Suzannah Doyle, a dear friend of mine, is hilariously funny and a brilliant musician to boot. My husband Murray and I play with her often and the result are these slightly naughty ringtones.
Listen at your own risk. Laugh and digest your food better.
A friend of mine recently had trouble sleeping at night. Her husband was gone and she got so scared she asked for some support. I spent the night with her and did a Tapping session with her which helped her sleep that night. When I got home, I made her a Tapping audio to music. Here is the link to download it: When I was in my thirties and suffering from a low grade anxiety disorder, I let the feeling of urgency steal my life. Because I was always anxious, I did not know what it felt like NOT to be anxious. I thought how I felt was normal, even though I also felt enormous shame for being so afraid all the time.
One day I just got sick of being afraid. I decided I would practice being a little braver every day and I would never trust urgency again.
This day my life changed forever.
I am legally blind. Some people with vision just like mine do not leave their homes to get the mail. I get that. When we practice being afraid, we become good at it and our world literally shrinks around us. We are either getting braver or more cowardly. There is no neutral.
Now I travel all of the world by myself most the time. I even traveled in India on a train by myself. Well, certainly not by myself. Unaccompanied I should say. For twenty four hours I was in a compartment with three men. I was wearing a dress and I had the top bunk. No one spoke English. The toilets were, well I couldn’t even see what they were but the smell scared me.
I turned this experience into a verse in a song I sing now to introduce myself. Yahoo!
Anti-Urgency Tip
Never trust the feeling of urgency. Real emergency situations call for clear thinking and level-headed action. The push of urgency, “Now! Now! Or something terrible will happen!” is addictive and it is a Lie. Never, never trust it.
When I feel urgent, I stop what I am doing. I do not make the urgency choice. I do something else.
I urge you to go cold turkey and never trust urgency again. It does not like you! It hates you and it wants to steal your joy, creativity, and the essence of your life.
May the Joy Be With You,
Vicki
P.S. Want to practice Joy for a week? Check this out: http://freeweekofjoy.weebly.com/
What happens when you let fifty gurus into your home via the internet?
They are all brilliant, they all have something to offer, and suddenly I am spinning and crazed. I’m not having fun anymore and my goal is to have fun every day, since every day just might be my last.
Yuck.
How do we build a business, run a home, succeed in our career and stay centered and happy? I am committed to finding out.
Tip One: Unsubscribe. Cut two or three newsletters you are getting. Even if you aren’t opening them, they are taking up space in your Inbox and in your psyche. Even if they are fabulous, (I just cut Jack Canfield!). Too much is too much. Cut back and breathe deep! Get your life and your sanity back!
It’s easy to say no to stuff that doesn’t serve us. It is much harder to say no to the good stuff, the great stuff, especially when all these great people seem to be hollering that you need what they have right now. RIGHT NOW!
I’m susceptible to urgency, because I am a recovering urgency addict. I have learned I cannot trust urgency. That sense of “Now! Now! Must do it now!” does not serve me.
Even though I believe I have a message that can be of great service to perhaps millions of people, I must keep my sanity and joy along the way or I am nothing and my message is meaningless.
So I am going to start a movement, a Joy Revolution, and I will get my message out with integrity and without urgency. I want to become the Queen of Anti-Urgency.
If you want some help getting joy in your life now, click here: http://www.daringtobejoyful.com/freeweekofjoy/. Don’t sign up unless you hear something inside you that says, “Ah! I’m parched and this feels like fresh spring water.”
There is no rush. There is no rush.
Blessings and May the Joy Be With You,
Vicki
Tap Yourself to Sleep
October 11th, 2009
I Don’t Trust Urgency
October 8th, 2009
I Hate Urgency
October 7th, 2009