March 17, 2009
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Featured Article: Letting Go of Worry
Announcements
Speaking Schedule
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Welcome to another issue of Appreciation in Action. I hope that you and everyone in your world are doing well. I’m so excited that the website for my forthcoming book, Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken, is completed. To check out the new site and learn more about my new book, click here.
The new book comes out in mid-April and I have lots of free public events scheduled, including a free, live teleseminar on 4/14/09 at 4:00 PM PT that everyone is welcome to join. For more information, scroll down or click on this link.
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With Appreciation,
Letting Go of Worry
How often do you find yourself worrying these days?
When I was a kid my mom used to say to me, “95% of what we worry about never happens.” She recognized that I was the “worrying type” and was trying to help ease my mind. Although this rarely worked, I appreciated her sentiment and know now that she was right.
For as long as I can remember, I have been a worrier. I continue to work on this, let it go, forgive myself for it, and choose different ways of being in the face of my fear. And, I still catch myself worrying more than I’d like to admit - about money, about the future, about how things will turn out, about what people think about me, about the well-being of my loved ones, about the state of the world and economy (especially right now), and much more.
However, no matter how much we worry, it never helps. And, as we look deeper at what worrying really is – a set-up for failure, a negative attractor, and a denial or avoidance of feeling our true feelings – we see that it can have a damaging impact on our lives, our work, and our relationships. When we worry, we’re really getting ourselves ready to be upset or angry – assuming something will not work out in the future.
Our worrying not only creates stress, it has an impact (usually negatively) on what we create and manifest, and on our experience of life in general. Worry is really a superficial emotion. It’s clearly something that many of us are all familiar with, can share with others in a way that will garner sympathy, empathy, or even pity, and is easy for us to go through day to day life experiencing. However, underneath our worry are usually deeper emotions like shame, fear, guilt, hurt, or anger, many of which are more difficult for us to feel and express.
If we’re able to tell the truth and face our deeper feelings, we won’t have to waste our time and energy worrying. We can then deal with the root of the issue, not the superficial impact of it (which is what worry usually is).”
There’s nothing wrong with feeling scared, angry, hurt, and even “worried,” in and of itself. These emotions, like love, gratitude, excitement, joy, and others are very important to our human experience. Emotions that are felt deeply and expressed appropriately give us power (regardless of what they are). Emotions that are not felt deeply, that are denied or avoided, and are not effectively expressed, can be damaging.
Worry is always a sign that there are some deeper feelings and issues for us to address. It’s often a good reminder for us to get more real, take better care of ourselves, and pay attention.
Below is a list of some things we can do when we get worried (which many of us are these days, especially given the state of the economy and the world, among other things.):
- Ask ourselves, what’s underneath my worry (i.e. why am I really worried and what am I really feeling?)
- Face, feel, and express these underlying emotions – get support from others in this process if we need it.
- Once we have felt and expressed these emotions, choose how we want to feel and what we want to create, instead of feeling like a victim.
- Appreciate ourselves for the courage it takes to be honest and to deal with the challenging situations or emotions we’re experiencing.
- Focus on the good stuff in our lives (i.e. be grateful for what we have, who we are, and what we’re going through)
What can, will, or do you do to let go of worrying in your life? Share your thoughts on my blog here.
Pre-Order My New Book:
My new book, Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken: Transform Your Life with the Power of Authenticity, comes out in mid-April, as I mentioned above. I’m super excited about this new book and about sharing some important ideas, principles, and practices that you can use to live your life with a deeper sense of authenticity, fulfillment, and confidence. To pre-order the book and have it shipped directly to you as soon as it comes out next month, click on this link:
http://www.beyourselfbook.com/promo/index.htm
Free, LIVE Teleseminar with Mike Robbins – April 14th, 4:00 PM PT
I’m fired up about an empowering teleseminar we have put together, based on the principles in my new book. By participating in this free, LIVE teleseminar event, you’ll learn simple yet effective ways to exercise the power of authenticity in your relationships, your work, and your life. I will walk through a few of the most powerful principles and exercises from the book and give you actionable steps you can take away and implement now. For more info and details, and to sign up click the link below. Feel free to invite others you know to join us on this call so that they too might benefit from the practical insights I plan to share. Sign up now: http://www.mike-robbins.com/beyourselfteleseminar.html
Two Great New Books I Highly Recommend:
Fractal Time, by Dr. Gregg Braden
In this new book, Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age, bestselling author, Gregg Braden merges the modern discoveries of nature's patterns (fractals) with the ancient view of a cyclic universe. The result is a powerful model of time—fractal time—and a realistic window into what we can expect for our lives, and for our world, as we approach 2012—the end of the current World Age cycle—and beyond. We have the opportunity to choose our future. To find out more about this fascinating new book and the bonus gifts you will receive when ordering it, check out the link below.
http://promos.hayhouse.com/fractaltime/
Super Natural Home, by Beth Greer
The information in this new book is important for us to know if we want to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe! It shows us how to identify and eliminate toxins
that go in us, on us, and surround us every day in our home and in life. This book is been endorsed by Deepak Chopra, Ralph Nader, John Gray, Peter Coyote and has lots of great ideas about how to live naturally and stay healthy. For more info about this book and to get free bonuses from lots of authors, like me, click on this link: http://www.supernaturalhomequiz.com/
Where I’m Speaking:
Below is a list of where and when I’m speaking for the next few months. Many of these events are for my corporate or organizational clients (i.e. not open to the public). The ones in bold, however, are public events….many of which are connected with the launch of my new book. I hope to see you at one of these free events…feel free to invite others!
For all upcoming public events, check out http://www.beyourselfbook.com/events.htm. If you live in any of the cities where I’ll be traveling and want to contact me about setting up a speaking engagement for your group or company while I’m in town, feel free to contact me.
3/20/09 – Tucson, AZ
3/21/09 – Tucson, AZ
3/23/09 – Washington, DC
4/3/09 – Lake Tahoe, CA
4/8/09 – San Ramon, CA
4/13/09 – Walnut Creek, CA (Book Launch Event)
4/14/09 – FREE teleclass (click here for info)
4/15/09 – San Francisco, CA (Books Inc.)
4/16/09 – Corte Madera, CA (Book Passage)
4/17/09 – Oakland, CA (A Great Good Place for Books)
4/19/09 – Clayton, CA (Clayton Books)
4/20/09 – San Diego, CA (Bay Books)
4/21/09 – San Diego, CA
4/21/09 – San Diego, CA (Barnes & Noble)
4/27/09 – Mountain View, CA (East West Books)
4/30/09 – Salt Lake City, UT
5/4/09 – Los Angeles, CA (Bodhi Tree Bookstore)
5/7/09 – Riverside, CA
5/9/09 – San Mateo, CA
5/15/09 – Santa Rosa, CA
5/18/09 – Richmond, CA
6/3/09 – Mountain View, CA
6/7/09 – Corte Madera, CA (GGCSL )
6/8/09 – San Francisco, CA (Commonwealth Club)
6/9/09 – San Francisco, CA
6/15/09 – San Francisco, CA
6/16/09 – San Francisco, CA
6/17/09 – San Francisco, CA
6/25/09 – Palo Alto, CA
Again, for a full list of my upcoming public events, check out: http://www.beyourselfbook.com/events.htm.
“We do our best not to worry too much! And, we love our daddy. Thanks for being on his email list!”
- Samantha and Annarose Robbins
