Tree-Huggin' & California Dreamin'

Make sure to tune in to my interview with Jean Adrienne, renowned throughout Europe & the US for her intuitive strengths, at 8pm EST on Tuesday, March 10, at http://www.7thWaveNetwork.com



A wintry tree alongside the highway through Sonoma Valley, luscious wine country getting its first drenching in quite awhile during our visit--and springing to life! The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa was dreamy and the food at Sante spectacular.



En route to San Francisco we hiked through Muir Woods and I was reminded by all the charred tree trunks that we may all be burned & scarred at times in our lives, but we do survive--sometimes for eons, like these fabulous redwoods.



Famous comedian Yakov Smirnoff attended Brendon Burchard's partnering seminar and several of us enjoyed the art shows in Union Square, downtown San Francisco.




Then, believe it or not, a big snow back home in Georgia on March 1! Here's the lacy, graceful Japanese maple and stone lantern at the center of my power circle, way in the back of my yard.



The next day, as is the custom with snow in Georgia, it had pretty much disappeared, except for the remaining snow-folk around town. My dear friends Faye & Bob Boyd and Joe Allen helped load up a couple of truckloads of home furnishings for my young friends Tia & Kesha. Tia has 3 young sons age 5 & under--and when they had to leave their last apartment, they lost everything.



So here we are--me, Kesha, Bob Boyd, Davon, Davonte & DeAngelo at their freshly furnished apartment. Talk about stepping out on faith, every moment and every breath! The sole money earner for a family of five works at a Mrs. Winner's--and her sister provides childcare. This is what we're all being asked to do-- step out on faith-- with courage, optimism, trust and hope!

BREATHE THRU YOUR HEART ON VALENTINE'S DAY

In Honor of Valentine’s Day, Honor Your Heart—
Learn from your heart’s wisdom and let its answers lift you up!

1. Recognize a stressful feeling then Freeze-Frame it--take a time out.
2. Pretend you’re breathing through your heart.
3. Recall a positive feeling you’ve had in life and try to re-experience it.
4. Sincerely ask your heart, “What would be a more efficient response to this situation?”
5. Listen to your heart’s answer.

STOP WORRYING! KICK THE STRESS OUTTA YOUR MESS!

Yesterday I addressed the metro Atlanta YMCA management team on Stress Resilience-- some Sinfully Simple Secrets to Stress Down in Chaotic Times. Believe it or not, a calm facial expression and deep breathing down into the abdomen are two techniques you can IMMEDIATELY implement to feel better. By shifting your physiology, you shift your emotions-- and the world looks like a more friendly place.

For AN HOUR's worth of tips on how to Stop Worrying & Get the Life You Love, simply register here
http://www.artofchange.org/gtl and you'll be sent a link to my free teleseminar audio download! Do it asap because I have a special Valentine's offer that ends at midnight on Sunday 2/15!



Tree lovers of the Enchanted Forest of Avondale Estates united with Trees Atlanta for a big planting recently-- I'm here with neighbors Rick, Tami & little Jess (in the pink) helping to install a linden tree on the verge of N. Clarendon Avenue. Most of our trees are in their 80s and we love our verdant canopy. More trees, please!



It's always great to visit Sarah Crutchfield and her wonderful brood at The Cabin Path, their 52 acre retreat just south of Atlanta http://www.thecabinpath.com
In January she hosted a brain-storming session and labyrinth walk to celebrate her birthday, and several of us re-united after our WONDERFUL Nature, Magic & Manifestation Fun-Day there last spring.

Free Teleseminar-How to Get the Life You Love!

It's okay! Don't fret!
So many requests have come in from
folks who missed my complimentary
teleseminar to kick off Chinese New Year
on Monday-- that I'm offering it to you NOW!

It's jammed with great tools & tips on
How to Get the Life You Love!

(I decided to host the complimentary
call to celebrate my TENTH YEAR
of teaching Get the Life You Love
for Emory University in Atlanta.

Here's where to register and you'll
get right to the mp3 download--
for some fun & inspiration!
http://www.artofchange.org/gtl

You'll learn:
*7 Secrets Blocking People from
Getting the Life They Love
(after all, defining a problem is 50%
of its solution!)

*The ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING
you need to do to get the life you love
(it's so do-able, what a gift);

*Simple tips & exercises to generate that
good juju for yourself;

*A life-enriching exploration of YOU that
may really open your eyes!

If you're feeling a bit low right
now over the economy or anything else--
this call will BRING YOU UP!

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Check it out!


Love & Well Wishes,


Patrice

PS--Here's what Kelly Czack of Athens, Ohio, said about
the call:

"I'm so burned out from reaching and researching
a new path for myself that I don't have much "kick" left.
Or at least I didn't think so until tonight....your teleseminar
hit a chord with me!
http://www.artofchange.org/gtl

SELFLESS SERVICE EXTRAORDINAIRE

Dr. Nancy Robinson (here in her doctoral robes) and I met when I keynoted the Soroptimists Awards Banquet in March 2007--when she was just embarking on her dream of creating TechKnowledge Learning Centers, Inc, a 501c3 charitable organization with a goal of "bridging the digital divide."
http://www.techlearnit.org

Nancy, who didn't begin her own higher education until age 48, completed undergraduate & masters degrees in five years, and then a doctorate in computer science three years later. That's FOCUS. And she's focused on giving it back.

Her structured after-school programs will provide one-on-one instruction to underprivileged and underserved youth -- and she wants to keep the light in their eyes by offering all state-of-the-art technology.

As she pointed out, kids can go to the library, wait in line two hours to get on the computer for their 30 minute time slot, and get dulled out by antiquated technology before they even begin.

Go for it, Nancy! Currently they need more mice, keyboards & workstations. And donations! She has provided virtually everything else from her own pocket. Wow.



DALE WOULD BE PROUD OF HIS PEEPS
Here's a motley crew! Dallas resident & leadership trainer Mary Beth May, Blaise Dismer, my former next door neighbor who now lives on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and represents Bx-Dx pathology testing labs, and Ned Webb, a high level trainer for AT&T are gathered with me at the memorial service for Nedly's mother, Lillian Webb.

What a great Carnegie family! We four enjoyed the rigors of Dale Carnegie Sales Course Instructor Training in 1986--it was intense! Not only that, but I was kicking the cigarette habit at the time (can you say "nerves on edge?") But it was perfect. Blaise and Ned usually kept us laughing hysterically --at least during breaks from instruction.

Everyone and every aspect of my radical comfort zone expansion through affiliation with Dale Carnegie organization was a blessing. I ended up instructing the Sales Course for 15 years--and earned many "Outstanding Instruction" plaques along the way.

EMERGING FROM THE HOLIDAZE

The Philly family visit was most delightful at Christmas, with my sister Sue (on right) and I enjoying SPECTACULAR Longwood Gardens with my father. We timed it so that we experienced the DuPonts' party houses & ballrooms (now the endlessly-winding acres of greenhouses) both during daylight and after the fairy lights transformed everything. It was JAMMED--and for good reason.


One day Soeurx (my pet name for my sis, sortof a combo between French for sister (soeur) plus Siouxie (of the Banshees fame), and I trekked across Temple U.'s Ambler campus into the woods for a lovely, brisk woodland jaunt through the mists.



Among other things we encountered a confederacy of asses. The two with their heads together reminded me of the Kurt Vonnegut tale--I think it was Slapstick-- where two idiots put their heads together and became the president of the United States. Vonnegut had obviously envisioned the future! Thank God that era is passing, in just a few days. Hooray!


I also had the pleasure of meeting Tricia Gallagher, Creator of Team of Angels http://www.teamofangels.com. What a dynamo! She's currently developing a "Friendship House" for women experiencing depression and that empty-nester aimless feeling. I donated a copy of my award-winning inspirational book, BACK TO THE GARDEN: Getting from Shadow to Joy http://www.artofchange.org/april08 as well as the CD of Selected Chapters to her library for Friendship House, and here's what she had to say about it: "I was driving to Princeton right after our meeting and was so engrossed in listening to the CD that I went to Trenton... I kept thinking of how I wanted each of my kids to listen to it, and my friends too. I have listened to Wayne Dyer and all the big wigs for years and honestly, I got more out of this than anybody else. And then the book... I love every bit of it...the story, the message, the beautiful design, colors, photos, everything..." Thanks, Tricia! She is currently looking for funding for Friendship House, so please contact her if you have suggestions.



A day before my trip my new best friend and I visited my young friends with a Santa load. I have to tell you, even in the most dire years they've had up a Christmas tree--even when they were living in that dumpy little motel room in December 2006. Well, this year, no tree, no gifts wrapped, nothing. This was the day before Christmas. And the two teenage girls with their 3 little boys (pictured here with me are Aunt Kesha with her nephews DeAngelo on my lap, Davon & Davonte) had just been kicked out into their own apartment again--after moving back in with mom and the slew of other relatives living in their little house six months ago. The boys' mother works at Mrs. Winner's. At least she has a job.

Yes, it does take a village...I'm glad to be of the small service that I am to these kids & this little family... It's going to be a long road.... I hope some of the new social programs can help keep families like this on the road to recovery.

SEX SELLS--AND SO DOES HUMOR

BLEACHY-HAIRED HONKY BITCH author Hollis Gillespie is clowning around with me at the Atlanta Press Club Holiday Authors Party & Fundraiser recently-- actually she's the one on the right even though the arrow points in my direction. She is a HOOT (I just watched her Tonight Show interview with Jay Leno on her site http://www.hollisgillespie.com
She's now flogging her latest book TRAILER TRASHED: My Dubious Efforts Toward Upward Mobility.



Like Hollis, my friend Sydney Biddle Barrows (The Mayflower Madam) is also flogging her new book UNCENSORED SALES STRATEGIES, XXX-RATED SECRETS A Radical New Approach to Selling Your Customers What They Really Want--No Matter What Business You're In. Sydney's book (co-authored with marketing maven Dan Kennedy) features one of my PR success stories. Here are Sydney (on the left) and I pictured with Feng Shui expert Katie Weber at Loews Lake Las Vegas last May, one of our Platinum Marketing Mastermind retreats.

The link-- they both use BIG HUMOR to make their points!



At a recent talk on "How to Get the Life You Love" for Chris Morris' CMA Financial Group holiday shindig, to close I called up Chris (on the left) and Anthony Seal, a friend who took Dale Carnegie Sales Training with me nearly 20 years ago! So far by that point I'd collected the keys to a new sports car, an AMEX Platinum card, a $100 bill and two good-looking guys, simply by asking for them. Hey, you gotta ask if you want to get! This applies to asking the Universe for what you want, as well.

Happy Holidays!