My morning began with Eldon Taylor, award winning, New York Times best selling author of over 300 books, and audio and video programs. He is the inventor of the patented InnerTalk technology and the founder and President of Progressive Awareness Research. He has been called a “master of the mind” and has appeared as an expert witness on both hypnosis and subliminal communication. HIs most recent release, Self Hypnosis and subliminal Technology, teaches you how to create your own subliminal programing to overcome obstacles in your life and build the characteristics you so desire. I loved seeing Mr. Taylor demonstrate how easily programable we are as a human being with different games that we played as an audience. So many of the decisions we believe we are making with our own free will are actually based on subconscious beliefs set into motion by socialization, Education, and Media. Mr. Taylor offers a great reminder of different methods of reconstructing beliefs through mindful awareness. Building integrity and character, and having curiosity, gratitude, humor, and optimism.

Another highlight of the weekend was a great talk with Gregg Braden on the changes occurring in the world, in his words, “We are living in the greatest shift in power and money 5,000 years”. Gregg Speak with such deep knowing of where we have come from and where we are going as a global community. He says, the way we answer these questions can change the way we see the world “Who am I? Who are we?” As Gregg closed the lecture he brought us all into the field of coherence and fully heart centered meditation which was a beautiful way to shift the energy of the room and our day.

One of the last speakers I’d like to share with you is Jean Haner who teaches and consults internationally about powerful techniques to “read” people’s inner natures. With her 25-year background in ancient Chinese principles of balance and health, Jean places an emphasis on compassionate and affirming ways for people to live in alignment with their own true selves. Jean’s first book, The Wisdom of Your Face, is published by Hay House and is full of examples and pictures of different wrinkles and face shapes etc. that illustrate how to do Chinese face reading. I loved when Jean spoke about how each line and wrinkle are like trophies of the lessons we have learned and if we erase them with things like botox, we may in fact have to relearn the same lesson. It was fantastic when my guest was brought to the stage to have his face read and the things she began to describe were right on point, everyone looked to me for confirmation which I gave with a nodded head. It was a great experience for me as an intuitive to see that there are many ways to “see” what is not obvious to others. Jean Haner was great fun.

Another amazing event coming up is Hay House Ignite and with a list of powerful speakers and inspiring writers you won’t want to miss it. Hay House Ignite will take place in San Jose, CA March16th & 17th, 2013 and you can find out more about tickets and location by visiting www.HayHouse.com. Although I attended I Can Do It last year, this year far surpasses the previous years for me and fulfilled a wish I had made the morning of the event just like magic. I wish for you the same inspiration I received by being in the presence of such amazing spiritual leaders, there’s nothing like it.

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Saturday, November 10, 2012 | 2:00-4:00 pm | FREE (love offering)

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Christine Christensen is a Spiritual and Transformational Coach as well as the Director of Awakenings Magazine. Her journey with her daughter Serena inspired her to help other parents of Special Needs and Highly Sensitive Children. You can find out more about Christine’s work at: www.ChristineChristensen.com

Marilu Schmier is a Motivational Speaker and the Author of "Waiting for Weston: A Mother's Story of Raising a Multidimensional Child". Marilu wrote Waiting for Weston for the parents of other “differentlyabled” children to offer her journey as an example of the possibilities that might be locked inside their own children. www.MariluSchmier.com

Christine:    Debbe tell me a little about what inspired you to create Project Cuddle.

Debbe:    My dad is a dentist and when I was eight years old, he took me to Mexico. I would hold the bowl while he would pull the teeth of the orphans that he was working on. That’s when I realized what an orphan was. I said to myself, ‘Someday I want to help those children.’ I always had that desire in the back of my heart and was hoping that someday I would reach those children, and eventually I did.  I’m a foster mom and so I thought, ‘Okay I’m helping those children that don’t have a mom or a dad that can take care of them right now.’ I always thought I would help the abandoned babies as well. But that’s not how it worked. It turned out to be that I got drug exposed babies and cared for 35 of them, but kept hearing about babies being abandoned.

I adopted five children and I had two original models, so I had a total of seven. When the house was full, I heard about an abandoned baby in January 1996 that had been put in a file cabinet drawer. The woman had given birth and left the baby and the baby died. I said to myself, “I don’t understand why they don’t come to me. Everyone knows that I’m a foster mom.” I was very frustrated but kept going.
Another baby was found in March 1996 suffocated in a trash bag in the next city over. Again I said, “I don’t get why they aren’t bringing the baby to me?” And then it was like “Duh, how are they supposed to know that you exist?” It just woke me up and I realized I needed a toll free number to have the girls contact me. That’s when I started from the corner of my living room with the toll free number 1-888-628-3353 or 1-88 TO CUDDLE.

Within a matter of 12 hours of setting up the phone lines on July 8th, we had our first call. The woman said, “I hate my baby, I am pregnant due to rape, if you don’t figure something out I’m going to put it in the trash can in the park.” We got her picked up and within four days, got the hospital, the attorney, a family to adopt, and coaching during the birth in the hospital. The baby was born sixteen years ago, July 13th. It was bigger than I expected it to be. It was always a dream, but the reality is bigger.

C:    I think the next natural question is: have you ever been able to reunite with that child?

D:    I did, about five years ago. After “missing” for a few days my Starbucks person asked me, “Where have you been? You haven’t been in.” I answered, “Yeah, a funny thing happened…”. My dear friend John Stamos, who’s our national sponsor, kidnapped me in a blacked-out limo, took me to an undisclosed location which turned out to be the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland. As the limo door opened, this arm reached in and this face appeared. It was Oprah. Oprah pulled me out of the limo and said, “Cheers to you, we are here today to honor what you have done.” I ended up meeting the first baby we rescued and they had also flown out 171 of the kids from all across America that I had helped rescue over the years. So it was awesome!

C:    Wow! That gives me chills all over. You must have just thought you were going in for a normal day.

D:    Well I thought I was doing a USA Today newspaper story at my house. When I heard John calling my name, I thought, “That’s not my neighbor,” and I looked out and saw John and thought, “What is he doing here?” Then I saw all these cameras and booms.

C:    What an amazing moment. That is so beautiful.

D:    It was one of the best days of my life and then being reunited with this young lady. Knowing that I had made a difference in her life was just awesome.

C:    I can only imagine. What is the age range of these young ladies?

D:    The average age is 22. We’ve had them as young as twelve and as old as 37.

C:    What is the response that you get from them? Are they grateful? Are they in a difficult place where they can’t receive?

D:    We have some that are challenging that way. Currently, one woman asks, “Why are you helping me, what is the gimmick?” And we’ve told her there is no gimmick. She’s just not used to being helped. She was in foster care herself and her foster mother committed suicide about four months ago. She is kind of floundering and she doesn’t know what to do. We keep trying to give her shelters. Right now we’re kind of at a pause moment because we’re giving her information and she won’t do anything with it. We did get her some medical insurance, so that was good. We are making steps but we have to hold her hand. She’ll be on the phone with us for hours and just feel so sad and desperate. Every day is a new adventure.

C:    How much time out of your day does all that take?

D:    I’m very lucky. I have volunteers that are hotline operators. They do a training that we provide for them, so they man the shifts in general. If there is something intense, then they contact me. I also have Julie Phillips, our volunteer Director of Crisis Hotline. In the case I was just speaking about, we have volunteers just to get helpers out to her. She is in the desert area and it’s really hard to find people in that area. You also need to make sure the volunteers are not burning out so you need to keep two on a case at a time.

I work probably from 9 in the morning until 1 or 2 the next morning. But that’s my passion. My kids are grown so this is my passion.

C:    Is it just focusing on this on helping these young ladies?

D:    Helping them to find safe, legal solutions so that they don’t abandon their baby. Helping them feel that they have done something that they can be proud of and making sure that the baby is safe. Sometimes it’s just getting them counseling, shelter, all different things, just whatever they need. Letting them know that if they don’t want to keep the baby, helping them find adoptive homes that are home-study ready. We are just real positive trying to give them a positive ending.

C:    How often do you see that they end up keeping their baby?

D:    About 50% keep their babies. The other 50% do give them up for adoption. We have found that 50% have had a run-in with Social Services, like had another child taken away from them, or they are in a matter of using drugs so they won’t qualify for the Safe Surrender Law.

We have a video that John Stamos, Paula Abdul and I put together that educates them on the Safe Surrender Law, so they know that the law exists. I helped in making that a permanent law in California and helped in counseling it for other states.
Ultimately, if we can get them to work with us to get prenatal care that’s much more important to do, so we try to do that first.

C:    Do what you can in the moment.

D:    Right.

C:    Obviously, everyone comes at different times. How far along are they in their pregnancies usually?

D:    About six months or more.

C:    You help them find a place to stay, get them to a doctor, and basically ensure that this child is able to come into this world and have a life.

D:    Our goal is not to take sides on pro-life or pro-abortion. We don’t do that. We say, “We’re pro keep the baby out of the trash can. That’s our goal.”

C:    It’s amazing to me that this still happens.

D:    57 babies a day are abandoned in our Country.

C:    Just abandoned on the side of the street somewhere?

D:    Yes, like in dumpsters. Those are just the ones we find. That doesn’t count the ones we don’t know about.

C:    Oh wow. Is there any other organization like yours in the United States that you’re aware of?

D:    I don’t know of any. We’ve been around the longest of anybody that’s tried this, sixteen years. I know there was one or two that have tried it, but I don’t know what the story is with them at this point; I’m too busy managing my own.

C:    Yes, I guess so. What areas do you service mostly? Is it all over the United States or just locally?

D:    All over the United States. We have rescued babies as far as the Virgin Islands, Australia, most of them in California, New York and Texas. I believe we’ve rescued a baby in every state.

C:    How are they able to find you? Is it advertised a certain way?

D:    Across America we have given the video for free to the schools so that girls or boys can hear about it and know there is a Safe Surrender Law and that they don’t need to abandon their baby. If there is someone out there that wants it, we are more than happy to send it for free.

C:    For the babies that are being adopted, how are they being paired with families?

D:    The adoptive families need to have their home-study ready. Then they let us know what type of baby they are willing to take: drug baby, rape baby, etc. Then we ask the girls to tell us what gift they would like to give their child. That will be their main thing they will do, their wish list. For example, one girl was a vegetarian and wanted her baby to be raised in a vegetarian home. Another girl had never traveled and she wanted her baby to be able to, so we found a family that had their own plane. We will offer them different options of families that will love and give their baby a good home, and they pick. So they have control.

C:    Do you see a sense that they feel they have done something good?

D:    The first girl after she delivered her baby said, “This is the first time I’ve done something I’m proud of.” It was heavy.

C:    That is really heavy and hopefully something that can continue forward. Sometimes someone just needs a little corner in their mind where they believe they have done something good. The more they pay attention to that little corner, “I’ve done something worthwhile or something good. I’ve helped somebody.” They can change their life.  So how does Project Cuddle survive? How do you continue?

D:    Good looks, charm, a wing and a prayer! Because right now it’s all volunteer driven, we have a few grants, but for the most part it’s a volunteer board, me, Julie and interns I’m trying to get. It’s just word of mouth. We’ve made it this far. It’s challenging every day. It’s about $2,500 to save a baby, which is pretty cheap.

C:    Do you feel that you have plenty of people to help right now or do you need more?

D:    We need volunteers to get the word out.

C:    As far as supporting the girls, obviously fundraising helps. But is there anything you could use more of other than money? In terms of supporting these women, services for the women, are they well received by the doctors, do you offer counseling?

D:    We do, we are always looking for an obstetrician to donate services. Getting people to offer counseling and legal services for free is wonderful when we can get that.

C:    When the babies are born, is there any help for the women who decide to keep their baby? Is there in flow as far as help from the community for baby supplies?

D:    Well we can always use that. We are always looking for newborn baby clothes. We don’t have an over-abundance of baby products. Also when the women are keeping their baby, they need to feel great too, so shampoo, toiletries, personal product, stationery etc. different things for them is always great too.

C:    Right because being a mother can be very challenging. I have three children, and it can be a lot of work. For these women you add that it’s unexpected and they are trying to make a major decision to keep a child, then are trying to figure out how to take care of a baby and take care of themselves. As mothers, if mental sanity goes out the door then you’re not able to take care of your baby. So helping the mother that decides to keep her baby is wonderful too.

C:    Is there something else you would like to add?

D:    Just to let everyone know that no matter what the situation is: rape, incest, drugs, or prostitution, we don’t ever judge. We are just there to help her get a safe and legal solution and we want to make sure she gets through the pregnancy safely and she can walk away with her head held high. I have literally gone to the park to pick up a baby in a duffle bag. Several times we’ve helped women over the phone deliver their baby when they wouldn’t call 911. We always want to work with them as soon as they find out they are pregnant and we keep each pregnancy confidential. Bottom line, there is never a reason to abandon a baby.

C:    There doesn’t need to be shame attached. We don’t need to shame a situation, don’t need to judge it. Just let it be what it is, which is, there’s a baby in your belly and we’re going to find the best way for that baby to make it into this world. And not use it for another experience that causes pain in that young woman’s life.

D:    Yes. Exactly there is a safe supportive group of people that want to help.

C:     How can people contact you or Project Cuddle for more information?

D:     If you are in need of help or know someone that is please call our hotline English : 1-888-628-3353,

Spanish : 1-888-483-2323 or email is at: wecanhelp@projectcuddle.org

For non-crisis calls you may phone us at: (714) 432-9681 or email us at: info@projectcuddle.org.  Our website is: www.ProjectCuddle.org.

As I sit down to write the review of this book, I find the synchronicity of life so beautiful. I was sent this book to review for Hay House and upon reading it I felt at peace and at home with the writings. The meditation was lovely and I enjoyed the blessings in it. Just yesterday a friend I haven’t seen in a while contacted me and invited me to join her and some friends as the Tibetan Monks who are in town blessed her office. I brought my children and felt at such peace during the ceremony.

As I read this lovely book by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, I found a deeper sense of being. As I read through the pages I felt such a strong sense of being a vessel for the life force that is flowing through me. The techniques and teaching assisted me in being at peace with all events, all emotions, and all expressions. I hope to be able to share this with my children so they too may find that inner peace we all search for. I highly recommend this beautiful book and have seen wonderful transformations in the clients I have recommended it to.

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1. You Can Heal Your LIfe by Louise Hay
I read this book when I was 12 and it changed my life trajectory completely. Louise L. Hay, bestselling author, is an internationally known leader in the self-help field. Her key message is: “If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.” The author has a great deal of experience and firsthand information to share about healing, including how she cured herself after being diagnosed with cancer.

2. Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Michael Newton, PH.D
Reading this book opened my awareness to the truth of what our soul is. Every page resonates with truth. Using a special hypnosis technique to reach the hidden memories of subjects, Dr. Newton discovered some amazing insights into what happens to us between lives. Journey of Souls is the record of 29 people who recalled their experiences between physical deaths.

After reading Journey of Souls, you will gain a better understanding of the immortality of the human soul. You will meet day-to-day challenges with a greater sense of purpose. You will begin to understand the reasons behind events in your own life. Journey of Souls is a life-changing book.

3.The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence.  by Deepak Chopra
From this realm of pure potential we are connected to everything that exists and everything that is yet to come. “Coincidences” can then be recognized as containing precious clues about particular facets of our lives that require our attention. As you become more aware of coincidences and their meanings, you begin to connect more and more with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. This is when the magic begins. This is when you achieve the spontaneous fulfillment of desire. Through specific principles and exercises he provides the tools with which to create the magnificent, miraculous life that is our birthright.

4. Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life by Shakti Gawain
This book is a wonderful reminder of how to create your world through visualization. Creative Visualization is the art of using mental imagery and affirmation to produce positive changes in your life. It is being successfully used in the fields of health, education, business, athletics, and the creative arts. With more than 3 million copies sold in the U.S., and translated into twenty-five languages, this pioneering bestseller and perennial favorite helped launch a new movement in the personal growth field when it was first published twenty years ago.

5. The Seat of the Soul  by Gary Zukav
Using his scientist’s eye and philosopher’s heart, Zukav shows how infusing the activities of life with reverence, compassion, and trust makes them come alive with meaning and purpose. He illustrates how the emerging values of the spirit are changing marriages into spiritual partnerships, psychology into spiritual psychology, and transforming our everyday lives. The Seat of the Soul describes the remarkable journey to the spirit that each of us is on.

All my love & Enjoy!

So on fathers day, after spending the day with my pops walking the coast in Laguna Beach, I sat down and pressed play. As the story began to unfold I found myself transfixed. The characters, so real, so raw, touched my heart. The story is about the repercussions that can happen when a father leaves a family with young children – as was in the case of the now grown son of a man who left his family. In this case it was probably a good thing, the father in the story had a severe drinking problem and would have probably been a worse father if he had stayed than if he had gone, but either way – his departure left a hole in the heart of this young boy who grew to be a father as well.

As the story evolves I felt both frustrated with the character and compassionate as well. I saw the heartbreak in his sons face when he took his frustrations out on his child, frustrations born of an unhealed wound. But then something happens, he begins to search for his father and for an answer, and eventually he finds the answer within himself. In that moment we see the healing of the character that we become so invested in. The understanding changes his entire life. He speaks to people from his heart, a place that was too painful to speak from before. He acts in an inspired way and seems to calm to his anger. If you have an hour, I highly recommend spending it with this film. I found myself wondering if this in fact was Wayne Dyers own story. Either way, it brought to the surface old pains of never knowing my own birth father, and the search I felt compelled to begin that never produced a tangible result, and with that, it brought a deeper level of understanding that our greatest pain can also be our greatest teacher. <3

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Tales of Everyday Magic: My Greatest Teacher

Tenzing Norbu was raised as a Buddhist monk in a monastery in India, his father hoped he would eventually follow in his footsteps, but Tenzing had other ideas for his life. Joining the LAPD began a new life for him however, it still left him feeling somewhat unfulfilled. After resigning from the police department, he begins a path that unfolds into something quite interesting and unfolds his life amazingly.

“The First Rule of Ten” brings a new perspective on spirituality and purpose by pairing a drive for uncovering the truth of a crime with the spirituality and purpose. Also woven into the story is that of a love relationship and the difficulties that he faces in meeting and sustaining a relationship.

There is a rich interior to the story line and I felt intrigued and interested all the way through. I am definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.

When this heart warming book arrived at my door as part of the Hay House Bloggers Book review program, I had no idea the profound impact it would have on me. As I began to read the story so beautifully detailed by Scott Blum I welcomed the warm sense of joy that I always feel when told of pregnancy. All the possibilities seem to be open to us in that moment. As a mother of three little ones I feel such a strong connection with those who have been pregnant and also feel a profound loss when their pregnancies have difficulties.

This is a book written about the process a family/couple traverse when the desire to create a child is so strong that they have planned for years spiritually and physically. This story takes a turn down the road of miscarriage which so closely resembles the miscarriage of a dear friend of mine. I found myself resisting the turn of events as Madisyn’s body released her pregnancy. My heart wrenched as I recalled my own friends turn down this road. I felt the fear of loss so tangibly within myself that I too needed a break from this subject and put the book to the side for a day. As I warmed to reading again, I found tremendous healing as the author honestly depicts all that goes through ones mind and heart at this time.

As the book continued I found the most remarkable similarities between my dear friend and Scott and Madisyn as I was given the beautiful news that my dear friend was once again expecting a child. This beautiful book is an honest depiction of the challenge of pregnancy, loss, and rebirth. I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to heal and release through reading this heart warming story and find the synchronicity so beautiful, I will carry this story with me as I attend the home birth of my dear friend who’s story resonates so closely with Scott and Madisyn’s.

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The Fable of the Gilded Cow highlights the truth of mans constant struggle with the complexities of desire.  This book draws the reader into the dynamics that become engaged when given the opportunity to have that which represents wealth, fame and fortune. As the book neared the end, i found myself entranced in the story, and was truly moved by this provocative tale of the GIlded Cow.

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