Praise for the 40-day program. Next group starts Monday, November 21

Hello there -

all of you who know me know I super-suck at self-promotion and I do everything in my power to avoid it.

I prefer just to keep sending inspiring messages and give everything away for free.

But here’s the thing: I created this really awesome 40-day program last spring 2010 called Stop Waiting, Be Happy. I did it for me really, because for years and years I had A Course in Miracles, but I still wasn’t consistently happy I was always “waiting” for a miracle even though I “knew” all that I was supposed to do. I wasn’t doing it. I just kept waiting for peace and joy to arrive. Waiting, waiting, wishing, hoping, praying.

I was very good at quoting from the Course, I knew it practically by heart, I knew what to do, but then why oh why oh why was I still waiting around for a miracle? Why was I not in a constant state of joy?? I knew it was possible, so how come I couldn’t access it???

What I really needed a good swift kick in the pants, and since no one seemed to be around to do it for me, I decided I’d do it myself!!

So I created a program – mostly just out of curiosity – and then I decided to invite some of my readers to join with me. I figured if I had people in a group it would force me to finish writing all 42 blog entries (42 – because it’s really a 6-week program – and 7 days times 6 weeks is 42) – but I like the idea of Jesus and 40-days in the desert and so that’s what I always end up calling this program – but for accuracy purposes it’s really 42 days, plus a 4-day preparation phase – so 46 days!

For more information on it, click this link:

Stop Waiting, Be Happy http://gorgeousforgod.com/gorgeousforgod/

So I was working with people, hoping it was helping someone and the letters started coming in. They were astonishing!! People were having huge shifts and break-throughs even before we started on Day 1 (there is a 4 day Preparation Phase – which is just answering a bunch of questions and finding out your resentments and grievances and putting them down on paper) – and it was during the Preparation Phase in the first week that a lot of people encounter some kind of A WAKE-UP CALL where there are roused out of the sleep of their routine. I was receiving letters from participants declaring “YES! I really DO want to be happy, I DO want peace, and I am willing to do the work, thank you, thank you, thank you.!!” I was getting beautiful letters of gratitude every day with self-realizations that YES, this is possible, and Oh my God, I’m doing it! A new beginning!

There’s a lot of excitement when you suddenly realize that life is suddenly changing. And you’re not waiting anymore, but you’re actually showing up for yourself now and turning to God – and seeing the changes.

Of course, never in my wildest dreams did I think people would be having Ah-Ha moments before we even got started, but that’s what was happening! And then I would start getting the really cool letters, the full-blown realizations (after years of studying the course) of “OH MY GOD!!! I AM DOING THIS TO MYSELF!!”

haha. And we all would laugh, and keep going.

Every day was a new discovery.

So I have this 40-day program now – I’ve offered it 4 different times (with 12-15 people in each group) – and as much as I hate tooting my own horn, marketing and self-promotion, I can tell you this: THIS PROGRAM ROCKS. It gives results, and it gives them fast.

I’m proud of this program.

I’m offering another group starting this coming Monday, November 21st. This may or may not be the last time I offer this program with one-on-one phone/Skype coaching – I just never know what’s going to happen. But I do know I’m offering it now and it starts on Monday.

Participation is limited because it’s a one-on-one program and there’s just me. I don’t have any assistants or no teams helping me. It’s just me so I can only take a small group. I work with every one individually, and then we have a live! group Skype call on Thursday night at 8pm EST – where you can ask questions and share whatever is going on with you.

To read more about this program and to sign up, click this link: http://gorgeousforgod.com/gorgeousforgod/

HERE ARE FEW OF THE LETTERS OF PRAISE I HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM CURRENT PARTICIPANTS (and one really good one from someone who took the program last year and quit antidepressants and has been off them for 7 months, and feeling happy) . There are many more – my mailbox is overflowing with love every day – and here’s a few to give you a sample of WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. Some of these letters are long. I was thinking I wanted to edit them to make them shorter but as I was reading them, they are soooooo good – I really just want to post them in their entirety as they came to my email box. I deleted the names for privacy.

Hi Lisa,

I have some news to share with you!

I have been on antidepressants for 14 years. I’ve tried to quit several times, but always failed.

Somewhere during my first time doing the It Matters Totally program and reading the Gorgeous for God blog I started to believe that maybe I actually could be happy in this life and I started to feel that the antidepressants were standing in the way of this happiness since they are known to flatten your emotions. So I started weaning myself off them very slowly.

I’ve hit a few rough spots along the way with depression, nausea and insomnia. But here I am, 7 months later, I AM OFF ANTIDEPRESSANTS!!!

 

Thank you! I love you!

Love,

Hello dear Lisa,

Wow…I had some resistance to listening to the audio this morning.  I would get about 6 minutes into it and then just lose all focus… I’d start doing other things and forget about listening, or I’d start reading some other section in the Course…  Hahahaha!  I guess I know what that means!    I finally did listen to the whole thing all the way through and it’s very powerful stuff.

I thought yesterday’s work was very powerful, too.  I read the three lessons (128-130) last night.  The three after that are awesome, too.  They are such great reminders that there is no world and there is nothing here that has any value whatsoever.  My favorite line was:  Fear has made every thing you think you see.  Wow!  Fear made the whole illusory world of time and space.  That sure does put everything into perspective.

I am doing pretty well in letting my grievances go.  You wouldn’t believe (but I bet you would, actually) the progress I’ve made with regard to my ex.  There are whole chunks of our relationship that I can’t even remember anymore.  It’s as though they’ve just been removed from my mind.  I guess that would be the collapsing of time and space.  I know that he is getting what he needs, and I am getting what I need, and it couldn’t be any more perfect than that. 

I love you, Lisa.  Thank you for this wonderful gift of mind training.

Hi Lisa,

I had a shift this morning while listening to yesterday’s audio. I finally feel/believe the Holy Spirit is one with me and not outside me. I can’t wait to spend that 1/2 hour you suggest, meditate and listen for God’s voice. This is what I was hoping your Course would help me with; having a real relationship with God. I have lots of practice to do, but I am experiencing and feeling a shift towards God. Thank you!!! Lots of love to you!!

I am becoming more and more aware of my ego vs. God and trying to listen to the Holy Spirit’s voice. I like the lesson today to write a new story. Create the construct of your day. I used to do that all the time, but it usually self-centered. Now I would like God to create my day in his will and me being able to allow and trust Him. Like I said, it is definitely not natural for me. Thank you for listening and offering SO much, Lisa!!!

I’ll be in touch….

Ciao 4 now and lots of love!

Lisa,

I love this program. I know today is a new beginning and establishing a relationship with God. I am 100% committed to developing this relationship and walking with the Holy Spirit every moment of every day. This will be my new intent. Thank you.

Hi Lisa!

Thank you for all of your loving and encouraging words!! It helps me believe in me and in God. You are more than welcome to post my email on your website, especially if will help someone else. That is what it is all about; being one with each other in God! I’m so glad I am in the group!! I tend to be a loner, especially when it comes to my emotions, so this is really good for me!!

Hi Lisa,

I have been doing the lessons, listening to the audios and writing in my journal almost every day. I still haven’t got quiet enough to just sit and mediate, but I do a walking meditation with my dogs

I have been more emotional and having trouble sleeping for the past week or so. And I have been having some weird intense dreams, but I am trying to just take it in stride and not dwell on it. Yesterday, and today especially, I have had a shift in perception. I am feeling happier and hopeful. It is SO helpful and freeing when I am able to just let everyone and everything be as it is. Not controlling and just allowing is freeing, but not natural to me because I usually try to orchestrate it. Not easy at times, for sure, but I am staying mindful of the lessons and of God all day. I am trying to be the observer. Give myself time to think about and apply the lessons. Your daily lessons and audios are so inspiring and practical. The hardest part is remembering everything, but I’m sure that comes with practice.I have a pretty good forgetter sometimes. I’m feeling more positive than I have in a while. I told you that I have been having troubles with just letting drinking alcohol go this past year and I saw a new perception of what my drinking actually is doing. Keeping me in conflict instead of true peace. Keeping me in the shadow of darkness, unable to be one with the light. It is an ego distraction to continue in littleness…a low vibration. Your lesson on giving up death brought up feelings of fear, anxiety and definitely resistance. I decided I am done with littleness and conflict. I want to feel the joy and peace of God. I want to break through the clouds and stay in the Sonlight.

Being willing to let everything change is a hard one to let go of and trust God with, even though I want to and think I have. I continue to try every moment and with every situation. I am actually applying for a new position at my work. I feel unsure, but I would really like to be in that department and learn new skills. It is more my passion now to become a skilled electronic engineering tech. I am enrolling for classes next month and hope they will be willing to support me while I build my knowledge base. I have the basics, but I need to know more advanced skills, However, after talking with some of the engineers encouraging me to apply, I feel pretty confident in my chance to get it beacuse of my other strengths/ I have a great working relationship with all of the engineers here. Giving it to God is a big step for me and letting what happens, happen, believing everything that does is in my best interest and God’s will. It does feel good to give up control, but not natural.

I also had a thought today about everything else that isn’t love or a cry for love… it’s like the ego filling in the gaps; like a table covered with a beautiful feast, but when you look closer, you find that all the food is plastic- it’s just for show! It’s actually all made out of the same stuff, and you can’t eat it! Nothing’s going on! So, that’s my reply! Thanks Lisa. This is so great…. Thank you so much.