I just heard some guy say that he was particularly annoyed that Amy Whitehouse failed to sort herself out "because she had so much help" - the record company paying for expensive rehab, her loving family, her management dot dot dot

This immediately reminded me of a diatribe I wrote in 2003, The Artist's Diatribe, which addresses exactly that issue - but from the viewpoint of The Artist. Well worth reading and if you happen to be an artist, to take note, learn the lesson and don't go down the same rabbithole Amy and Alex went ...

I've got some news for all those out there who have been told they must "learn to love themselves more" - it doesn't work.

It can't be done. It's hopeless. Want to know why?

EmoTrance is wonderfully simple, and when the basics are done well, will bring excellent results and joyous sessions for both the practitioner, as well as the client.

But there are some places where things can go wrong, and cause a zzzt in the EmoTrance session.

Here are four examples of where things go wrong with beginners, and how to put them right to make EmoTrance work beautifully.

From when I was three years old, I always thought (and felt) that there was more to books than meets the eye. That they were magical, and that there was something mysterious about them. But it wasn't until I came to make my first consciously "magic book" that I understood properly what it is, and how it works.

I was really excited by this understanding of "books as magical objects" and decided to share this in a free teleclass with the VIP members - and you can listen in today ...

... oh yes! And there are so many other names for fear.

Procrastination. Indecision. Weighing things up carefully. Waiting for a sign. Waiting for the right moment. Waiting for Mr Right! Waiting for a miracle ...

And there are even more of "Fear, by any other name" ... THE GOOD REASONS of course ...

"Magic Failure" is a term Project Sanctuary players use to describe a peculiar state of affairs whereby a person forgets that they have magic and the power to create reality.

Here is an excerpt from Project Sanctuary In A Nutshell which explains the basic idea of magic failure and how it can help us lead more happy, productive, love filled lives.

Here is something that happened today, Tuesday January 12, 2010, quite for real and it is both funny as well as a great teaching story about all sorts - including how to use energy therapy and EmoTrance, to be very specific, to make money literally out of thin air. £150 in this case in under a minute, that's between $250 and $300.

Not bad for 60 seconds worth of energy work ...

At the end of November, I became acutely ill and was taken to hospital. An operation was scheduled for December 31st, and today is December 21st, and it's true to say I'm not feeling at my best.

Here is a personal comment on my reactions to this, and an article entitled "In Sickness & In Health" which I wrote for an unpublished book for magical people.

There are different reasons for writer's block. Here are some helpful tips from author Dr Hartmann on how to make writer's block a thing of the past.

People honestly think and believe with all their heart that somehow, THEIR thoughts are worse, or different, or something OTHER than everybody else's thoughts, which can be controlled - but theirs cannot.

So with the parents of the "impossible" children, in strides Supernanny ...

This is a really fascinating story about a policeman, a rape victim, and the consequences of their meeting following the attack where the victim became a victim of friendly fire in energetic terms. Shame, self mutilation, eventual resolution and some EXTREMELY important learnings about interacting with others in moments of high stress and trauma. Highly recommended.

We made a DragonRising Radio show to give out on CD to introduce people to what we do with energy work. This is available FREE and has on it a number of cool, quick meditations and processes, including a BeauTyT exercise, superfast EmoTrance Stress Relief technique, and a complete energy dancing set from ED2. Lots of other interesting information and samples, well worth a listen.

Tonight, I've given one piece of advice YET again, and I must have said that a hundred times now, and in all sorts of contexts - developing your healing powers, your paranormal abilities, your creative abilities, your intelligence, your health, wealth, joy, happiness, success ... man, it is ONE PRINCIPLE, one single trick that underlies it all and I swear will lead to enlightenment eventually.

Stress is a real problem, but the advice to stressed folk to meditate and learn meditation is throwing them into a Catch 22 situation - they don't know how to relax, and so they can't meditate. But here's hypnosis to the rescue - which is much better for stress than meditation!