.com/eftbasics/
I know. I used it to help me end years of chronic pain from a broken back, and to heal those tissues and even grow new bone. Oh yes, you really can. EFT is a really great introduction to energy magic for people of all ages, cultures and belief systems. Pass this one on too. You can use a sophisticated Energy Coaching technique called “Borrowing Benefits” to tap along with Gary here as the pain is tapped out. Just think of your own pain for a moment, then let it go and use the lady’s set-up phrasing and reminder phrases. Tap right along. Get over it.
This one is from Robert Smith. He’s a wonderfully intuitive EFT practitioner and teacher. Beautiful NLP related interventions and submodality shifting for you NLPers in the community. Enjoy this video and especially if you had back pain like I did, this will be a welcome relief. Again Borrow Benefits, as you tap along with Robert and the lady with horse related issues…and a big pain in her back that goes away in a really interesting process:
I’ve taught children young as four how to tap with EFT and though I don’t have one, I highly recommend a Tappy Bear. (I turned my childhood bear into such a happy tapping guide a few years ago) They’re the BOMB for teaching EFT to kids! Enjoy this wonderful video from Karin Gustafson teaching a little boy how to tap with a homemade tapping bear. The giggles alone are worth listening – and Borrowing Benefits – through the whole video. For those who don’t resonate to “I’m a good boy” – “I’m okay and feel grrrrreat!” is a good substitute.
Irreverent comedian George Carlin, author of such famous routines as "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television", "The Hair Piece", and the wildly appropriate consumerism commentary "Stuff", had a terminal episode Sunday at the age of 71.
‘Terminal episode’ refers to Carlin’s observation that due to the cultural death phobia in America, no one in America dies, but is said to have ‘passed away’, or other euphemistic cover phrase. Click play on the above video to hear the whole routine, including the part about Carlin’s views on energy equalling deity, via "The Big Electron". He proposed alternative thinking about spirituality that started me thinking about the energy field in a very similar way to the recent advances in quantum physics, before such ideas were well-known.
Carlin kept me in stitches in high school, college, and through my adult life. His routines last the test of time. If you’re easily offended, don’t listen. George takes on religion, the government, even mom’s apple pie. But his observations are pithy and though often cutting, usually true.
Carlin’s observations on language, particularly his assertion "By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth" greatly influenced me towards a lifetime study of linguistics.
He invited us to "Think off-center" and aptly quipped: "When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat."
And don’t forget Carlin’s admonition to "Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things". Words to live by.
We’ll miss your clear eyes, acerbic wit and kind heart, George…rest in peace.
The below is excerpted from Carlin’s AP obituary by Keith Saint Clair, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES - George Carlin, who died of heart failure Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language.
The counterculture hero’s jokes also targeted things such as misplaced shame, religious hypocrisy and linguistic quirks why, he once asked, do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.
I am so blessed in my friends. They are a constant reminder of Bliss in so very many ways. Suzanne Falter-Barns, besides being a good friend, personal platform coach and author, is also accomplished at the art of Joy Cultivation. Suzanne lives on a huge lake and is the picture of vibrant health as she regularly recreates on or around it. I admire her sheer verve and the beautiful lifestyle she’s created. Suzanne recently wrote a blog post I felt compelled to comment on and wanted to share a wise nugget of here:
I’ve come to understand not only how restorative quiet is, but how necessary it is. In order to connect with our creative projects, we really need that stillness. Our tender, fragile creative voices are hard enough to hear. Once you add the static of these crazy, complicated, overly busy lives we’ve cooked up, it becomes downright impossible. There is a reason writers have always headed to the hills to write their opus magnus — they already know the magic of quiet.
She follows this with a great selection of coaching questions around whether you are getting enough silent time in your life. A must-read.
Read the whole thing at Suzanne’s Joy Blog.
It’s a beautiful and longer clip of Tolle teaching the basic premise that your perception of Reality™ is not in fact Reality™ itself. Luxuriate in Presence as you watch….
My friend Mira Wooten (one of my awesome "Women of Everyday Bliss" interviewees) with her band, "Women with Strings Attached" returns for the third time, to the Little Fox Theater in Redwood City, CA, on Sunday, November 18 at 7:00 pm. This show will be a fundraiser for Shelter Networks, with 50% of the proceeds going to the charity. Shelter Network is committed to providing housing and support services that create opportunities for homeless families and individuals on the San Francisco Peninsula to re-establish self-sufficiency and to return to permanent homes of their own.
Please get your tickets in advance as this show will sell out. $14 in advance, $16 at the door.
If you cannot make the event and would like to make a contribution, you can do so at
http://www.shelternetwork.org/donate.html
See you there!
Breaking News: Hi, this is Maryam…
Are you in Bliss yet? If not, you are going to want to join all the other folks who are getting together to immerse themselves in the 12 Keys To Blissful Living program with me in February, 2008. It’s a high energy, Must-Do training, community building and gathering of once and future Avatars of Bliss – you don’t want to miss this! More Info & Registration Here
You’ll also get invitations to free monthly telegatherings with me to explore and use the Everyday Bliss Process material, and enjoy expert interviews and info sent several times a month
There’s more about what a "No Sweat, All-Party" R&D Team is like below, but basically it’s full of men and women like you, who are dedicated to achieving and sharing more time, peace and sweetness in their lives. Go ahead, hop on the train and start your BlissMap today:
What A "No Sweat, All-Party" R&D Team Is Like:
Periodically, I’ll send you an email with the time, date and bridgeline of a free opportunity to hang with me and the other members of the team in a:
"Bliss Party" R&D Telegathering
On these party calls, you’ll get a HUGE jump on the rest of the world who will have to wait to read the book:
This is the basis of how I am conducting my research, so you have a chance to really influence the direction of the Everyday Bliss For Busy Women book and the products and services that will grow to complement the book and other books in the series.
While there are many perks to being an R&D BlissTeam member, you’ll participate at your own level of comfort, there are NO "musts, shoulds or oughts". Answer R&D team emails as much as you want, party on our call-ins as often you want, listen to as many expert interviews as you want, take part in as many giveaways as you want.
As this is a community based effort and people very often come up with similar ideas, all contributions will be credited to "The Everyday Bliss R&D Team". And if you ever find you’re not having the time to participate, you can unsubscribe and re-subscribe at any time.
That’s a cartload of Blissful Goodness, and the warmth, love and support of a dedicatedly peaceful community to boot. How’s that for a deal?
We’ve got several more Keys to Bliss to research together, and this is the book’s production year – I’m still writing – (pub date: Spring, 2008) and it’s going to be busy, happy, party-filled and fun year for us all!
So if you’re interested in ALL these Goodies, and the clickable MindMap of "How To Achieve Bliss In 8 Key Areas Of Life", just fill in the form above…
I’m in the last few days of doing author edits to my book, Everyday Bliss For Busy Women. I can’t tell you what a joy it will be to finally be done. My participation in the production will be limited from here on until the book hits the shelves of your local Borders or Barnes & Noble the first of May, 2008.
I was speaking to one of my clients, Susannah*, a corporate excecutive in prosthetic device manufacturing, about the feelings involved in finishing a big piece of work. She detailed the wind-down of a project she’s involved in: "It’s funny" she said. "I have a sense of tremendous accomplishment in this project, it’s just like giving birth. But then there’s the letdown of not being pregnant any more. And I liked being pregnant!" she said emphatically. "But I also loved having my babies in the world to share with the rest of our family…just like I will be so glad to have this prosthesis out the door and doing good for people."
I know how you feel Susannah, I feel the same way about Everyday Bliss! I can’t wait until the book hits the shelves! In a way, I’ve had a "final week fantasy" that I finish the book, tons of women who’ve never heard of energy therapies learn about them and get themselves, their children and their whole families and communities free from stress, illness and fear. Wouldn’t that be just the best thing?
And on stress, I’ll share one of the Bliss Keys from the book:
"Nothing is truly required of you"
Past your own survival needs, most of the stress we heap on ourselves is of our own making .Think about it…
*name changed to protect privacy
A little late on the ball, but in response to biz-buddy Krishna’s tag in her post: 8 random things about me
Krishna tagged me to write about 8 random things about myself so here goes. I’ve decided in typical me-style to be truly random… 
When I first put up my website in 1996, I got a nastygram from the Merriam Webster dictionary people as I too am a prolific writer and produced tons of material that contained words in their book. Imagine the cheek, they said. They desisted after a spell of chatting with me. An almost magical sense of charm and persuasion goes a long way back among the women in my family. 
Speaking of the Dalai Lama, I have received two initiations from His Holiness Tenzing Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. The White Tara longevity empowerment and the Medicine Buddha initiation and blessing for my work in healing. It’s not as cool as you think though – I was one of about five thousand that day to receive these blessings. And he was going along so fast in Tibetan you had a hard time keeping up with the visualizations of a white Buddha above a towering stack of golden Buddhas all holding lotus flowers and so on and so on.
It worked though. About a month later I gashed the living daylights out of my thigh vacuuming (a dangerous profession), managed to clean the 2" deep wound out, instill betadine, close the wound with steri-strips and get a pressure bandage on it all while reciting the Medicine Buddha mantra and the husband was fainting dead away just at the sight of the thing. Chanted the whole way to the hospital and had an amazing personal experience with both Medicine Buddha and His Holiness, plus didn’t feel a thing when stitched. (12 stitches, 4" scar just above the knee) Cue doctor amazement and personal happiness…
My favorite form of exercise is hiking in the redwoods, but don’t get to do that every day. Yoga, I do every day and couldn’t live without it. At right is me circa 2006 outside my old studio – Willow Glen Yoga in San Jose, CA with cone-head hair after the last downward facing dog of the day. Great yoga and good people – click my picture to go there. Been practicing yoga since 1974, when I learned in an afternoon class in junior high school. We learned straight-up hatha and our teacher busted our chops. Then and again, we were young and our chops could stretch a lot further in those days… My spiritual mentor d. deLarm extended this practice through the next twenty years in sharing the blessings of Integral Yoga. Balance Yoga (balancecenter.com) got me mobile again following my paralysis. Lately my passion is Yin Yoga (paulgrilley.com) as I’ve still got a lot of shortened tendons and stiff muscles. Yoga keeps ‘em limber and the mind, serene. 
If you like cats and you’re a computer nerd, you might "has" seen the picture at left. (No, it’s not my kitties, it came from here) While I love friend’s children, I am blissfully child-free, though am mother to two mitties. (cats – mitten + kitty = mittie….don’t ask) They are dark charcoal fluffball, the Princess Anoushka and her lean grey huntress companion with the perfect white bikini, Tashi-Claire. The Bear wanted to name them Xena and Gabrielle but was overruled by the cats themselves who told us their names and insisted we use them.
The mitties exist in a partially contentious, partially collegial relationship and strictly enforce territorial limits of the garden. Tosh-cat is an avid bird watcher and is generally interested in the wildlife that pervades the area around the pool. Anoushka is a garage kitty and hangs out on the persian carpet under the Bear’s office chair, even on the hottest and muggiest of days. We figure her to be an adherent of Virginia Woolfe. Myself and the Bear are seen as jailers and parental units. I love them unmercifully of which they are tolerant and accepting and both feed and comb them. But when the Bear is home, I am relegated to chopped liver status. They are the only cats I know who actually *dislike* chopped liver…
I am an accomplished frontierswoman. Though you wouldn’t think it to look at me, I can make my own paper and ink, spin, weave, dye woven goods with native plants, make soap in a cast iron cauldron, split logs, make brooms and other tools of wood and local plants, harvest and manage forest foods such as hickory nuts, boil the hickory branches to get three kinds of food: salt, sugar and milk (yep, you can), muddle and sweeten ground roasted acorns for frontier flour, construct a log cabin (well, in theory, I only did it once and that was with a lot of help – those logs are heavy!), grow, harvest and make herbal medicines (plus know how to use them), midwife human and animal babies into the world, make shoes from leather, plants or refuse such as old tires (great for treads), set, manage and harvest a trotline for fish, snares for rabbit and quail, plus skin and dress the meat if called upon to do so (not my favorite thing) and tan the skins. I can build a fire with a bow drill and pine duff or other local tinder, though it takes a long time. I can construct a shelter out of almost any material available, and find food in a forest even in winter. What’s more, I have a hardy spirit and am a survivor, born of a long line of women who persisted, shared their knowledge and endured to win in life.
I’ve not been called on to do any of these frontier tasks in a long time, but the memory still persists. My mother was a great one for recapturing the pioneer spirit and my great grandmother on my father’s side up in the Smoky Mountains of Carolina (they really do look like they’re smoking – see?) thought a girl child should know how to weave and dye and make soap, ink, paper and so on.
The picture above right is in front of the National Frontier Trails Center in Independance, MO, close to my hometown, and she was always pointed out as a model to follow. Though I must say I adore my computer, electric fans, swimming pool and other modern conveniences, if and when the lights finally go out, I’ll know what to do. Can’t buy that kind of peace of mind, plus it’s a joy to know you can survive by your own efforts.
So now it’s my turn to tag eight people so I’ll now ask some of my great "virtual crushes" I’ve connected to through life, business, blogging and sharing personal energy, to share 8 random things about themselves. Over to you folks: Suzanne Falter Barnes, Jen Louden, Andrea Lee, Ellen Britt, Betsy Muller, Gloria Arenson, Sarah Zeldman, Jasmine White and Vikki Hoobyar… 
Do you AQ? If not, you might want to. AQ stands for Abundance Quotient and is a system developed by my friend Kim George to e-x-p-a-n-d the potential and possibilites of your life. I loved her newsletter intro of today so much I am reproducing it below as a sterling example of a wonderful Everyday Bliss mindset. Savor this delicious slice of summer savvy and get yourself on over to Kim’s site and sign up for her newsletter and classes today.
Yet our society is constantly bombarding us with message after message about improving ourselves, fixing our flaws, changing our lives and re-inventing who we are.
As if who we are isn’t good enough.
I think this is a load of crap. This kind of belief – focusing on what is "wrong" and what isn’t working, instead of focusing on what’s naturally great and already working – perpetuates and fuels the billion dollar self-improvement industry.
One of my favorite lines from Coaching Into Greatness is "Dogs get fixed, People don’t get fixed." Is there something about yourself that you see as flawed? A weakness? Something you’ve been struggling to improve for years? Usually, when we negate a part of who we are, we’re also resisting the truth of who we are.
As a society, we’ve got to let go of our fixation with fixing ourselves. Let’s learn to be the Observer. Instead of making things wrong, we learn how to observe what we don’t want and choose what we do. This is engagement. After all, this is doing what we can do.
This is the work of AQ. This month, and every month, we’ve got lots of great resources to help you shift your focus from fixing to choosing. Read on for all the details.
Thank you for being you!
Kim
Connect to the wonderful Kim and the AQ institute here: http://coachingintogreatness.com
Maryam Webster is Director of The Energy Coach Institute, and author of the Working Woman's Guide to stressfree living: Everyday Bliss For Busy Women.
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