Comments on: The Power of Getting Real http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/ The Power of Appreciation Thu, 17 May 2012 14:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Marguerita Vorobioff http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-979 Marguerita Vorobioff Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:56:48 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-979 Your authenticity and ability to connect with your audience from the heart is very refreshing, as is the courage to share something so deeply personal. Congratulations to you and your wife in striving to find the blessing within something so painful. I was listening to an interview with you and Jennifer McLean today and had to visit your blog and am very glad I did. May we all learn to be so real and vulnerable instead of hiding behind our facades of half truths so we can make this world a better place. You are an inspiration to a world that has lost it's way. Thanks, Marguerita Your authenticity and ability to connect with your audience from the heart is very refreshing, as is the courage to share something so deeply personal. Congratulations to you and your wife in striving to find the blessing within something so painful. I was listening to an interview with you and Jennifer McLean today and had to visit your blog and am very glad I did. May we all learn to be so real and vulnerable instead of hiding behind our facades of half truths so we can make this world a better place. You are an inspiration to a world that has lost it’s way.
Thanks, Marguerita

]]> By: Shana James http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-861 Shana James Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:05:11 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-861 Hi Mike, Thank you so much for speaking up and being real. I had a miscarriage earlier this year. I have been sharing about it with many people, breaking the taboo. It hurt a lot to be one of the only women I knew who had had one. I don't want any woman to feel that way. And as I started sharing, I found out it was much more common than I realized. But I wouldn't have known that, I wouldn't have received most people's vulnerability until I shared. So much love to you and Michelle! Shana Hi Mike,

Thank you so much for speaking up and being real.

I had a miscarriage earlier this year. I have been sharing about it with many people, breaking the taboo. It hurt a lot to be one of the only women I knew who had had one. I don’t want any woman to feel that way.

And as I started sharing, I found out it was much more common than I realized. But I wouldn’t have known that, I wouldn’t have received most people’s vulnerability until I shared.

So much love to you and Michelle!
Shana

]]> By: Mike Robbins http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-858 Mike Robbins Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:06:49 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-858 Thank you so much for your posts and kind words! With Appreciation, Mike Thank you so much for your posts and kind words!

With Appreciation,

Mike

]]> By: Mary Kay Russell http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-856 Mary Kay Russell Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:45:12 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-856 So very sad for you and your wife ... but thank you so much for sharing, and for leaving us with such an important message. So very sad for you and your wife … but thank you so much for sharing, and for leaving us with such an important message.

]]> By: Ramona http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-851 Ramona Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:58 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-851 I must admit that reading your article was like a rollercoaster. First I was happy for the good news, afterwards I was very sad…and after that I was just amazed by your inner power of speaking out loud about what happened, accepting it and trying to move on. And I believe it’s not a very easy thing to do…so, to both of you: Congratulations! For having the inner strength of sharing all of this with the whole planet and please just let applaud the genuine manner of doing it. Not being afraid of speaking, of telling what’s really going on inside you, embracing life (with its pluses and minuses) that is, I believe, the way to true happiness. Not an easy road, but the safest one. :) Take care, both of you, and thank you for this lesson of being real! I must admit that reading your article was like a rollercoaster. First I was happy for the good news, afterwards I was very sad…and after that I was just amazed by your inner power of speaking out loud about what happened, accepting it and trying to move on. And I believe it’s not a very easy thing to do…so, to both of you: Congratulations! For having the inner strength of sharing all of this with the whole planet and please just let applaud the genuine manner of doing it. Not being afraid of speaking, of telling what’s really going on inside you, embracing life (with its pluses and minuses) that is, I believe, the way to true happiness. Not an easy road, but the safest one. :)

Take care, both of you, and thank you for this lesson of being real!

]]> By: DawnaLove http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-850 DawnaLove Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:05 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-850 Hello all. Mike and Michelle, my deepest well wishes for you both. Thank you Mike for your continued openness. Speaking of openness, it was through a teleseminar with you, that I learned about your "If you really knew me technique." You shared with us participants first, and then we formed groups and did our sharing. I tell you, that was a pivotal, enlightening moment for me. I felt completely exposed, surprised, vulnerable and a little fearful by what came out of me. After processing for a few days, I felt free. My sharing: If you really knew me, you would know that... "I am terrified of connection." Well, I never knew that (smiling). I am glad I know it now. This knowledge has significantly reduced my fear, empowered me, and led me to have more honest, meaningful relationships. Well done Mike. Thank you. Namaste' Hello all. Mike and Michelle, my deepest well wishes for you both. Thank you Mike for your continued openness.

Speaking of openness, it was through a teleseminar with you, that I learned about your “If you really knew me technique.” You shared with us participants first, and then we formed groups and did our sharing. I tell you, that was a pivotal, enlightening moment for me. I felt completely exposed, surprised, vulnerable and a little fearful by what came out of me. After processing for a few days, I felt free.

My sharing: If you really knew me, you would know that… “I am terrified of connection.” Well, I never knew that (smiling). I am glad I know it now. This knowledge has significantly reduced my fear, empowered me, and led me to have more honest, meaningful relationships. Well done Mike. Thank you. Namaste’

]]> By: Dawn http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-849 Dawn Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:10:58 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-849 Mike and Michelle - My sincerest condolences on your loss. You're right, it is difficult to talk about. May God help to heal you both in this difficult time. Mike and Michelle - My sincerest condolences on your loss. You’re right, it is difficult to talk about. May God help to heal you both in this difficult time.

]]> By: mary mcmanus http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/2010/07/the-power-of-getting-real/#comment-848 mary mcmanus Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:21:45 +0000 http://www.mike-robbins.com/blog/?p=268#comment-848 Dear Mike and Michelle - Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your baby. Thank you Mike for allowing your 'fans' into one of your most private moments. Blessings to you. I just did a blog post about being real and it's called "The Velveteen Rabbit" http://newworldgreetings.blogspot.com/2010/07/velveteen-rabbit.html and then Beneath the Surface http://newworldgreetings.blogspot.com/2010/07/beneath-surface.html For years I tried to hide my disAbility of being a polio survivor and a survivor of childhood sexual, emotional and physical abuse. There is incredible freedom when one finally has the courage to BE REAL and acknowledge and share our unique stories and how the human spirit can thrive no matter what. Today I shared my journey at a local Rotary Club. I have been sharing my journey with polio and post polio syndrome but today something different happened because as I deepen my sense of authenticity, I have a greater impact on my audiences. People told me that I should do corporate events as an inspiring speaker and that in 33 years of attending Rotary, I was the best speaker. My secret? I spoke from my heart and was real no longer having the need to hide feeling whole and blessed by God's Love. Thank you again Mike and may you and your family find God's Love a healing balm. Dear Mike and Michelle - Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your baby. Thank you Mike for allowing your ‘fans’ into one of your most private moments. Blessings to you.
I just did a blog post about being real and it’s called “The Velveteen Rabbit” http://newworldgreetings.blogspot.com/2010/07/velveteen-rabbit.html and then Beneath the Surface http://newworldgreetings.blogspot.com/2010/07/beneath-surface.html
For years I tried to hide my disAbility of being a polio survivor and a survivor of childhood sexual, emotional and physical abuse. There is incredible freedom when one finally has the courage to BE REAL and acknowledge and share our unique stories and how the human spirit can thrive no matter what. Today I shared my journey at a local Rotary Club. I have been sharing my journey with polio and post polio syndrome but today something different happened because as I deepen my sense of authenticity, I have a greater impact on my audiences. People told me that I should do corporate events as an inspiring speaker and that in 33 years of attending Rotary, I was the best speaker. My secret? I spoke from my heart and was real no longer having the need to hide feeling whole and blessed by God’s Love.
Thank you again Mike and may you and your family find God’s Love a healing balm.

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