Today happens to be Friday, the 13th of February, and it turns out that there will be 3 Friday the 13ths in 2009. The word above: Friggatriskaidekaphobia means “fear of Friday the 13th.” I thought that was very funny that someone came up with a very long term for this particular superstition.
In the same way that I reclaimed Valentine’s Day, I have decided to reclaim Friday, the 13th. I have a special connection to the 13th, because one month from today, on Friday the 13th of March, I will be celebrating my 65th birthday!
I cannot relate to the number of my age at all (since I continue to feel very young at heart), but I am quite thrilled to be getting on MediCare and escaping the awful world of private health insurance.
If you happen to suffer from Friggatriskaidekaphobia, I believe that it would be fairly easy to tap it away. Just trying to pronounce the above word while you tap might create that other great energy shifter: laughter.
Try tapping while you say: Even though I suffer from Friggatriskaidekaphobia, I totally and completely accept myself anyway! Try saying that over and over again, and see if your energy doesn’t move very quickly.
I am not a big fan of horror movies, so I never saw any of the Friday, the 13th movies (and I never will), but I’m sure films and stories and myths add to people’s discomfort about this day. I always thought it was very strange to go into a building that doesn’t have a 13th floor. I want to say to people living on the 14th floor: You are in denial! This IS the 13th floor, no matter what you call it!
My last name, Immergluck means always lucky so I am claiming all 3 Friday, the 13ths this year as happy, auspicious, lucky days!
Don’t forget, I am hosting a unique EFT event on April 11 and 12, 2009 with my colleague and fellow EFT expert, Alina Frank in Highland Park, Illinois. You will experience 2 days of incredible healing and learn the best highlights of EFT Levels 1, 2, and 3. If you sign up before March 1st, the cost is only $195 for the 12 hour workshop. For a small extra fee, you can also receive 12 CEU’s. For more details and to sign up, go to www.eftmentors.com.
Happy Friday the 13th and Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Dear Family and Friends,
I have never been so proud to live in the great city of Chicago! I hopped on a bus last night and walked with hundreds of thousands of people to Grant Park. It didn’t matter that we didn’t have a ticket for the main event. There were huge screens all over the park, like at a Rock Concert, so we could see and hear everything.
The weather was perfect, and the mood of the crowd was quietly optimistic. When the polls closed and the announcement flashed on the screen that Barack Obama was our projected president-elect, a wave of joy and relief passed through the crowd. In that huge sea of humanity, I saw every possible type of American: rich and poor, white, black, Asian and Hispanic, young and old.
In a time of great fear and unrest in the world, for one moment in time, I witnessed a group of people who were happy and proud and elated. It was a moment I will treasure for the rest of my life.
Whatever your political leanings might be, I hope you will all agree with both Obama and McCain: that first and foremost of all, we are Americans. For right now, if we can all put aside the labels that divide us and forget that we prefer “conservative” or “liberal,” Democrat or Republican, red state or blue state, and simply say that I am an American and a citizen of the world.
I love my work with energy psychology. I have seen how the movement of energy can heal a person physically and emotionally. I believe that we can all move our collective energy to heal our country and the world.
The theme of Obama’s speech was, once again: “Yes, we can!” I bought a t-shirt last night that said: “Yes, we did!” My hope and prayer for all of us is that we come to appreciate what we all can do, and acknowledge and celebrate what we have already done. I intend to stay positive and hopeful. I hope you will too!
God bless you,
Kiya