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Magnificent Spiritual Being,
Here it is December already and 2007 is almost
history. As it has turned out, I have only had 3 Updates
Newsletters this year - which could turn out to be the norm until
something changes significantly in my hectic schedule. Actually
hectic isn't a good word to describe my schedule, though I find myself
using it often - like when it takes me a week or more to answer the
e-mails I am always getting. Busy isn't really accurate
either. I guess full might be the best word.
It is because such a significant portion of my "full" schedule is taken
up with caring for my precious little step grandson / Godson Darien
that hectic isn't an accurate description. So much of the time
with him is actually very peaceful and Joy-filled - and spent in the
moment
experiencing him, and life with him. He turned 3 in November -
and is talking away all the time now. Though sometimes it is
still hard to understand what he is saying. The other
day he said something that sounded to me like, "I want fruit." That I
said, "Do you mean fruit like an apple?" And he said, "No." and
scrunched up his face trying to think of how to explain to me what he
was trying to say - and then got this light bulb going on look on his
face, and said, "like this" holding his hand up to his mouth and
blowing. Then I understood that he mean flute. He is so
earnest in his attempt to communicate - and is always asking what
things are.
I was talking on the phone to my mother the other day, and Darien was
in his high chair saying, "Gramma? Gramma?" asking if it was
Susan on the phone. I said, "No, it is Great Grandma." and then
gave him the phone to say hello, and the first thing he said was, "Are
you great?"
Anyway, I could go on and on with Darien stories. My time with
him is such a blessing, and it doesn't leave a whole lot of free time
for other things besides phone appointments and filling orders and such
- but I wouldn't have it any other way. It is a
priceless and invaluable experience to be part of his growing up.
I am going to include in the Newsletter portion of this Update, the
updates I have been sending out to the people who have signed up for my
new e-mailing list on Yahoo. I will give a brief summary of the
major changes and news here, but let the messages below tell you more
of the story of the
last few months. In my last Update
announcement I included an address to sign up for that e-mail list that
turned out to be dysfunctional because the settings weren't right and I
couldn't change them - so the address below will be the one to use to
sign up for anyone who wants to get more frequent news of what
is happening with me and Joy to You & Me.
It has been an interesting few months, including:
evacuating for the fires here in San Diego county; 3 really
fulfilling Intensives - plus one that I needed to cancel; news
that the
trip to Ibiza is on; news that I no longer am able to offer the
cassette tapes for sale (a sad one to me); progress towards
getting the new CD produced - although it is still several months away
(although there is strong possibility we will soon be able to offer the
audio version of The Dance via an MP3 download); and the next
news
-
what to me is a very exciting announcement (which is worded the way it
is because I needed
to write the following paragraph before writing this update.;-)
One very exciting new development I have to announce in
this Update is the launching of a Training program to train Counselors
/ Therapists / Coaches / Healers / Mentors in how to teach other people
to apply the healing formula for Spiritual Integration and Emotional
Balance / inner child healing / internal boundaries that I pioneered -
in their own practices. This is something that I have been
thinking of for awhile - and have mentioned in other Updates. It
is an idea whose time has come. The information about it is here:
Training
for Counselors / Therapists / Coaches / Healers
I also updated the Special
Offers page with some new Holiday Special Offers for Recovering
Codependents
- featuring offers that include the Dancing
in Light section of my site in combination with Telephone
Counseling sessions - and with my Intensive
Training Day workshop (and announced on that page that I will be
raising
telephone counseling rates on January 30th.). The writing
in Dancing in Light - especially in the two online books - is some of
my
best in my opinion.
I also put
the full text of the Author's
Foreword to Codependency Recovery: Wounded Souls Dancing in The
Light Book 2 A Dysfunctional Relationship with Life
back
on the regular site (not sure why I took it off in the first place.;-)
For anyone who is new to my story and Updates, a
good place to start if you wanted to both catch up on the recent
history of my Spiritual Path / recovery adventure and learn a lot about
the past history, would be my January
2006 Update Newsletter (and the
ones that follow it.)
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Additions to the web site since the August
2007 Update include:
Training
for Counselors / Therapists / Coaches / Healers
new Holiday Special
Offers
Author's
Foreword of Dancing in Light
News:
Updates to the Intensive
Testimonial page have been added after each Intensive
And the announcement that Intensive
Training Days are scheduled for San Diego on January 5th, February
17th, April 5th 2008 - and March 1st in Ibiza
In addition:
A new batch of wonderful Testimonials
for the book, tapes, and web site and new Phone
Counseling Testimonials.
A new set of recommended links to the
Recommended
Links page
Called attention to a couple of
articles for this time of year: Thanksgiving
and
Happy
Holidays, Sad Holidays
Links to past Update Newsletters for
the Joy2MeU
site (launched February 4, 1999) can be found on the Information
index page. - and also at the bottom of the site
index page. Links to the Newsletters of my original Joy to
You
& Me web site (launched February 28, 1998) can be found on the Joy
to You & Me page which list pages from that site not moved to
Joy2MeU.
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Newsletter
The following are the news bulletins that I have sent out to the
Joy2MeU Yahoo mailing list
Tuesday September
11, 2007
10:38 am
Hello to those of you who have signed up for this list. I thought I
would give it a first try by letting you all know that I have now
gotten more of my CDs in. I didn't have any for a month or so there -
and am glad to have them back in stock. These are the work in
progress CDs (http://Joy2MeU.com/Audio_Dance_CD.htm
) that I have had available for awhile. As I mentioned in my Update we
are working on coming up with a fully produced CD with new information
added. Right now we are trying to figure out how to convert the
original master recording from DAT format to MP3 - and I don't know
what that means, but just thought I would give you an Update.;-)
Hope you find some moments of Joy in your Life today - and remember
that you are Unconditionally Loved (even though it might not feel like
it some of the time.;-)
Robert
PS I am not quite sure how this is going to work yet - so this is a
more will be revealed test.
Tuesday September
25, 2007
5:25 pm
Hello Vibrantly Healthy Spiritual Beings.
I just posted an announcement on the site that I am canceling the
Intensive that was scheduled for this coming Sunday. And due to that
cancellation, I made a change to the requirements to qualify for doing
an inner child healing grief group. Here is a quote from the page for
those groups that I posted today (the first line is in reference to
mentioning in the previous post on that page that I was hopeful that
some local advertising that was made possible by someone on this
announcement list, would help draw more local people to the September
30th Intensive.)
"9/25/07 - I did the local advertising in 3 different places - and 2 of
the publications messed up the ads. Sigh. So, no local people
signed up and I think because of there wasn't that much time between
scheduled Intensives, no out of state people either. The effect was
that I had to cancel the September 30th Intensive. So, no telling when
we will be able to get a grief group started. I am going to make a
change to allow someone to qualify for the grief group by doing
telephone counseling (An initial hour and a half plus 2 hour long
follow up sessions) if they have not had the opportunity to attend an
Intensive." - http://joy2meu.com/innerchild_grief_groups.htm
Other news is that the plans for the workshops in Ibiza in March have
taken a large step towards manifesting. The dates would be March 1st
and 2nd - but details are still being worked out (including price.) I
will let you folks on this list know what is happening as it unfolds.
Remember to do some Loving things for your self today - and make time
for some moments of Joy.
Robert
Thursday October
18, 2007
3:27 am
Hello,
Last night I posted an announcement of new dates for Intensive Training
Day workshops beyond the ones scheduled for November 4, December 8th
& January 5th. Those new dates are February 17th & April 5th in
San Diego and March 1st 2008 on the Spanish Mediterranean Island of
Ibiza. The page with info about the Ibiza workshops is here: http://Joy2MeU.com/Workshop_Ibiza.htm
Think of 3 things in your life that you are really grateful for when
you read this - just as a small reminder to focus some attention on
the part of the glass that is full.;-)
Robert
Mon. Oct. 29, 2007
7:34 am
Hello Magnificent Spiritual Being,
Last week was a pretty interesting around here. We decided to evacuate
on Monday morning because of all the fires here in San Diego County. We
didn't seem to be in immediate danger - but the day was gradually
turning darker as the smoke spread overhead and ashes were flying. So,
we grabbed the valuable things - I put my computer in the trunk - and
we headed north to the Central Coast. There was smoke all the way north
because of fires in Orange County, Los Angeles Country, and Santa
Barbara Country.
We stayed in a Motel 6 in Morro Bay - since they take animals and we
had our cat and rabbit and fish with us. It gave me a chance to visit
Cambria a couple of times and take the walk by the ocean that used to
be so much a part of my life.
We got back late on Thursday, and the fire had only come within about 5
or 6 miles of our place. There was soot and ashes in the yard and
driveway - but the house was still standing. We are very grateful that
we didn't lose everything as so many in the County had - last count
over 1500 homes burned. The extra expense is going to make paying the
rent - any place close to on time - quite problematic, but the glass is
definitely more full than empty, as we are all safe and didn't lose all
our stuff.
Part of all the catching up I needed to do when I got back (I still
have a whole bunch of e-mails to answer) after filling orders that had
gone unfilled for a week and starting to reschedule phone appointments
that I had to cancel - was to deal with the situation with my tape
sets. I mentioned in my August 2007 Update http://Joy2MeU.com/Update_August_2007.htm
that I would be running out
of cassette tape sets soon.
I found out that I had misstated the problem in that Update. The
cassette tapes that we used are actually 120 minute tapes - and it is
not that they are not available any more, it is the cost of getting a
supply of them that is the problem. The recording studio where we
edited them was reproducing a 100 sets at a time for me ran out of the
supply of tapes they had in stock. And when they ran out of stock it
was not worth it to them to reorder because they would need to order a
large number (I think a 1500 is about the minimum that their supplier
required) - and they don't have that much call for the cassettes any
more. I was having trouble paying for the 100 at a time in a timely
manner, so they knew I couldn't afford to order the large number.
I am told that cassettes are a thing of the past and that it is more
important to focus on CDs (even though they are becoming a thing of
the past I am told) - but it was sad taking the option of ordering
tapes off of my ordering pages. All the hours I invested in getting
those tapes recorded (in a bedroom with mattresses lining the walls to
soundproof) and editing them and all - and now I can no longer make
them available. Some grief there for me. I am hoping that some
abundance will manifest to make it possible to make them available
again - but truthfully they are so far down on the priority list
(behind rent and utilities and the new CDs and Darien's teeth and our
car situation, etc.) that I don't see that happening unless I win the
lottery or something. I am sure that a perfect plan is unfolding and I
can accept it if that plan doesn't include having the tapes available
again - but it is sad.
There is Truthfully, so much to be grateful for in my life that the
details aren't that important. I am very grateful that our house is
still standing and that we are all safe. Darien (who is going to be 3
next month) came in a few minutes ago taking his diaper off and
telling me he was wet - and then he ran out to the back yard and
started jumping on the trampoline half naked. He is a happy,
exuberant little boy - and he brings Susan and I so much Joy on a daily
basis. I feel very blessed to have him and Susan in my life -
and to still be doing the work I Love in the telephone counseling and
my Intensive workshops (the one for next Sunday 4th is almost filled
and should be a really great group.)
I hope you can find reasons to feel blessed in your life today also.
Robert
PS Next Sunday is the end of Daylight Savings - just thought I would
mention it.;-)
Thursday November
22, 2007
9:03 am
Hello Radiantly Beautiful Spiritual Being,
Last night I posted some announcements and additions on my site. They
included adding some new Holiday special offers to my special offers
page - mainly ones that include the Dancing in Light section of my site
in combination with phone counseling and also with my Intensive
workshop. I also added new testimonials to the Testimonial page and the
phone counseling testimonial page - and a new set of recommended links.
You can check that new stuff out on my New and news page if you are
inclined. http://Joy2MeU.com/New.htm
(For any of you who haven't checked out the Dancing in Light section, I
have restored the
Author's Foreword to my regular site Dancing contains some of my best
writing I think.) http://Joy2MeU.com/Codependency_Recovery.html
You will also notice that I included some links for Holiday articles on
the New page - including a Thanksgiving article. Here is a quote from
it that might be helpful today if you are feeling less than grateful on
this Thanksgiving.
"What works for me is to remind myself of the difference between my
wants and my needs. My Truth is that every day that I have been in
recovery all my needs have been filled - and there has not been a
single day that all my wants have been met. If I focus on what I want
that I don't have then I feel like a victim and make myself miserable.
If I choose to remind myself of what I have and how far I have come
then I can let go of some of the victim perspective.
Ninety-eight per cent of the time when I am in fear it means that I am
in the future. Pulling myself back into the now, turning the future
over to my Higher Power, and focusing on gratitude, frees me to have
some happy moments today." http://Joy2MeU.com/Gratitude.htm
It is a good reminder for me today to count my blessing - all the many
gifts in my life. (A little 3 year old boy just came running into and
out of my office as I type this - what a beautiful little being Darien
is. What Joy he brings us on a daily basis! Talk about a gift I
could never have imagined;-) We are still far behind financially
because of evacuating for the fires last month - but as I say in this
quote fear is about the future, and I don't need to know today how I
will catch up on the bills (or be able to get Darien's teeth fixed -
sigh.) What I am going to do today is focus on being with my family and
being grateful for all the good things in my life - for all the
miracles that have guided me on my path to this place I am at now. The
testimonials I added to the site are a glowing reminder of all the
people my work has touched - and is touching out there in the
world. It is Truly a blessed gift to have been allowed to be of
service to so many people just through following my path and doing what
I needed to do for my recovery. Hopefully one of these days, one of
those people writing to tell me how I have changed their lives will be
somebody rich and generous in Tithing.;-)
I am going to try to find time to get my next Update finished in the
next week or so - more will be revealed. I hope you can find lots to be
grateful for on this Thanksgiving Day.;-)
Robert
PS. If any of you is feeling rich and generous today, Love offerings
are always welcome (this is me putting out a message to the Universe -
may not have anything to do with the people on this list.) http://Joy2MeU.com/Donations.html
Thursday December
11, 2007
9:47 am
Just wanted to send out a quick note to let you all know first, that I
will be posting my latest update in the next 24 hours or so -
hopefully. I am actually going to be including the messages I have sent
to this e-mail list in the Update to bring people up to date. The
exciting new announcement I have in this update is of a new Training
for Counselors / Therapists / Coaches / Healers in how to help other
people to implement my formula for inner child healing / spiritual
integration / internal boundaries. It is something that I have
been wanting to do for quite awhile, and something that the Spirit
moves me to do now. http://Joy2MeU.com/Counselor_Training.htm
So, I will be sending out the announcements about the December Update
over the next couple of days - and will be in touch again before the
Holidays.
Robert
With
wishes of Joy to You & Me
Robert
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