This is a news flash from the Annual Emotions’ Congress, where all possible Human Emotions come together to share the challenges they are facing.  This year’s theme is “Negative Emotions in Danger: How to Tackle EFT”

Here is a transcript of one of the Round Table discussions at the congress today:

Fear: I’m really scared! This EFT thing keeps eliminating me from people’s lives all over the place! Fear of flying, fear of success, even good old fear of the dark – they just collapse, left & right! Gives me the creeps, frankly…

Anger: Well, I’m p****d off! You’re right, this can’t keep going! I mean, I used to have so much people all over the planet, angry at themselves, their parents, their spouses, their kids… There was road rage, suppressed anger, you name it – and I’m feeling pretty darned threatened, here! With their “EFT” stuff, all this red hot anger energy is turned into “peace” and “calm” and… who knows what else! This can NOT continue, I’m telling you!

Grief (weeping): I totally agree… I just don’t feel…(sigh)  respected! I’m used to sticking around with people for, like, years! (sobbing) And now, they’re done with me in months, even weeks sometimes! I didn’t believe it could come to this, really! It’s so…  ( bursting out into tears completely) SAD!!!!

Joy: But I like EFT! Don’t you see? It’s bringing so much more JOY to people’s lives! When they’ve had enough of you guys, they finally make more room for me! That doesn’t mean you’re outdated, or useless or anything… It just means you’ll have to back off a little bit, and be the healthy danger signals you were designed to be in the first place!

Inner Peace : I think Joy is right – and I’m not saying that just because she’s my sister! I get the feeling that people have had it with being so addicted to strong emotions these days! It’s a bit like extreme sports : they enjoy it for a while, but when they grow up, people go for hiking and biking and basic stuff, like… Inner Peace!

Well, this all goes to show that emotions have feelings too, just like you and me!

If you’d like to know what the fuss is all about, why don’t you go over to Tapping World Summit 2011 and secure your seat for this International gathering of EFT experts. Negative emotions – be warned! It starts on Monday February 21^st, and it’s FREE!

This powerful video on how your thoughts can make you sick, broke and unhappy was just released! Watch Bruce Lipton discuss the power of the mind – and especially how to harness it to make yourself healthy, rich and happy, of course!
In this fascinating video Bruce will explain why regular “positive thinking” doesn’t work and how you can use EFT to reprogram your mind to get what you want in life.

Check it out here!

Bruce Lipton is a cellular biologist who has spent
years studying how our thoughts effect us in all
areas of life.

Enjoy! See you at the World Summit!

PS. Did you see the first video in this series featuring Jack Canfield?

Tapping World Summit 2011

Dear friends,

The Tapping World Summit 2011 is about to begin! At this free virtual event, EFT experts from the entire world will gather and share their experiences and specialties with this amazing tool!

You’ve already heard of EFT, right? If not, this World Summit is going to be a HUUUUGE eye-opener for you! And if you’re already a passionate tapper – like myself! – there will be lots and lots of value to get as well! 

I’m so looking forward to (re)connecting with all these experts, get fresh inspiration, learn about the new things going on in the EFT world and certainly get a few laughters here and there, as well!

Check out what Jack Canfield has to say about EFT!

Here are but a few examples of the “EFT stars” you can listen in to FOR FREE:

• Pamela Bruner : Increasing Productivity
  
• Steve Wells : Anxiety Relief
• Carol Look : The Vibration Of Exceptional Health
• Stacy Vornbrock : Mastering the Emotion of Anger
• Brad Yates : Tapping With Children
• … and 18 more, for 10 full days!

Listening in live is free, and the replay of each interview stays up for 24 hours! And there is of course an option to get all the experts on CD or on downloadable audio files!

Reserve your spot NOW! It’s free…

And I’ll see you there!

So you have set up your own business, have you? Congratulations! What a wonderful way to share your gifts with the world, spread your message, take control of your income and decide when and where to work with what you love!

But, let’s face it… Actually, we’re in this because we want to be FREE from work! So, although we pay a lot of money for coaching and programs on how to get more clients, deep down, we don’t really WANT any more clients, or any clients at all – because then they will make us WORK! Yuck… That was not the point leaving corporate, was it?

So, here’s what you’ve always secretly been looking for, but never found on the Internet:

5 surefire steps to definitely turn off any potential client!

#1 Make sure they call when you are NOT available – explaining your service while cooking pasta with one hand and trying to tear apart your two fighting children with the other at the same time (who mentionned “headset”?? The phone is perked up between your ear and your shoulder, anything else is cheating! Cordless phone is allowed, though…) is just one of the challenges any solo-mum-spiritual marketpreneur must be able to handle to get into the Internet Age Business Multitaskers VIP Club (VIP = Void of Inner Peace)

Absolute NO-NO: educating your clients or prospects to call during YOUR business hours, on a dedicated phone line, with a convenient and friendly voice mail service picking up the calls you can’t attend to, because you are attending to the Rest of Your Life… Watch out, if you let this happen, you might just be in the mood to actually turn this prospect into a paying client – and you know what that means, don’t you? More work!

#2 When asked “How much do you charge?” make sure you deliver your (single) price, off the cuff, right there and then – the customer is King, and they asked for it, right? Right? Hello? They hung up… Oh well, they’ll call back if they’re that interested!

Absolute NO-NO: Ask THEM what they are looking for, and explain the benefits of your different offers and price points. If you speak to their needs and problems, thread carefully, because they could actually become prepared to pay anything and do anything to WORK with you, since they feel that you listen and provide what they want…

#3 Don’t take any information about them, not their number (and delete it from your phone in case it recorded it anyway), not their name, don’t ask any intimidating questions like where they heard about you, and if you really have to write anything down, make sure it’s on a greasy napkin, a teeny-tiny corner of a paper, or the good old classic, with lipstick on the mirror (since taking business calls in the bathroom gives extra points for the VIP Club, see #1 above) and let it disappear swiftly after the call.

Absolute NO-NO: if you put in place systems for your contacts, with nice and neat columns for personal data, their dog’s name, who referred them, when you’re supposed to see them or call back, you’re in for trouble, my friend – because those tables tend to fill up, and any day you’ll catch yourself actually DOING the following up, and who knows how many new clients THAT could get you?!

4# Do not spill any information on how they could get to know more about you and your business, like your website or your blog, and if someone talked you into starting a newsletter at some point, let them know that unfortunately, the server is down, so they can’t subscribe right now. Facebook? Never heard of it! Do you tweet? Only with birds, thank you…

Absolute NO-NO: getting the hang of Internet age communication and social media is a risky business – that’s actually where a lot of customers come from in most activities, even the most obscure, like coaching or counselling… If you really have to do it, because that’s how you like to spend all that free time you have as a business owner, how about using a fake name – or a wig?

5# When in social situations, like networking events or even a plain dinner with friends, be careful not to mention what you do – even with people you trust will never use your services, you don’t know who THEY know, that might be interested! Don’t let anyone talk you into giving them your business card, or safest, don’t bring any!

Absolute NO-NO: sharing this passion of yours with anyone you meet, and performing your carefully crafted so called “elevator speech”, even when you’re taking the stairs, spreading your cards and flyers to the wind is unethical, wasteful and dangerous – you never know where a potential client may be lurking!

What about you? What personal strategies have you put in place to turn off YOUR potential clients? Please share in the comments below…

Special bonus tip for reading all the way down here: Your business is a serious thing! DO NOT use humour of any kind – making people laugh helps them remember you, and could even have them go visit your blog…

This morning, I came across this lovely little book a friend gave me once: “Really Important Stuff my Kids have Taught me” by Cynthia L. Copeland

And while I thumbed through it, I realized some of these life changing nuggets of wisdom can actually apply to solopreneurs and online marketing, too!

Since I know I’m not the only mom-preneur out there, I believe you will appreciate these particular bits of advice from our little barefoot business experts…

1 – If you wait until you’re really sure,
you’ll never take off the training wheels

Don’t wait for your project to be perfect  – launch it anyway, and see what happens! (And you can always wear a helmet…)

2 – It’s easier to knock on a door that’s not shut all the way

Share your products and services with people you know, and people who already showed interest in them first – you don’t always HAVE to start with the cold calling…

3 – There are a lot of different ways to get to the top of the jungle gym

Don’t look too much at how “the others” do things, find your own, individual, creative, personal and inspired ways!

4 – Being captain doesn’t mean you’re the smartest one, it just means you’re the one with the boat

Perhaps there are entrepreneurs out there who are more successful than you, but hey, there’s a whole lot of people who don’t even have a company of their own, too!

5 – If there aren’t any shadows, there isn’t enough light

Stretch your goals and dreams to be just a little bit scary… (If you get really worried about what might be lurking in those shadows, try EFT to release your fears)

6 – Ask why until you understand

There’s no shame in asking questions! And the person who has the answer you’re seeking will love you for letting them shine and be helpful…

Network, learn, read, do research, get yourself a mentor or a coach!

7 – As soon as you can walk, you never want to crawl again

Isn’t it amazing how much you’ve learned and grown since last year??? Celebrate! And when you’re done walking – RUN!

8 – There are always a few unpopped kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bucket

Delete them from your mailing list – today!

9 – If you can’t name it, scrape it off your pizza

Hmm… can’t really relate this one to business, but it seems like a safe tip anyway!

Cheers!

Ok folks…. I didn’t drop out of the Challenge! I just… dropped of the Earth, kind of ?! And came down with this unexplainable fever, that knocked me out of my socks for the rest of the week! Oh well, I guess I needed the break, somehow…

I’m feeling a lot better now, thank you, and while catching up with what I couldn’t do last week, I’ll get back on track here too!

Here are, completely haphazardly, some of the lifesavers that got me back on my feet:

Chicken soup (for the body, this is an emergency, let’s take care of the Soul later…)

EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques  – just in case there MIGHT be an emotional factor behind physical disease…

Moxa – Chinese Medecine incense, smells pretty bad, but it sure brings on some Sweet Heat!

A few good books…

Hot baths

Ginger infusion (slices of fresh ginger root, cooked in water for about 10 minutes, drink as hot as you can)

A tender loving caretaker (thank you, I’ll do it for you anytime, baby!)

And of course… a little help from my friends! (Thank you all, you know who you are!!! )

What do YOU do when your body calls for some rest? Share in the comments below, I’m sure we can all learn from each other!

Do take care of yourselves, ok?

Sharing the obvious? Perhaps… But how many of these stress busters can you honestly say that you apply daily?

Which one do you find the most surprising? Challenging? Downright weird? Please share in a comment below!

1. Pretend to yawn

…and welcome the real
one that will inevitably follow !
(Not for use during corporate meetings…)

2. When working long hours on the computer, make sure you take a break at least every hour. Stand up, stretch, drink some water, yawn… Use a friendly egg clock if you tend to forget the time…

3. Take a quick walk outside to get some fresh air – and practice nurturing ONLY positive thoughts while you do !

4. Place water bottles all over the place in strategic spots to help you remember to rehydrate regularly throughout the day

5. First thing when you come home after a day of work or school : change your clothes !

6. Make sure you are doing one single thing at a time, and honour it by giving it your complete attention and concentration !

7. Spread positive affirmations (or even better, afformations!) all around your house, office, car, hand bag… Or why not use them as a screen saver on your cell phone ?

8. Chew each mouthful 30 times ! Feels a bit awkward for a start, but you’ll soon get the hang of it ! Improves your digestion and helps use the energy contained in your food right away rather than storing it for a doubtful “later” on hips and elsewhere…

9. Always keep a notebook and a pencil handy to write down « perfect moments » :
an unexpected break, a flower you stopped to smell, a friendly smile from a stranger, pearls of sudden inspiration… (Use of this notebook for grocery lists and phone numbers is strictly forbidden !)

10. Challenge yourself !
For 21 days, commit to doing something NEW every day ! Learn a new language… Write with your left hand… Try a new route to work… Smile at strangers…

11. BREATHE deeply for a minute or two ! It may seem obvious to you, but a lot of people have constricted breath, leaving their brain in constant lack of oxygen, with the consequences you can imagine…

12.  Celebrate!

Treat yourself to a massage, a nice haircut, a walk in the woods…

After all, you are the best YOU there is !

This list was formerly published on SelfGrowth.com. Are you on SelfGrowth?

• How do I find the love I earn for?
• Where can I reach for the support I need?
• Why is everything so much easier for everyone else?
• When will I get enough money to do what I want to do?
• Why is there so much suffering in the world?
• How come I can’t get to my ideal weight?
• Why is it impossible for me to quit my stupid habits?

These are important questions, and most of my coaching clients come to me because they ruminate about these issues in one way or another…

You probably know that our brain picks up on our self talk. What you may not realize, is that it’s hardwired to try to find answers and justifications to the questions we feed it! So if the question is “why can I not succeed in…. ? ” then your brain will turn on all its little circuits to come up with the “right” answers – the right answers being the wrong ones, actually, because they will only confirm how hard it is to succeed, and you can “relax” and sulk a bit more about how hard life is, while NOTHING really changes…

A clever guy called Noah St John considered this feature of the human brain, and came up with an excellent way to harness the power of “why?” : Afformations! No, that is not a typo, it’s really affOrmations – kind of a contraction of affirmation and information, I presume…

Perhaps you already know of affIrmations? I sure do, I have had a few hundreds posted over the years around my house, my handbag, my phone, my office, my car… They were kind of fun to write, but I can’t claim with any certainty that they Changed My Life… But I’m totally open to you having a different experience, of course!

So now I’m starting to play around with affirmations, and I’ll let you know in coming posts how it’s going!

For starters, let’s turn around those questions above, shall we?

• How come there’s so much love everywhere?
• Why are people around me so supporting and kind?
• Why is it so easy for me to succeed in anything I chose?
• Why do I have so much money flowing into my life?
• Why are there so many wonderful initiatives going on to end suffering?
• How come it’s so easy and even FUN for me to pick healthy foods and exercise regularly?
• Why am I so successful in choosing habits and systems that support my success every day?

I’m getting my afformation muscles going, here are a few bonuses:

• Why is 2011 such a successful year?
• How come success is so easy and natural for me in 2011?
• Why am I so easily inspired to write a blog post a day?
• Why are so many ideal clients coming out of the woodwork to buy my services?

Can you feel your brain clicking into gear? Doing it’s job of finding PROOF, valid answers to these questions? Please feel free to add your own afformations in the comments below! And join me practising asking the RIGHT questions in this budding new year!

PS. To find out more about Noah St John’s theories and teachings, visit his website: http://www.richlifebreakthroughs.com/

(I am NOT a rewarded affiliate – merely because I couldn’t find out how to become one! )

To your success in 2011!

2010 is complete – as far as I’m concerned, it was a FANTASTIC year! I learned so much, met heaps of wonderful people, both in the Real World and on the Internet, my business started soaring to new heights… I just can’t wait to see what 2011 has in store for me!

One of the techniques I was lucky enough to get in touch with last year is Mind Movies. A Mind Movie is a bit like a vision board, only it’s a video, so it moves, and by adding personal affirmations, pictures and music, you get a privileged access to the subconscious mind, thus programming it day by day to start working FOR you, rather than AGAINST you…

I find this Mind Movie from Nan Akasha very empowering! Rather than spending the time to make my own, I think I’ll just stick to hers for a few weeks and see what happens! See for yourself here:

A 2011 Mind Movie

If YOU feel compelled to make your own, for instance concerning a specific  matter like health, wealth, relationships, spirituality or whatever, or if you just want to find out more about this technique, listen in on this interview with Natalie Ledwell, founder of the Internet based success company “Mind Movies”

Wishing you plenty of success in 2011!

I am extremely honoured to be part of a very timely and important project:

the Spiritual Marketing Awareness Month!

The “SMAM” project was initiated by Shelagh Jones of the Spiritual Marketing Business Directory – the Google for Entrepreneurs who are not afraid to display their spiritual values!

Read along when Shelagh explains why she felt the urge to raise awareness about Spiritual Marketing!

During the entire month of October, a daily article from a leading Spiritual Marketer will be published on Spiritus’ blog, and for 24 hours, you can dialogue with each author and pick their brains on what Spiritual Marketing means to them!

Angela Treat Lyon (artist, coach, author and radio show host) has painted her take on Spiritual Marketing:

Clarity, Courage and Congruence - the three C:s of Spiritual Marketing!

Just click on the painting to read how this beautiful explosion of Energy relates to Spiritual Marketing!

What does Spiritual Marketing mean to YOU, anyway? Make an assessment now, and see how your Awareness raises throughout the month of October…

Best Spiritual Wishes,

: ) Maria