Menna and Artur describe their journey from nearly divorcing to being in love and best of friends.

We just took the Transformational Time & Project Management seminar with Ariel & Shya Kane at the New Yorker Hotel on 34th Street and 8th Avenue in NYC.  Wow, we are all so excited about what we experienced and created together.

Humor, passion, fun…what does this all have  to do with the projects on your to do list?  A whole lot more than we all thought.  Here are a few things we discovered: (more…)

In a field of beautiful diamonds, how can one call just one his favorite?

I will plunge in and say that for me, The Art of Flirting episode of Ariel & Shya’s radio show Being Here from September 8, 2010 is my favorite. I raved about it just after it was played and posted and I continue to love it.

It is wonderful for me for so many reasons.  It was so unexpected for me because flirting is not usually connected with enlightenment. Only Ariel and Shya would be brilliant enough to see the connection – now it is obvious to me too. (more…)

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

I want to share with everyone some really cool Transformation that has happened in my life. I was taking a very relaxing bath this evening, and as the water drained from the tub I sat there, looking at my body in the candle-light. (A bath by candle-light is AWESOME!) I suddenly saw that I’ve been treating my body and myself with much more kindness than I have in a long while. Up until about a month ago, I was an occasional smoker and was getting drunk with friends every 1-2 weeks. I turned 27 on December 6th, and around that time, I saw that with the way I was drinking, my life was much more likely to be determined by automatic behaviors, and I was also losing out on a lot of the magic of the Present Moment. What is so cool about this shift is that it was really effortless. I didn’t make resolutions or rules for myself, things just Transformed. I’ve found that in social situations, I feel a much deeper connection to the people I interact with, because I’m actually present to share myself with them. My relationship with my girlfriend Ali has also transformed in that I find we navigate upsets together faster and with more skill. This morning, for the first time in a long while, I woke up on New Years Day with a clear head and went on to have a wonderful day at home with my beautiful girlfriend. I am so thankful to the Kaness and the brilliant community of people who opened me up to the great possibilities for my life. Happy New Years and I’ll see you all very soon in Costa Rica!

Shea

Hi,

I have been traveling a lot in the past few weeks and I have a story about transformation. The night before I left for Hong Kong, I took a taxi home as I had several bags.  When I got to my apartment, the doorman helped me out and as I walked to the door, I turned to notice that my briefcase with all my work documents was not there.  I had left it in the taxi.   While this was minutes after I got dropped off, the taxi had already left our block. I was really upset.  I was leaving for Hong Kong and all my paperwork that I needed was gone.

I realized in that moment, I could be upset, really upset; however, I could also just be me.  I heard Ariel and Shya say (I parapharase), “You don’t have to lose your center when things happen that are not in your preference”.  So I walked upstairs, tried unsuccessfully to call the Taxi Commission and started dinner with my husband.  He was upset and wanted to help me find the bag, but I suggested we eat dinner and deal with the missing bag after.  (It was Hanukah and we also lit our menorah!).  As we watched the candles flickering, we were enjoying our dinner and the bell rang.  It was our doorman, the taxi driver found my bag and returned it to me!  It was a  Hanukah miracle!  But the real miracle was that I handled this situation without drama.  I had a very enjoyable evening.

Miss you all very much!

Best regards,
Corinne

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Hi everybody!

Dear 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…)

It 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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Hello, 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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