A voracious reader all my life, mainly non-fiction and anything I can learn and grow from. Favorite magazines: EnlightenNext and The Sun. Love The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Best single book I've ever read: I AM THAT by Nisargadatta Maharaj.
***** After watching this youtube "Famous Failures" video, check out the related videos. Let this go deep within you.
HOBBIES
Walking, swimming, hiking, working out, reading, watching movies and, most to the core, simply being.
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MOVIES
Holidays are coming...check out the "Reason for the Season" by the Permanator.
Then treat yourself to some goofy fun--watch this!
Love 'em!! Oh, so many. Love foreign films and bollywood romance. A few favorites: Pride and Prejudice (1999, A & E), The Producers, House of Games, Groundhog Day, Lawrence of Arabia, Young Frankenstein, Fitzcaraldo, The Loved One, Tom Jones, Lost Horizon, You Can't Take It With You, pre-code films, stand-up comedy and my all-time favorite... Seven Beauties. ***** After watching this youtube worldwide gratitude dance below, check out the other videos on the bottom of the screen, especially the original Gratitude Dance, "The Secret is You," and the T-mobile dance. Also you might look up "Great belgium dance in a train station." Have a great time! Knock your socks off!!
MUSIC
Love almost all types. Some favorite artists: Bob Dylan, Ludwig von Beethoven, the Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, the Pretenders, Keith Jarrett, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, U2, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, John Lennon, Sting, Pearl Jam, Dido, Sheryl Crow, Midnight Oil, Annette Peacock, Robert Wyatt and the all-time favorite... John Coltrane.
***** Here's Apple and Pixar founder Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford University commencement address that is simply a wonder of simplicity and wisdom.
Inhabiting non-duality, presence and sanity, along with authenticity, heart-felt honesty, contribution, beauty, integrity, vision, good judgment, straight talk, serendipity, synchronicity, everyday miracles, all that is joyous, present, real, loving and being our True Selves, the One. Heartfelt gratitude and natural generosity beaming unconditional Love may well be the clearest indicators of aware Presence. Listen to my fun site introduction above. Then enjoy an amazing short video entitled "Validation"---a fable about the magic of free parking. It's all about your attitude and developing the uncanny ability to see the best in everyone so everyone can see the best in you!
Then enjoy the "Who are you" nondual rap of the "Premanator" (aka, Prema Maja Rode, Ph.D.)--bullseye! Also see "Love is You" on the bottom afterwards. Terrific!
Love folks, just folks, that have the maturity, dignity and mutual respect to leave others be and enjoy sustained silence, without having to fill in every space. I'll place my bet on you, that's right "you" (there's just no percentage in anything else!) Who in their right mind would bet against anyone, once realizing that you are betting against yourself, humanity and divinity?!
I truly love writing, especially what has the possibility of empowering others to live presently, joyfully and fully.
TURN OFF'S
I hesitate to say anything since the last thing I desire to do is reinforce any of this. (Anything phony, inauthentic, dishonest, disloyal, untrustworthy, greedy, violent, selfish, unenlightened self-interest, special interests of any type, uncaring, callous, abusive, ugly and crass.) Keep it under your hat! Does anybody still wear a hat (caps do not count)?
ABOUT ME
The cutting edge of my professional life is doing what I love: Present-centered therapy with engaged, committed people. Writing articles and books is anther calling and love of mine. My wife, son and I moved up the East San Francisco Bay Area some eight years ago to follow the muse within repeatedly saying, "Be where you belong, do what you are here to do, with the people you are here to be with." No one home, already Home.
My recently re-designed website is manifesting the intention to "give Psychology away." It is a treasure-trove of powerful and useful resources. Come visit, enjoy and grow:
Check out the hillarious Evolutions of Dance videos--rock it, shake it and don't break it!
Presently I am looking to find the best fitting agent and publisher for a book that has been "writing me" for over 25 years. Building upon Eckhart Tolle's book, The Power of Now, my book expands upon his brilliant work with insights/ research from the field of psychology and non-dual awareness/ spirituality.
The completed draft is entitled "Awakening to Sanity: Being Sane in an Insane World--A Traveler's Guide." In January of this year I sent query letters to over 200 agents and 22 publishers, and am becoming a master of rejection, not that I am taking any of it personally. Any leads would be deeply appreciated!
A Zen book I just finished reading says if you have written a book, worry not about its being published or even if anyone ever reads it. It is not your concern, but God's. So let God worry about it. I'll sit with this wisdom and let it slowly seep in...
I'll stick with the eternal answers: Who "I AM" is indescribable and unfathonable; a full emptiness and a vast everythingness; I know nothing and everything (what do I know?); and I AM that I AM. Consciousness/Awareness is all there is. What else?
As a psychologist (I'm a stretch, not a shrink), I am privileged and blessed to empower people on their journey of healing and wholeness. I know "Source" does all healing. I am simply the one facilitating and helping people help themselves. How can you be more fortunate than to be blessed to do what you love as a calling, be with one you love and who loves you, know nothing and, out of all this, know what is self-evidently true in this present moment?!
***** Here is a video called "Forgiveness and the Freedom of Letting Go." check out the other related videos on the bottom. Enjoy!
Hi there…
"To live your best life be true to the YOU,
that you want to be.
Live with passion.
Change your life from making a living…
to making a difference.
Live up to the reputation that you want to have."
With love and blessings,
Yvonne
Hello...
“All that Life asks is that you move through Life,
with a reverence for Life.
Yet this reverence for Life,
must be displayed in all things.
Even in the littlest things.” NDW
Wishing YOU a GREAT weekend!!!
With love and blessings,
Yvonne