In This Issue:
May 1, 2015 - Issue 14



Welcome to our fourteenth issue of Living in the Miracle Zone! 

Here you'll find knowledge, techniques and inspiration to live a life where miracles are simply the order of the day!

The theme of this issue is The Miracle of Peace.
 
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News From Marci & Debra


 

Hi there,    


Happy May Day, which in some cultures is also celebrated as fertility day! May we all be fertile with fresh ideas, energy, and miracles.

 
Marci just returned from the Nobel Women's Initiative in Amsterdam where she met with four of the women Nobel Peace Prize winners (Nobel Laureates) and more than 100 courageous women from around the world who are defending the rights, safety, and well-being of women globally.  The stories that these women told of their challenges in conflict-ridden areas are remarkable -- it was an extraordinary testament to the strength of women's power and the depth of love in their hearts.
 
One of the great jobs of the Nobel Women's Initiative is to amplify the voices of the voiceless and ensure that women's voices are heard and attended to all over the world.  To learn more, you can go to nobelwomensinitiative.org
 
After that conference, Marci attended the 100th anniversary of The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).  Over 1000 women from around the world attended that conference, which featured the women Nobel Laureates along with amazing speakers working towards peace and freedom.    We invite you to watch the opening plenary session with the Nobel Laureates and an extraordinary 93 year old woman who started advocating for peace and freedom in 1941.  Here is a link to the opening session - click here.
 
As we join with our miracle sisters from around the world, may we all be beacons of light helping create a world of harmony, peace and freedom for everyone.
 
With love,

Marci and Debra

 

Marci with Mauread Maguire, Nobel Laureate 1976 from Northern Ireland (center) along with Liz Fisher, YOM member

 

Miracle Message
Staying in the Zone

More than any other question we receive, "Is it possible to remain in a happy and peaceful state in the midst of negative people?" is definitely #1.


Staying positive around negative people is definitely an art.

You can probably relate to this scenario: You're having a great day, feeling in the flow, loving the energy in the Miracle Zone, when all of a sudden - wham! You bump into someone who's in a foul mood, who wants to talk ill of others or who just has an endless list of complaints. The next thing you know, you're brought down and feeling negative and upset yourself.


Why does this happen? Why does your wave of positivity seem to crash when it bumps up against a wall of negativity? Well, there's a law of physics that says when two objects are vibrating near each other, the one vibrating with the greatest intensity will dominate. In relationships, this means that the person with the strongest emotional state sets the tone of any interaction - and like a tuning fork, you start vibrating at their frequency. YIKES!

So the next time you're in a positive, happy, miraculous state of mind and you happen upon someone who decidedly isn't, you have a choice to make: You can either consciously attempt to have the person synchronize with your emotional state or by default, you will synchronize with theirs.

It's probably easier to make choice #1 when you don't know the person well so you're not as reactive. It takes a bit more resolve when you're invested in the relationship. Just know that you're giving your friend or loved one a great gift by not indulging their negativity. Misery may love company but the result is you're both miserable.

The more you practice the techniques we share to stay in the Miracle Zone, the more you'll build up a strong "emotional immune system" that prevents you from catching another's negativity, and your peace and well-being will not be effected.

Until then, here are a few tips for staying in the Miracle Zone even in the face of someone who's firmly entrenched in the Negativity Zone:

1. Keep your emotional balance by tuning in to your body. Notice any sensations arising in your physiology. Just the act of presencing those sensations will bring you into the present moment and prevent you from having a knee-jerk reaction. Your powerful attention will facilitate the dissolution of the uncomfortable sensation and restore you to a state of peace.

2. Most people who are upset are not deliberately trying to bring you down. They just want their feelings to be acknowledged. You might say, "I can see why you might feel that way," or, "I see that this situation is really upsetting to you."

3. Then gently and without judgement (and definitely without blame) offer something positive about the situation. Be light-hearted and they might see the situation from a new perspective.

4. If you can't think of anything positive to say, know that simply staying neutral in the face of negativity is a gift in itself.

Most importantly, you want to have your positive, miraculous vibration be the dominant vibration - so just like a tuning fork, you'll bring your friends, without them even knowing it, into the Zone where miracles are simply the order of the day.


 

Quotes

"There is no path to peace.  Peace is the path."
~ Ghandi

 

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow"
~ Helen Keller


About Marci

 

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned transformational teacher and an expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love.  Her books include the international bestsellers Love for No Reason and Happy for No Reason.  

Marci is also the woman's face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, as co-author of six books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With total book sales of more than 15 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time. 

Marci is also a featured teacher in the international film and book sensation, The Secret and the host of the national PBS TV show called Happy for No Reason.  

President and co-founder of the Esteem Group, she delivers keynote addresses and seminars on happiness, empowerment, and peak performance to Fortune 500 companies, professional and non-profit organizations, and women's associations. Dedicated to helping people live more empowered and joy-filled lives, Marci's current passion is mentoring people to create miracles in their lives.

 

About Debra

 

Debra Poneman spent the decade of the 70's teaching meditation to thousands and studying with some of the greatest spiritual Masters of the east - often in deep meditation for 10 to 12 hours a day and silence for weeks at a time. In the early 1980's, she began examining the knowledge of the great Masters of western metaphysical thought and founded Yes to Success Seminars to bring to the masses then "radical" ideas like everything is energy and your thoughts create your reality.

Within a few short years, Debra's seminars were established in cities across the US and internationally on four continents. Debra's infomercial was the first to ever to offer a "self-improvement" product and was broadcast in dozens of major US markets. She regularly appeared on TV, radio and in print from coast to coast. Her client list included Fortune 500 companies - at a time when there were only a handful of women corporate trainers - and her students went on to become mega-successful entrepreneurs, New York Times bestselling authors, renowned transformational leaders, millionaires, billionaires, and even household names.

In 1988 in the midst of negotiations for her own daytime TV talk show and with a contract in hand with a major publisher for her Yes to Success book, Debra chose to follow a different passion. For 20 years she disappeared from the public eye to be a stay-at-home mom.

Debra, now a best-selling author, is back once again sharing her knowledge with the world on what it takes to create a life of success, happiness and miracles.

 


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