Surviving cancer through joy
By Jena Griffiths | June 17, 2012
“God is not a being but a state of being” Anita Moorjani
A few years ago a friend of mine died of cancer. It was very frustrating not being able to help. I really believed she would surprise us all and miraculously cure herself at the 11th hour. Now I have just read a true story by someone who managed to survive this ordeal and come back to tell the tale.
Anita Moorjani’s journey from cancer to near death to true healing. Dying to be me
Anita’s body was riddled with cancer. She could no longer eat. Her organs had all shut down. She left her body. Met her father and friends on the other side and then chose to come back.
This book is a must read if you have a terminal illness or if one of your friends do. What I found really amazing was that her close family never gave up on her. She possibly wouldn’t have come back without that 11th hour support. Usually the support we give at this advanced stage is to ease the pain and aid transition.
Anita says that what she learned on the other side was self love; to know her own divinity and magnificence and that we are all one and always connected. She says a diet of laughter and joy is the solution rather than anything you eat. Anita says it doesn’t matter what you believe or don’t believe but how you feel about yourself.
“I believe that my cancer was related to my self identity, and it feels as though it was my body’s way of telling me that my soul was grieving for the loss of its own worth – of its identity.”
My favorite quote from this book:
“God is not a being, but a state of being” Anita Moorjani
Well worth reading.
Here’s an update to this post – an interview with Anita about her experience.
Topics: Being in transition, Health, spirit, suicide | 1 Comment »
Famous hands Part 2 – Living Legends
By Jena Griffiths | June 12, 2012
Today we’ll be exploring more famous hands with Richard Unger
Who’s in the lineup?
Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Hilary Clinton, Denzel Washington, Nelson Mandela, Robert Downey Jr.
You can register for this call here
or log in.
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Phyllis Krystal to mentor us every week in Earth School
By Jena Griffiths | June 11, 2012
“I give people hope.” says Phyllis Krystal
She’s 98 and still traveling around the world, giving seminars to thousands of people.
And now Phyllis has agreed to come online every week to share her wisdom with the rest of us, even though she doesn’t own a computer, nor want one.
Jena Griffiths asking Phyllis Krystal to come teach in Earth School
How will this be possible?
Phyllis will join us on the conference line every Thursday in Earth School.
Each week we’ll cover different solutions and you can ask her questions directly.
The calls will be recorded so that anyone can access them in future.
When will these calls start? Very soon.
You’ll be the first to know.
Topics: Being in transition, Burnout cures, Can't say no, Coming Soon, Dealing with the inner critic, Don't know what you want, Fear of success/ fear of failure, Health, Indecision, Relationship problems, Responsibility vs irresponsibility, rollercoaster life, self esteem, Showing Up, spirit, suicide | No Comments »
Phyllis Krystal joins Earth School
By Jena Griffiths | June 9, 2012
She turned me away when I got to the door! Turned out I was early and some clients were still with her. Funny how things turn out, as if prearranged.
This gave me an opportunity to meet two beautiful healers from Freiberg, Friederike and Bengt Jacoby, who agreed to stay on and film the interview.
During our interview I felt rather cramped knowing it was being videoed. I abandoned my notes and pre-planned questions and just asked her what came to mind instead.
Phyllis told us a bit about her life and a hijacking incident in the 70s when the plane she and her husband were traveling on was set alight by 2 hijackers. Miraculously the plane was landed and all passengers got off before the plane and all their luggage was blown to smithereens. If you’d like to know how she managed to avert what could have been a catastrophe, listen to the replay.
She also shared with us a bit about food and blood types, her practice of Tai Chi and the importance of connecting to one’s higher self. Plus a daily exercise how to do this using the maypole.
We also discussed why her “cutting ties” exercise needs two weeks to be effective and why it should not be done in one day as some other healers are using it.
Phyllis has so much wisdom and experience. The good news is she’s agreed to join us in Earth School to share her wisdom and answer questions every Wednesday in future.
Make sure you’re registered for updates.
More information about this coming soon.
Here are some links to Phyllis’s exercises. You can get the rest through her books and workbooks in Amazon
What I love about Phyllis’s work is the simplicity of each exercise she offers. Each one is a powerful tool and the colorful imagery make it possible to even teach these exercises to children.
Topics: Being in transition, Burnout cures, Can't say no, Coming Soon, Dealing with the inner critic, Depression Cures, Don't know what you want, Fear of success/ fear of failure, Free will vs Destiny, Health, Indecision, Relationship problems, Responsibility vs irresponsibility, rollercoaster life, self esteem, Showing Up, spirit, suicide, super talented, What's on in Zurich | No Comments »
Interview with Phyllis Krystal
By Jena Griffiths | June 4, 2012
I’ve been wanting to interview Phyllis Krystal ever since Earth School first started nearly two years ago.
Phyllis is an inspiration to all of us – she’s 97 and still giving seminars worldwide.
How does she do it? What can we learn from her?
Suddenly the timing is right and we’ll be talking to her later this week.
When it comes to setting clear boundaries or cutting ties with people or events from the past, Phyllis’s simple method of doing this is far superior to anything else. If you can’t say no or are a victim of abuse or are having trouble with a partner or family you’ll find her work particularly helpful.
And if you think you’re too old to start a new career or do something significant to help others – think again.
🙂 Phyllis’s business took off after she was 85!
If you have any questions you’d like to ask Phyllis, now’s your chance, please post them in the free auditorium.
Her books are available in several languages from Amazon and everywhere else.
Cutting Ties That Bind
Post your questions for Phyllis in the free auditorium.
The interview will not be live but your questions will be answered during the call if you send them to me before Thursday. The replay.
Here’s a recent video of Phyllis Krystal
Topics: Can't say no | 2 Comments »
Famous hands
By Jena Griffiths | June 3, 2012
Next Tuesday we’ll be exploring famous hands from the past.
From the cave of hands in Argentina to well known personalities from the last 100 years: the 3 Kennedy brothers, Charles Lindberg, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Mark Twain and Max Planck.
The week following we’ll look at the hands of some well known personalities of today. Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield.
Register for this call here.
Members log in here.
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What to do about sexism, racism, class or any other unfair pecking order
By Jena Griffiths | June 2, 2012
Humans are addicted to pulling rank on each other and no-one willingly gives up rank. Usually its this unspoken privilege or elitism that’s the real source of conflict between individuals or groups.
The person who explains this best and what to do is Arnold Mindell. In his book “Sitting in the Fire”, Mindell says “Rank is a drug. The more you have, the less aware you are of how it effects others negatively.”
People who have a high rank don’t see what the fuss is all about. They expect others to conform and behave and this causes antagonism. The way round is to be conscious of your rank and use it to help others.
There are lots of different types of rank such as social status, class, wealth, intellect, education, spiritual, emotional, moral, sexual, gender, marital status, beauty, age, ethnicity, creativity, speed, strength, popularity …..even battle scars or wounded-ness. You might have high rank on some of these scales and low rank on others. In some circles it’s the victims who are top dog.
Naturally, in any given situation people try to make the qualities they have the ones that count most.
For example, if someone is low on wealth or intellect they might more forcefully try to pull rank on the basis of their gender or ethnicity instead. (eg. white male). Or say you’re a black female in a white male dominated society, you might focus on education or beauty or creativity or spiritual rank instead.
Rank comes with being a social animal. It’s not something we can get rid of. The trick is to bring it to consciousness with compassion instead of allowing it to turn into oneupmanship or to coagulate into darker shades of sexism, racism, elitism or any other ism or schism.
What to do?
Think of the various types of rank mentioned above. Which ones do you score high on and which ones low?
Can you have compassion and understanding for the people who score lower than you?
Perhaps even more importantly, can you have compassion for people who are pulling rank on you? Perhaps they’re using rank to mask some other deep seated feeling of inferiority?
Can you use your rank to help others who are less fortunate?
Interestingly, Mindell says that sometimes people take on a charge from the environment. There might be a spacespirit or a timespirit that needs voicing and people step into the role.
If you have a conflict brewing, whether on a world scale or in a teacup, perhaps seek out someone trained in Process Work or Worldwork to help you work with both parties to find a resolution. This applies equally well to family issues as it does in the workplace.
How to improve your status?
There are long term and short term solutions. It’s difficult to change your scenario when the cards are stacked against you. For example you’re the wrong gender or color or you’re not a billionaire. But what you can do is go for situational status or what Oren Klaff calls “local star status”. Be brilliant in at least one area above.
In his book Pitch Anything Oren analyses the mastery of this skill by French waiters. This is a book well worth reading. About why you should never come across as needy, his work is mainly about how you can’t sell if you have low status and how to do presentations that improve your status.
Long term, one of the most effective ways to improve your situation in any society is by mastering the local language. I’m guilty of not doing this as are most English speaking people living in foreign countries. If I can give you one piece of advice wherever you live in the world, it’s learn to be competent in the language of your country of choice.
Mindell is the father of Process Orientated Psychology – this combines physics (Field theory) with Taoism and Jungian psychology. Process work is the basis of a very powerful form of conflict resolution developed by Mindell called “Worldwork”.
Arnold and his wife Amy have both written several books and teach worldwide.
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Are you unconsciously sabotaging your own success?
By Jena Griffiths | May 25, 2012
In in the call with Andy Habermacher, we discussed the fox factor, how our perception of someone and the content of what they are saying is unconsciously influenced by nonverbal behavior, showmanship, confidence and status. What to do to be more aware of this so you aren’t so easily taken in, and also what you can do to improve your own “micro-messaging” in a genuine way to have more impact at work.
Actor Micheal fox
We spoke about the classic Dr Fox effect research where scores of professors, academics where taken in by a professional actor.
We also spoke about the need to pay attention to your own nonverbal behavior.
Andy gave lots of useful tips, and you can get more of these from his book, The Fox factor,
which you can download for $2.95 for the next 30 days on the replay page.
One of the areas we touched on was sexism in the work environment.
I’ll be posting more on that in the coming days.
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The Fox Factor – interview with Andy Habermacher
By Jena Griffiths | May 23, 2012
Thursday May 24 we’ll be talking to executive coach Andy Habermacher on his book, The Fox factor.
Why image and status will override reason in the unconscious mind and what you should do about it.
Time: 3 pm Swittzerland/ Central Europe, 2pm UK, 9 am Eastern. Elsewhere
Andy is a Swiss based certified master coach, corporate trainer and public speaker.
He has spent years training and coaching senior executives of major international corporations.
Andy is fascinated with neuroscience, how our brains work, and how this impacts on business.
Listen to the replay.
Topics: self esteem, Showing Up | 1 Comment »
The seven deadly sins – can they be changed into virtues?
By Jena Griffiths | May 18, 2012
I was talking to a friend the other day about the seven deadly sins and how years ago I’d read a fairytale about how they could be transmuted. He sent me this brilliant contemporary take on these 7 from Digg and also an excellent book The Virtue in the Vice – finding the seven lively virtues in the seven deadly sins by Robin Meyers.
How do the two compare?
Meyers says instead of pride, worthiness.
Emulation, not envy.
Righteous indignation instead of anger
Holy eros instead of lust
communion instead of gluttony
Wanting wisely instead of greed
and contentment instead of sloth
The transmutation recommended in the fairytale is quite similar:
In the fairytale here’s how the 7 transmute:
pride becomes courage,
envy turns to emulation,
gluttony becomes appetite,
avarice becomes economy,
anger turns into vivacity,
idleness into meditation,
and lust becomes love.
When you think about it, what’s the difference between the virtue and the vice?
A vice is an end in itself.
It becomes positive when it’s no longer an end in itself but rather a means to a higher end.
I went digging and re-found the fairytale, it’s from a Belgian tale called “The last adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel”
(Published in Fairytales from Many Lands, Heinemann, 1974 with beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham.)
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