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Intimacy and Money! from Giovanni in Queens, NY

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

giovanni

Hi everybody!

I am in my studio now,  about to draw, and I feel like I am about to kick some major ass.
The “Intimacy” workshop was actually a miracle.  Since the workshop, which only ended three days ago, two of my drawings have sold, and another was put on hold.  ’Hold’, meaning it will probably sell also.
Yesterday, my boss Max approached me in the morning and told me he wants to give me a “Mid-year’s Bonus” (which has never happened before)!!  I had a nice, INTIMATE, mushy, loving moment with Max, as he told me how much he appreciates the quality of work I’ve been doing with him, and I expressed a lot of gratitude for him, too.
I am on fire at work this week.  No breaks, all fast, hard completion.  Each task I get, I surprise myself with the simplicity with which I complete things, and time opens up so that even more things may be completed.
My girlfriend Kate and I are not fighting at all.  Just cool and calm and listening.  Working together on each other’s projects.
Kate and I had an amazing Monday Night Alive this week. I am ALWAYS wrong when I try to imagine how valuable a Kanes workshop will be before it happens.  It is always unimaginably valuable.
Love you all,  Thanks so much Ariel and Shya!
Gio

This Year Mother’s Day is One Week Earlier

Monday, May 10th, 2010

FotoDear Friends,

10 days  ago, I thought it would be a nice idea to send my mother some flowers at Mother’s Day, May 9th.  So I went in the Internet to my online flower shop and checked Mother’s Days flower bouquets. They were beautiful, but nothing really touched my heart. So I checked the other offers, and suddenly a stunning bouquet of a dozen large red roses popped up. A beautiful heart shaped tin box with filled chocolate was attached.  It looked just gorgeous! Then my little voice in my head started: “No, this is something for lovers, not for moms.” And then I saw, they are only available tll April 30th. Ok, enough resonable reasons to forget about it. I looked for something else, and one minute later I jumped back to the roses.  They looked so incredible precious and beautiful. (more…)

Mama Gravity

Monday, April 5th, 2010

sandy-smIt all started in Costa Rica. Actually it started just after the completion of the Kanes’ Costa Rican Adventure 2010, which was the best ever, by the way. Although I was inspired and really wanted to go again in 2011, I had hesitated to sign up for Costa Rica next year, because I didn’t want to register without letting my 16-year-old daughter Ayla in on my decision first. This past year, when I had let Ayla know I was going, she had pouted for a week or more because I hadn’t consulted her before committing to go.  I had actually hesitated before telling her because I was afraid she might disapprove!

On the way to my room to get my luggage before heading home, I ran into Ariel and Shya on one of the beautiful covered walkways and we started chatting.  When I outlined my dilemma, they pointed out that what I was actually doing was to ask my daughter for her permission to go to Costa Rica again and that it is I who is the mother who needs to say what’s going on – not vice versa. They said that I was trying to be Ayla’s friend instead of her mother.  It was not long before I discovered how true this really had been.

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Costa Rica – A New Life!

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Colleen MessinaHello, dear friends around the world!

Costa Rica was amazing! It was such a treat that I was there for two weeks!  My husband Jay, our friend Susan & I watched some of the video we shot in Costa Rica.  And I was amazed to see myself. I looked calm and comfortable in my skin.

Costa Rica gave me the opportunity to be me. To be me in a place with 50 plus glorious friends in a land of pure beauty. It was magical as we all transformed and relaxed into the moment. The two weeks in Costa Rica gave me the opportunity to relax into myself, as I kept dropping the thoughts that requested I work on myself. The old mechanics didn’t have staying power as I didn’t entertain & indulge in urges of self pity. It was amazing!! And this skill set got easier & easier as each day flew by.

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Experts in Instantaneous Transformation: Bill

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Bill gives tips about how to have an active sex life after almost 50 years of marriage.

Experts In Instantaneous Transformation: Fernanda

Monday, August 3rd, 2009


Fernanda reveals some useful dating tips. (Note: This podcast is in English and Spanish.)

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Everything Matters

Monday, July 27th, 2009


Bill discovers that he has stopped treating his job as a tenured professor at one of the world’s largest art schools as his “day job” and his 48-year-old marriage is the best it’s ever been.

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The Grace to Be Yourself

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

“Breaking the Cycle of Unfulfilling Relationships” An excerpt from How to Create a Magical Relationship, The Three Simple Ideas That Can Instantaneously Transform Your Love Life

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

htcmr2.jpgIf you want to create a working, supportive relationship with another, it is imperative that, you be willing to be complete in the relationship you have with your parents. The dictionary defines complete as “lacking no component part; full; whole; entire.” But what does being incomplete with your parents mean? It is when you are looking to prove them wrong or right for what they did, or didn’t do, or when you endlessly search for their weak points.

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