I want to introduce you to Dorothy Hall.

This is an interview you’ll love if you want to be fit, strong, flexible, healthy and full of energy, and if you are out of shape and hate to work out or diet.  I found Dorothy on T-Tapp.com, one of the certified practitioners of T-Tapp listed in Hawaii.

Dorothy worked for a long time for a software company, but her independent spirit got her into way more fun and fulfillment than her J.O.B. ever gave her. Listen in at how she amde the leap to freedom!

I was originally disappointed that she lives on Kauai (about 200 miles north of here, a long paddle over the ocean), but she will be travelling more soon, hopefully including us on Oahu in her trips.

Why am I so stoked about T-Tapp? Listen in and find out why. It’s an amazing series of moves that are so powerful and so effective that…well, listen in! You’ll see!

Either go HERE, or click on the IDareYou logo to the left.

Angela Treat Lyon on Living Delicious with Helena from Helena Summer Medena on Vimeo. 27 minutes.

I googled it, and was shocked to only see one article about it.

Yes, North Korea did plan to shoot lovely little packages of dissonance over us, and did – yesterday and last night. But apparently nothing that even came close or did any hard, thank goodness!

You might have thought my note about it was pretty weird and maybe even paranoid. Well, it was a very real thing for those of us here who knew about it, I assure you! Imagine how you’d feel if someone – even so far away – was making plans to send destruction falling onto you from the skies! It’s a pretty strange sensation, knowing you can’t do a darn thing about it aside from leaving.

I’ve been asked what I’d do if I only had a week to live – well, I’ve given that a lot of thought this week! And I decide every day that I’m already doing what I’d do. Feels good. What about you – would you change what you’re doing?

The idea of independence strikes home for me today, especially as we seem to still be here and safe on a day that could have been a horror.

I love freedom – the freedom to do, be and have what I want, where, when, how and with whom I choose; and I love independence – being able to be on my own and live my rightful path while simultaneously creating in interdependence with the rest of the planet.

As I sit here feeling most grateful that Hawaii not been sent to the bottom of the sea, I send you forty bazillion tons of love and joy and hope that you have a wonderful weekend, and that you celebrate freedom and independence no matter where you live.

aloha -
Angela

p.s. The Fear of and Step into Your Success teleclass was so great I’m giving another one on the 15th – mark your calendars! You’ll be able to access the audio and transcript of the first one, too – a hard to pass up two-fer! We did loads of great tapping – we’ll do more in the next one. Write down the issues you want to tap on, and remember to send them in when you sign up for the call!

On Sunday, I was honored to be Eleanore Duyndam’sguest on her BlogTalkRadio EFT Radio Show.

Eleanore pretty much grilled me as to why I believe that, in order to get past the BS the media is constantly dumping in our faces (not to mention the racket from our inner thinking, beliefs and conditioning!), and to get through this amazing period of economic/social upheaval, we need to become Wealth Mavericks.

What IS a Wealth Maverick? You’ll find out….

TAP ALONG WITH US!: We did some pretty dynamite tapping, too, on fear, frustration, feeling stuck, creating a new business….Tune in and tap along with us – you’ll get a lot out of it. I invite you to tap along with us as you listen to the show!

She sacrificed a huge amount of her time last week to visit me in the hospital, hold my hand and be my verbal advocate while I was too doped up to know up from down.

The night she brought me in, she stayed with me until I was finally admitted to the hospital at 3 a.m. – even though her ride had long gone and she had to find another to get home!

She also helped me tap (even though I was so sensitive I’d pull my hand away!), and is one of the finest EFT leaders I’ve met.

I want to suggest to you that she would be as good an ally for you in whatever it is you’d like to move through in your quest to live a more healthy, peaceful and abundant life, and that if you want her services, she is well worth way more than her nominal fees.

I asked her what she does when she speaks with a new client, and here is part of her reply:

“We talk a little, I give them 30 minutes of  conditional consult, and then we schedule a minimum 3 sessions.

“Brand new online? I introduce them to skype and see if that would work or phone… tell them about what to expect….

“With all of them I make sure that I am interested in them, that I feel like we are a good match and that we can achieve what they want.

“I tell them all that EFT is not magic, but super powerful… I make sure they feel heard and we go with scheduling.

When she says she “makes sure she is interested,” I can tell you from personal experience that she puts her all into it.

She has no idea I’m doing this, so no, this is not a concerted publicity campaign. She’ll probably cry when she reads this -

Please do consider availing yourself of her considerable love, care and talented intuition and gifts using EFT and other energy modalities. You can check her out, as I’m sure you probably know by now, at LivDelicious.com.

much love and aloha to you,
Angela

And no, it’s not a sordid, dark awful secret! It is, rather, something scary/exciting that involves stretching waaaaaay beyond my little-old stay-comfy coach-artist-writer-EFT-practitioner self.

I feel particularly vulnerable, because this is something dear to my heart and I don’t usually talk about things this big before I do them because I like to conserve the energy I’ll be using for the new thing, whatever it might be.

I also prefer not to trigger well-meaning but very discouraging “you can’t do it” comments and admonishments from those who don’t think they themselves could do it, so why did I think I could?

I decided a long time ago to stay quiet and do “it” while they were running around hawking all the reasons why “it” wasn’t possible.

But since you are not them, and you are an upbeat, inspired and an action-taking kinda person, I felt that if I told you, you might:
•   be inspired to jump to another level of living your own passion, too
•   send me mental and moral support and -
•   what would be utterly splendid, maybe you’d even jump on the opportunity I decided to jump on, myself, yesterday.

Here’s the secret: I signed up for Kathleen Gage’s Be A Best-Seller on Amazon.com Course. (See, Angela, that wasn’t so bad!)

As I said, I usually keep what I’m about to do close to my chest. I’m acknowledging that it’s partly an old survival tactic, and I think it’s about time to shuck it.

When I told one friend what I’m about to do, she exclaimed, “It’s about time!” Huh! I liked that. Made me feel like it was possible and supportable – yes, I do have my own doubts, too – and believe me, I make good use of EFT!

And yes, I’ve written lots of books.
Yes, they sell already.
But no, they are not on amazon.com, and
No, neither they, my work nor I are known beyond the world of EFTers or a small circle of artists, galleries and collectors.

Now, why on earth would I (or anyone else) want to go through what I’m thinking is a very time and energy-intensive, full-on campaign to get one of my books to the top of amazon.com – even if it’s only for an hour?

•  Because I have a message, and want to share it on a bigger scale.
•  Because when you get best-seller ranking, all kinds of possibilities open up. People seek you out for speaking, interviews, seminars and other opportunities to share your work.
•  Because it will mean an increase in visibility and sales.
•  Because I get to have an adventure and learn something new and exciting

And because
•  I get to meet other authors on the course and in the exclusive forum
•  I get to learn a system from someone who’s been there, done-that, herself, and helped others do it successfully
•  I can then repeat (and improve) what I did as many times as I want, and
•  Because it will be just plain fun!

Now, could I have just gone about doing a campaign by myself?

Sure. I probably know and use a good percentage of the tips and tactics I will hear in the 4-week course.

However, what turns me on about this course is that I get:
•  how to connect with the people who will help make my campaign possible
•   support materials that, if I created them, I’d most likely spend a couple years perfecting, modifying and testing before they really work well. Why do that when it’s already done for me?
•  a clear-cut system that takes me through the entire campaign and beyond, even covering what to do after the campaign is finished!
•  I also get to learn from someone I like and trust
•  …to participate in a group who will keep me on track and a helping hand when I need it
•  …and an affordable, inexpensive payment that, if I chose, I could have paid in installments
•  and if I do it right, I’ll have a best-selling book!!!!

I was actually surprised to see what Kathleen is charging. I’ve seen best-seller courses going for between $2,500 and 10,000. Hers is only 695, and I got lucky and got one of the early-bird deals at 495.

(If you want you can, too: HowtoBeABestSellingAuthor.com …and if you get there in time you’ll get that 200 bucks off. You may even get a freebie 30-minute one-on-one with Kathleen – I did! Yay!))

So those are some of the reasons I’m excited and pleased about having made the leap. Who knows, it may take a year for me to actuate the system, or I may stride across the moon in one leap and do it in 30 to 90 days! I’m not predicting anything, but I’m intending success.

What I would really love and appreciate so much would be for anyone out there who is thinking anything unsupportive to see where you have been told the same words you’re thinking now, and turn them into supportive thoughts for yourself. And me!

And for those of you who are thinking thoughts like, “way to go!” I thank you and feel the same for you.

I hope a few of you will decide to jump with me, and we can get to know one another and have our books flying into readers’ hands all over the planet. I know you have something awesome to share with the rest of us, and that it would not just change your life to do this but the lives of those of us who (finally!) hear about you and your work as well. In case you do want to jump along with me, here’s that link again: HowtoBeABestSellingAuthor.com

So, that’s my big secret. Please send me good thoughts, because this is taking being an author and a coach to a whole new level for me, and I’ve got all kinds of energy running through my body just thinking of it! I’ll be sure to give you a running commentary as to how it’s going during the process. Maybe I can talk my walk and be an example of how I get over my own fears and doubts so you can, too.

much aloha -
Angela

p.s. SURPRISE! For anyone who does sign up to do it: email me your receipt from Kathleen, and I’ll send these EFT audios for-completely-free as a personal you-go!-gift:

•  Public Speaking Fear – Eliminate Shyness
Be strong and powerful in the world as you go about making a difference. 90 min MP3: (normally $24.9)

•  Public Speaking Fear; Deal w/ Doubt
No more fear of rejection! Doubt is out the window – get going living your dream! 45 & 30 min MP3s (normally 19.95)

You may not intend to be a public speaker, but if you become a best-selling author, you’ll be asked to share your information and work with all kinds of folks. Why start out afraid? Why not have it in the bag before you even begin? These are some of my best audios, and I want you to have them because I really want you to succeed.

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A big, nasty storm came up, and the wind shrieked around the truck and the rain slashed the air, but I was safe and sound inside. Enormous trees fell left and right like wind-blown matchsticks.

The road gradually became narrower and narrower. A couple of trees that had fallen to each side funneled me into a space so narrow the leaves and branches were noisily scraping the sides of my truck. Then a huge trunk appeared right in my path, and I had to do a full stop.

I looked back and saw that there was space to back up, but it was uphill and so slippery that I couldn’t get the truck to go – low gears or 4 big rear tires be damned.

Suddenly, I felt the whole truck vibrate and begin to inch forward, move forward, rush forward – as if it was impelled by some inward dynamic that made its surroundings completely irrelevant. And –*-blam!-*– I was out of stuck-mode and in the clear.

I was now standing outside my truck – which was now a new, sleek Toyota – looking in on my dog, Io (pronounced EE-oh), who was in my driver’s seat. Io was a mid-sized dog who looked like a small, delicate black and white Malamute, or one of those sheep dogs in the movie Babe, but with finer features. I had the honor of being her Human in the 90s.

Io was somehow lying on her back, with her lovely, soft, white tummy exposed, looking at me with her big doe-eyes in total bliss. I reached in and scritched (not scratch! Scritch!) under her throat, and she closed her eyes and did one of her signature doggie-snore-purrs.

As I did that, I simultaneously heard and saw a dog much like Io but with shorter fur and thicker neck, kind of as if he had a bit of pit bull in him.

He was looking at me intensely, growling and greeting all at once, like, “hey! Where’s MY pets and hugs?”

Then I was squatting beside him on the sidewalk rubbing his back and under his throat, and playing with him. He was a really happy dog, and loved to play, but got a little over-excited so I’d have to calm him down again. It was easy, and he was just a bundle of love.

I awoke feeling really happy and buzzing with a core-kind of affection for life itself. A sense of lingering wonder has permeated the rest of the day today.

WHY AM I WRTING ABOUT THIS and what does it mean for you?

Because I want to invite you to look at your own dreams and see what underlying messages they have for you. Maybe you don’t dream – that’s OK – I bet you day-dream! You can use them the same way!

Because there were certain really obvious elements in my dream that show me exactly where I’m at, what’s going on, and some underlying themes that have gigantic import. And I bet your dreams do the same for you. More about that in a moment.

You know, I’ll admit something to you readily – it isn’t always easy for me to do all the things I do. If my kids weren’t grown up and out on their own, I wouldn’t be able to do half of them. You’ll notice that the folks you see being so successful online either are single or have families who help with child care and office duties. I’m single and loving it after the years of diapers and teenage hormones and moodiness!

But sometimes I think I do way too much. At the same time though, when I ask myself what I could cut out of my life, my heart sinks when I think of letting go my EFT practice or my passion for creating EFT books, writing articles, creating sites and giving teleclasses. And to think about giving up my artwork? Ha! I don’t think so! It’d be like not being able to breathe!

So occasionally I get hung up in thinking about it all and I feel stuck. Part of the thinking is that I ‘have to do it all and do it all right now!’ or ‘I have to choose one or the other and focus.’ I get caught in those thoughts once in a while. That’s how I was feeling last night – stuck between 2 huge forces (the trees): EFT and my artwork.

Well, the mind is our biggest muscle! So when I feel stuck like that, it’s time to haul out the big EFT and bring that muscle back into training. But last night I didn’t. I did my Chi Lel Chi Gung and went to bed, figuring that the energy I had just drawn in would help it resolve. You’ll see what happneded in a second.

What did that dream mean to me? How do you pick apart a dream to milk it of its wisdom>

Well, there I am in my truck – my life-force-vehicle – huge, black (I think of black being the color of the Void of All Possibilities), powerful, strong, hefty, capable are words that come to mind for it – and I’m stuck! Between these trees! Huge trees, not little saplings – EFT and Art – and one more in front of me – my ego, limited thoughts and beliefs perhaps?

But all of a sudden, from the inside of the truck – my life-force – comes this compelling energy that doesn’t pay one whit of attention to the supposed blocks, and pushes me right through them into the clear! The blocks became substanceless, literally immaterial.

Isn’t that what happens when you stay true to who you are? You know you feel stuck, but you stay in your heart-space, tap a bit, stay calm, and ask yourself, “what would I prefer next?” And the next thing you know, you’re out of stuckness and into a clear space. Something lines up in the Cosmos that unsticks you and propels you into a new space – you and your Divine Self are aligned and congruent.

The next thing in the dream was the presence of my dogs. Well, in truth, I really had only one dog, Io. She was the sweetest Being anyone could ever conceive of, and came to me out of the blue one day and was my little angel for ten years. But that’s another story.

So now I’m looking into my truck seeing her lying there on her back. The truck is now a beautiful new Toyota 4×4 pickup – totally practical for a sculptor who has to schlep big paintings and rocks around – capable and strong but not a macho machine – and Io is lying there in a state of bliss.

If you were to look at her as a symbol of my feminine inner instincts (thank you, Samantha for that idea), she’d be the perfect fit. Io, indeed, did save me from myself many times when she was on this planet. To have her in my life-force vehicle doing her funny little half-snore, half purr was absolutely delightful.

But then the other dog! What a surprise that was! I never had the male counterpart to Io, so seeing him there wanting attention, too, was awesome – and to be able to play with him and scritch and be able to keep him from being over-powering or sharp-teeth-scary-strong was even better.

I awoke feeling like there were all kinds of possibilities for me that I never even knew about, and that if I could just keep that thought, and do my best to stay in that state, all would be well.

There was a lot more to the interpretation, but I know you’d rather think and find out about your own dreams and what they mean to you. We’ll do that very soon.

I admire the heck out of online personalities and coaches like Ali Brown, Kathleen Gage, Fabienne Fredrickson, Jim Edwards, Yanik Silver and others – seeing how far they have come from zero to star-status – and I appreciate their example and their excellent products. It’d be really easy to get caught up in trying to be just like them and try to do what they do.

But I question the follow-them mentality. Would it be right, comfortable, appropriate or even fun for me to do what ‘they’ do? Don’t you feel a little strange about taking every step someone else has?I do, but maybe I’m more of a rebel. That’s not to say courses and program have no value! I just really ask myself if what I’m following is really for me. Parts of it can be, parts not. You have to stay alert and awake.

I kinda like being just my regular old, lazy, renegade, irreverent, weird, creative, frank, no BS, what-you-see-is-what-you-get floppy-aloha-shirt and paint-stained old black shorts-wearing, media-creating, painter-sculptor-unusual newsletter writer EFT maniac self. I’m totally OK with that. How OK are you with Being You?

That dream made me see once again that how I am is how I am. Period. And no matter what I THINK, that eternal Beingness is not only OK, but it will always prevail. What a relief.

How inspiring and enchanting that is! To know that there is that Something inside of you that you don’t need to boss around, guide, compel or manipulate! And that automatically (when you allow it!) sets you on the right track again and again and again if you’ll just LISTEN to it and pay attention to its message and take the appropriate actions.

I want you to be that OK with who you are, too. I know darn well how easy it is to do a gradual slide into feeling stuck (angry, ashamed, sad, etc.) and feeling like it will last Forever – and hating yourself for how you feel – been there.As if it isn’t enough that you feel down, to hate yourself for feeling down – and then hating how you hate yourself – man, what a mess.

So, since I used love to do Dream Readings for people for years when I lived in Sant Fe, NM, I decided I’d create a new Series of Dream Teleclasses that last night’s dream inspired. We’ll explore what YOUR dreams are telling YOU – and we’ll get you through the blocks and limitations you’re dealing with in order to get you feeling high and strong and grounded and peaceful and excited and calm and inspired – all at once.

Stay tuned, and be prepared to be amazed and inspired and surprised by what your Inner Self is trying to say to you!

aloha -
Angela

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© Angela Treat Lyon 2009 • I invite you to feel free to use this article as long as you use it in its entirety, including my © and contact information. Lyon at IDareYouRADIO.com • Thank you!

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Well, here she is (and her child) after about 15 sessions.

I carve at about 2 or 3 hours at a time, although sometimes I’ll put in a full day. Hard to do as it’s pretty tiring work. Imagine swinging a 2-pound hammer all day – you get tired!

It probably will take me a good 45 to 60 hours total to create this using just hand tools. If I were using air tools, it’d go monstrously faster, but I like the pace of hand tools.

Neat to see how it progresses, isn’t it?

You can see how I have raised the hand on our right up so you can now see the child’s belly and the top of her thighs. It looked way too ponderous the way it was before. You actually have more latitude for moving elements around than you’d think, and I push the envelope as far as I can!

I also widened mama’s chest so her breast is larger, because it was hard to see what was going on in that part. I wanted her to look like a mother, not a girl-friend, so I made the chins swing away from each other – this way they are pressing foreheads together, and that’s it. I also took away a lot of that heavy hair on the side. I’ll show you more when it’s all done. It’s pretty close.

Now it seems to me to be a double entendre: is it a child imagining being held by her mother? Or is it a mother holding her child? Or maybe it’s a child imagining herself as an adult, or dreaming an angel. I like to think of it as a mother transmitting her innate wisdom to her child. Now you make up your story about it!

See more artwork at Lyon-Art.com.

I carve soley by hand – only hammer, chisels, files and rasps and sandpaper – no air tools, no grinders, drills or dremmels.

In the shots below, you can see how each aspect of the design is gradually becoming more distinct. I work on the whole piece little bit at a time to keep a cohesive unit.

Sometimes there are cracks, marks or striations in the stone you don’t know about before you start out.

If you look below at the lower right corner of the piece in the last 2 shots, you can see where part of the stone blasted off as I struck it with the chisel.

Sometimes this is a good thing, enhancing the design – as this time it did – and other times technology comes to the rescue with epoxies and super-glues!

I have a friend who drenches very thin parts of his marble sculptures with super-glue – it makes them impervious to water (marble is quite porous and needs to be sealed anyway) and very, very hard.

Can you tell that the child is a girl? When I was a kid, I could never figure out why girl-children didn’t get their time in great works of art. I know, I know, most of the children are Jesus – but here’s one for the girls!