If you’re anything like me, your new year’s resolutions usually include some sort of “I will read x-number of books” goal. Here are a few of my faves that I’d recommend for your 2012 reading list.
I’m a self-professed book addict, so I’d love to know what else are you reading that is rockin’ your world right now! Leave me a note in the comments section below.
(Click the images if you’d like to order directly from Amazon.)
Happy New Year, my friends!! 2012 is bursting with potential and possibility and I’m looking forward to hearing what the new year brings into your life.
Here’s my latest Heart to Heart featuring Gabrielle Bernstein, motivational speaker and author of Add More ~ing To Your Life and Spirit Junkie.
I know you’ll enjoy this native New Yorker’s wit and wisdom. In this interview, Gabby and I talk about:
Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think!
All love,
Mindie
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Click here to listen:
Thanks so much for checking out my conversation with Gabby. Learn more about her work at GabbyB.TV or Her Future and mention that you heard her here on Restart Your Heart!
Gabrielle’s Bio:
Since 2004 Gabrielle, who has a degree in theater from Syracuse University, has been on the speaking circuit. Gabrielle has presented lectures at the Massachusetts Conference for Women, Seattle Center for Women in Democracy, Nobel Women, Integral Yoga, Kripalu, Universities nationwide, The Step Up Women’s Network, The Junior Leauges and many other venues.
In 2008 she launched her social networking site www.HerFuture.com for young women to find mentors.
Gabrielle has been featured in media outlets such as The New York Times Sunday Styles, Marie Claire, Health, SELF, Women’s Health, Forbes List: 20 Best Branded Women and New York Moves Magazine. Gabrielle is a regular blogger for the Huffington Post, Intent, and CrazySexyLife. In addition she can also be seen riding around the East Village on a unicycle.
Next month’s Heart to Heart interview is with Rollin McCraty, Director of Research at The Institute of HeartMath. Don’t miss it — Subscribe Now!
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Last month I posted that I was offering all my coaching sessions for “value-based payment” until December 31st. What that means is that you pay what you can, based on the value you feel you received.
It occurred to me that some of you might be major procrastinators like me, and may not have jumped at an offer like this, or may have missed it altogether in the slew of holiday social-networking. ;-)
Anyway, if that’s you, I wanted to let you know that coaching sessions with me are still available for “pay what you can” through December 31st. I know this week is busy with travel and holiday festivities, so I’ll actually extend the offer through January, as long as you schedule your coaching session by December 31st.
Here’s how it works:
My average session fee is $250 so this is a serious steal to get the coaching you want to get your New Year off to a rockin’ start.
I’m looking forward to working with you!
Contact me today to schedule your appointment.
Happy New Year!!
** Limit one value-based session per client please **
“There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.”
~ Mother Teresa
I have seen hunger in the streets of the cities where I’ve lived
On the paths winding through Kibera slum in Nairobi
In the eyes of children reaching out their hands for alms
In the in-between space of ribs protruding from skin
It seems absurd that there is a greater need for love
Something free. Something simple. Something so elemental.
Yet I’ve seen it to be true
Some of the hungriest I’ve known are yet the most joyful…
Somehow, indescribably, filled up with love that sustains them longer/stronger than food
Love.
It’s the essence of each one of us, the very core of who we are.
The stuff we are made of.
This holiday season, I want to remind you that you are greatly loved.
No matter who you are.
No matter what you’ve done.
I love you.
I appreciate you.
Pass it on…
Spread the love. =)
I am thrilled to present this month’s Heart to Heart interview featuring Mark Nepo, a poet, philosopher and New York Times #1 bestselling author. I have followed Mark’s work for many years and consider The Book of Awakening to be essential reading. (If you don’t own this book, go here right now and order it!) It was an honor to hear a few of his personal stories, and understand some of the influences that have molded him into the wise and thoughtful man he is today.
In 2010, Oprah chose The Book of Awakening as one of her ultimate favorite things. “Mark Nepo is a poet,” Oprah says. “He’s an author and a philosopher and has been through two different cancers. So when he writes, he writes purely from the heart.”
I’m a huge fan of Mark’s work and am delighted to share this conversation with you. In this interview, Mark and I talk about:
All this and more are included in this month’s Heart to Heart with Mark Nepo.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on our conversation. Please leave a comment below.
All love,
Mindie
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Click here to listen: (48:04)
I hope you enjoyed listening to my conversation with Mark Nepo. Visit Mark’s website for more information on his work, or sign-up to receive weekly insights from Mark at ThreeIntentions.com.
Mark’s Bio:
Mark Nepo has published thirteen books and recorded eight audio projects. Recent work includes a new book of teaching stories, As Far As the Heart Can See, and audio books of The Book of Awakening and Finding Inner Courage. As a cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship.
His work has been translated into twenty languages including French, Portuguese, Japanese, and Danish. In leading spiritual retreats, in working with healing and medical communities, and in his teaching as a poet, Mark’s work is widely accessible and used by many.
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Here we are at the beginning of the holiday season, when tensions run high and emotions we’d rather not deal with sometimes creep in.
I’ve been tossing around the idea of “value-based coaching” and decided now would be the perfect time to roll it out to help you through the holidays this year. I’ve offered it to a few clients so far, and those who have taken me up on it are loving the concept.
Here’s what it looks like:
Now, there are a couple stipulations to this kind of agreement:
Whatever your situation, if you could use some insight, guidance or a strategy session this holiday season, CLICK HERE to schedule a coaching session with me or call me at 480.788.8756. Appointments are available on evenings and weekends, in addition to regular business hours.
By the way, if you’re looking for a more comprehensive coaching program, check out HeartFlow.
(Excerpted from The HeartMath Solution)
The term “freeze-frame” is movie lingo for stopping a film at a single frame to take a closer look. As you know, a movie is made up of countless frames of film. The projector showing the film runs the sequence of frames past a powerful light so quickly that we perceive them as continuous and unseamed. Together those separate frames create the movement that draws us into the story. If we want to see a still shot of one of the moments flashing by, we have to stop the projector—or freeze the frame. We can look at life as a high-speed movie. We get so caught up in the momentum of the story that it’s easy to forget that it’s made up of individual moments. From one minute to the next, we have an astonishing range of thoughts, emotions, and experiences that make up our lives. Think about it. How much has happened inside you since you started reading just this chapter? Maybe the phone rang or you were otherwise interrupted. Maybe you had to move around to get comfortable or find the right lighting. Maybe a certain phrase you read reminded you of something else and your mind began to wander. Each of these events left a mental or emotional trail in your internal world.
If the interruption was enjoyable, you returned to your reading in a pleasant frame of mind. If it wasn’t enjoyable, your discomfort was subtly—or not so subtly—woven into your experience as you continued to read. You get the point: each response leads into the next frame. You’re writing the story of your life one moment at a time. The FREEZE-FRAME technique gives you the power to stop your reaction to the movie at any moment.
It lets you call a time-out to gain a clearer perspective on what’s happening in a single frame. By helping you align your head and your heart, it gives you quick and efficient access to heart intelligence. Going to your heart through FREEZE-FRAME reduces stress, but it does more than that. It shifts your perspective, allowing you to tap into a deeper source of intuition and power. FREEZE-FRAME uses the power of the heart to help manage the mind. Because our mental, emotional, and physical systems are all interconnected, FREEZE-FRAME also has a powerful effect on our emotions and biology…
From time to time it’s a good strategic move to call a time-out and regroup your internal team—your head and your heart. You may think you don’t have time to take a break, but you do: FREEZE-FRAME was designed to work quickly. The brief mental time-out it gives you allows you to gain access—on the spot—to the balancing power of the heart and the revitalizing insights of heart intelligence.
The Five Steps of FREEZE-FRAME technique:
1. Recognize the stressful feeling and FREEZE-FRAME it! Take a time-out.
2. Make a sincere effort to shift your focus away from the racing mind or disturbed emotions to the area around your heart. Pretend you’re breathing through your heart to help focus your energy in this area. Keep your focus there for ten seconds or more.
3. Recall a positive, fun feeling or time you’ve had in life and try to re-experience it.
4. Now, using your intuition, common sense, and sincerity, ask your heart, What would be a more efficient response to the situation, one that would minimize future stress?
5. Listen to what your heart says in answer to your question. (It’s an effective way to put your reactive mind and emotions in check and an in-house source of commonsense solutions!)
Try the Freeze-Frame technique next time you find yourself in a stressful situation. With practice, you can use it to immediately bring yourself back into balance.
My recent interview with Bernardo Mendez of YourGreatLifeTV.com…
Patty Contenta, award winning ballroom dancer, choreographer and creator of Sensuality Secrets spoke with me about her journey from learning that her husband had been having an affair to recreating herself using dance as her teacher. She took what she learned on the dance floor about how to be confident and attractive to rebuild her confidence and romantic life.
Patty describes how she made it through the tough times even as thoughts such as “how did this happen to me?” and “how will I support myself?” could have weighed her down.
She also shares some of the “sensuality secrets” from her program and describes how masculine/feminine energy mingle on the dance floor. I was surprised to hear how similar it was to “real life” relationships.
All of this and more are included in this month’s Heart to Heart with Patty Contenta.
Bio:
Patty Contenta began her career in the ballroom dancing community 20 years ago with the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Montreal. As a professional dancer, choreographer, judge, international traveling dance consultant and owner of the World renowned Arthur Murray Dance Franchise, she has transmitted her passion for dance to students around the world.
She is creator of Sensuality Secrets, a book and DVD set that helps divorced women over 40 who are struggling with their body image feel sexy, feminine, confident and attract quality male attention.
I spent yesterday hiking around Sedona, Arizona, scouting out the best places to bring the group for HeartPath next month. Here’s a quick video from the trail on integrating the good, the bad and the ugly in our lives.
Leave a comment below and let me know what you think, or how you have learned to integrate your world.
