New Release

I did not post my news release as blog last week so here it is. I was going to submit this for publication, but an incident came up this past week to where I don't believe it would be a good idea. I will save it for the future though:

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2013

For more information contact:
Ricci Saliba, C.Ht, LMT
1001 S. Beeline Hwy #H
Payson, AZ 85541
928-970-1877
hesterhealing@gmail.com

Meditation Group Guides Participants through Peaceful, Rejuvenating Visualization

                PAYSON, AZ- On June 15, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., Hands of Holistic Healing and Hester Healing Center will be hosting the monthly Rim Country Meditation Group session at 1001 S. Beeline Hwy, #H, located right behind the Knotty Pine Café. Meditation helps reduce stress and anxiety, improves sleep, and stimulates healing of the body and mind as well as feelings of joy and peace. The session begins with the group connecting to inner peace in a calming, spiritually uplifting atmosphere.

                Sherri Mills-Anderson, founder of the Rim Country Meditation Group and Reiki Master, along with Ricci Saliba, Certified Hypnotherapist, will guide participants through a relaxing forest visualization. This is a wonderful way of quieting the mind to achieve meditation without the difficulty of achieving complete silence often associated with several types of meditation. There are many health benefits associated with this type of meditation as well.  One participant states, “I can go in feeling anxious and frazzled, but when I come out I am completely at peace with myself and the world. My whole day seems brighter! I sleep more deeply too.”

                Please RSVP to Ricci Saliba at 928-970-1877 prior to June 15, 2013 to reserve your spot as space is limited. Love donations are accepted but not necessary. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Week 4 assingment, Publication Process

I was excited to actually be submitting something I wrote for publication. I have submitted poetry before back when I was a teenager but never really got published in anything. I still have heard nothing back from the Maverick Magazine I submitted to and tomorrow is their deadline for publication. It is a little disappointing not to hear anything back (which is probably why I stopped trying after a couple months of sending out query letters after graduating college several years ago). I know I just need to do more writing and keep submitting articles to many different places to become published in my field. I definitely believe it is worth it when you have your own private practice.
There is a lot more I want to write about that is closer to my heart than the weight management article I wrote; however, I thought using how hypnotherapy can affect weight loss would have a wider appeal to the general public and better chance of getting published and attracting new clients. I feel like I have a lot to learn still about publishing articles. This class though has begun the ball rolling for me with it and has allowed me to take up writing again in a more inspired manner. I believe once I have more experience with hypnotherapy, my writing of it will become much richer and more likely to be published.
I enjoyed the process and was glad I had a driving force (the assignment for class) to get me to do it. Otherwise, I may have put it off until I decided not to do it at all. I am really glad I submitted something and felt empowered doing so. I am curious as to whether I will receive a reply back or a confirmation that the article was received, but luckily, I'm usually too busy to dwell on it.
Next time I will probably choose a publication that is less general and has more to do with my field. With greater experience in my field in the future, I believe I will have more confidence in writing about hypnotherapy as well. I will certainly be submitting for publication again in the future. I am grateful for what I have learned with this experience and will apply it in the future in my journey to become published. :-)

Free Writing, Week 3 assignment

My inspiration for writing today is a card I have on my desk that a friend picked randomly for me from a set a cards she has (I forget what they are called, but they look similar to tarot cards, only with phrases on them). The card says on the front "My Goal of Happiness Is Important Enough". The back tells of how in this lifetime I did not have any specific goals besides the intentions of being happy and being an uplifter and having continued growth. In this time, I am the creator of how these are to be achieved. This message could not have come at a better time for me. I often look toward the future as the place where my happiness lies. I have been raised in such a way that I feel I must do a lot for others and work hard before I can be happy myself although I know this is an untrue way of looking at things. It is important enough for me to be happy now. I have been saying this to myself everyday since I got the card, hoping it will eventually sink in. Some days it does and some days I seem to backtrack and feel like I have to please everyone else first. I am learning though. I becoming more in tune with my spirit, my Higher Self, the Creator, Source, Love everyday in a circling spiral but at least it is an upward spiral. I am being reminded daily of taking even a few moments to connect and am so very grateful for that.