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Last 20 Shows Lessons From Rev. Ike Listening to the messages of Rev. Ike made me feel good! They left me feeling empowered, strong and worthy. My daughter just informed me that the minister known as Reverend Ike - The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II - passed over yesterday. I have mixed emotions because on one hand I am sadden and [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Things To Do In Stressful Times(These feelings will take us in the direction we do NOT want to go.)
This message is to some of my family members, friends and many people who visit my blogs and website. A lot of people are expressing that they are feeling fearful, some anxiety, anger and even frustration over the economy and other [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website My Aunt Thelma Has ‘Gone Home’This is a photo of me, Aunt Thelma and my daughters that was taken a few years ago.
Excerpts from the Epilogue of the book, “You Don’t Know Crazy”:
My Aunt Thelma, my mother’s sister, is 95
years young. She was diagnosed with colon cancer
about five years ago. She refused to have surgery and
all other invasive medical [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Avoid the Breaking Point ~ Let Your Little Light ShineMany things in our communities and around the world can leave us feeling fearful. Sometimes we are not even exactly sure what we are afraid of. According to professional interrogators, this is the perfect state – uncertain, looming fear - that they like to have suspects in. This fearful state is the ‘breaking point’ for [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Remind Yourself to Align Yourself– with Your Magnificent SelfA daily reminder is key to our success and happiness. A daily reminder is important because we are constantly bombarded with reminders of who we are not.
The media will remind us that we are too fat or too skinny, too old, too poor, or too sick. All around us are reminders that we are [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Be Your Own CheerleaderSometimes you may feel that you can’t be, do, or have what you want because as a child you didn’t have people in your life who believed in you — or encouraged you — or cheered you on.
Or perhaps, even as an adult, you feel you can’t achieve your goals because you don’t have anyone [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Victim to VictorThis Program is in response to a lot emails I’ve received. Many of the questions touch on the same topics. In general, people want to know how I recovered from pain and poverty and asking me to give advice on setting up their own entertainment or business entities. I call this show “From Victim to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Honor Those Who Are Not PresentI heard someone use the phrase “honor those who are not present.” At first I thought they were referring to our ancestors who had ‘passed over’. I thought they meant that we should honor them even though they are no longer present with us. I thought to myself, “that’s a wonderful thing to do.”
However, as [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are You Already There?This is one of my all time favorite stories. Many times we are so busy trying to win the Rat Race that we don’t realize we have already won. Lisren and think about it. You can read a version of the whole story here.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Not As Bad As I thought - College Perspective LetterSometimes what we think would be really awful starts to appear really wonderful –when we see it in it’s proper perspective.(To the best of my knowledge, the author of this letter is unknown. If you know otherwise, please let me know.) Enjoy!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website See Past the Fire– Celebrate the VictoryWhenever I’m facing challenges or going through some stuff, I have learned to see past the stuff. I have learned NOT to concentrate on the fire I’m walking through, but to focus on the victory on the other side of the fire. Worry and fear shuts down our innate intuition and wisdom.
When we stop [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 5 Tips To Keep Self-Love AliveSelf-love — Having a loving relationship with yourself is extremely important. Unlike relationships with other people, you cannot leave yourself. Where ever you go, you are going with you. Therefore, the relationship you have with yourself must be nurtured. Here are 5 simple tips, that if followed, you’ll be sure to have a healthy, happy [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Series of MiraclesOur lives are a series of miracles. We go from the miracle to miracle to miracle . . . Many of us are not able to see life this way because we’ve been conditioned to focus on the ‘gaps’ in between the miracles. I encourage you to zoom in on the miracles.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Label Yourself GeniusPsychological studies have proved that people will start to behave in accordance to the label(s) we put on them. For instance under achieving children, when told they are smart, start behaving like smart children – and vice versa.
If this is so, then why don’t we all Label Ourselves Genius.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Celebrate You TooToday is July 4th 2008. Today we celebrate the independence, the freedom and the growth of the United States. I want to remind you not to forget to celebrate your independence, celebrate your freedom, and celebrate your growth.
On purpose, take time to spend time with yourself –to reflect on and about yourself. Don’t let [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whatever I Feel Like . . . Gosh!A few years ago my daughters invited me to go see a movie with them that I wasn’t sure I wanted to see. But, I went with them and I am so happy that I did because I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such fun! The name of the movie was Napoleon Dynamite. Now this [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Smile, Laugh, Don’t JudgeSmile, laugh, and be silly. Don’t take everything too seriously. Life is not a contest. You were born a winner. We can’t stop people from judging us, but we don’t have to be a judge.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You Are SaneYou are not insane. You are reacting to the insanity outside you. There are many who are stressed due to these uncertain times. If you are feeling on the ‘edge’, please seek help. However, please understand that you are not insane, crazy or mentally ill. You are simply stressed out. You are reacting to the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lifestyle Changes Can Be Fun and EasyMost of us have things in our life that we want to change and make better. It’s the middle of January. This is about the time of the year when those New Year resolutions are just starting to wane. We hear ourselves saying things like, “Well, I don’t really smoke that much.” Or, “I’ll wait [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 59 Years WiseWhen I was a child, about eight or nine years old, I remember thinking that thirty years old was really, really old. However, the good news (I thought) was by the time I was thirty, I would know everything there is to know about everything.
Boy! I was wrong on both counts! As I [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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