She did it to me in South Africa some years ago during a workshop. I had a front row seat as a journalist for Longevity magazine and she was discussing POWER and power struggles. From the stage she asked us to put up our hands if were in a power struggle – 10 – 90% of the time… as the percentages went higher I kept my hand up until I was one of a handful admitting to being in a power struggle 95% of the time.

At the time I was entangled in the final stages of my co-dependent 25 year marriage and we were locked in constant battles.

Carolyn took one look, scanning me and my energy body with her laser eyes and said: “You’re desperately afraid of abandonment and being alone,” – or words to that effect. I instinctively covered my solar plexus with my arms – shocked to the core that my “Warrior” Power Struggle was really a case of Frightened Inner Child fearing abandonment. And she barked again: “Don’t try and cover up the truth.”

For the rest of the day I went into shock – because I realized she was right – deep down I so feared abandonment that I stayed stuck in a co-dependent relationship past it’s sell-by date.

As I relate in my book You Can Break-Free Fast, it took a fire to shock me out of my unhealthy stuckness. Eventually I had the courage to face divorce and a new life alone, homeless and penniless. But truthfully it was the best thing that ever happened in terms of my spiritual, emotional and psychological growth.

So I can’t wait to read what Myss has to say about the mystical side of healing.

Defy Gravity by Caroline Myss

Her book Defying Gravity is inspired by ordinary people who overcame a wide array of physical and psychological ailments—from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer.Caroline dove into the works of the great mystics to gain a deeper understanding of healing’s spiritual underpinnings. Based on these studies, she demonstrates how conventional and holistic medicine often fall short in times of need. Both systems rely upon a logical approach to curing illness when there is nothing reasonable about the emotional, psychological, or spiritual influences behind any ailment.

Bottom line according to Myss: You can heal any illness. You can channel grace. And you can learn to live fearlessly. It’s all about defying gravity and breaking through the boundaries of ordinary thought.

I relate to him. As a journalist who many years ago committed my life to “uplifting and inspiring” rather than dishing up the sensational and sickening I have had to pursue my dream doggedly through many years of challenge with only the imagined outcome guiding me.

As Winston Churchill once said: “Never, never, never give up.”

You first need the soul seed of desire and inspiration – a clue to your Divine Life Purpose. And after that to keep hot and committed you need Persistence.

It’s about keeping your goal on track like a guided missile.

It’s about breakthroughs and break-free-ahas when you get nudged, supported by forces seen and unseen.

It’s as much about the times you feel like giving up and chucking it in as about the days you are truly “in the flow.”

For me it’s been mainly about cleaning and clearing out the noise and negative patterns keeping me from flying and eventually breaking free. Plus being guided and mentored by others – the authors and teachers I worked alongside to publicize their books and workshops.

Of course, as I learned from Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way – a brilliant book and 12-week program about releasing your creativity which I have run for groups with astounding results – we often “shadow” those we most aspire to be.

BIRTHING A BOOK

As a journalist I’ve written thousands and thousands of articles and interviews. But nothing can compare with holding the first copies of my book. As I get ready to launch on Amazon in July – my heart is enthralled by my new book as lovingly as a new mother holding her newborn.

Author of “The Power of Persuasion”, Kevin Hogan in a teleseminar with internet marketing guru Rich Schefren, reinforced this feeling of your book being like a precious child. He said “you don’t trash your child because he or she is not performing… so value your book and don’t give up on it…ever!”

I like that.

So don’t ever give up on your book – or dream. Persistence pays off.