Join me Mar. 12 at 12:30 - UofA Mall, Tucson Festival of Books

Please JOIN ME for this fun, FREE event!
WHAT: Presentation of Creating Love & Joy
Book signing after the presentation
Special event price: $15 (cash or checks only, please)
WHEN: Sat., March 12 at 12:30pm
WHERE: 2011 Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB)
The University of Arizona campus
UofA Alumni Authors Tent on the mall
FREEBIES: bookmarks & magnets – while they last!
Linda B. Lynn, one of the photographers for the book, plans to be there, too!
Enter the UA Alumni drawing to win skybox tickets for the UA vs. ASU football game, Nov. 19, 2011.
Did you know the TFOB is now rated the fourth-largest event of its kind??!! It is the biggest literary event in Arizona.
There’s something for everyone – games for kids, food, beverages, live music & dance, and presentations by many famous authors
Start planning now - visit the website for a detailed schedule:
http://www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

Teresa invited to TFOB - Mar. 12 at 12:30!

Exciting news! Teresa has been invited to present her book, Creating Love and Joy, at the 3rd annual Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB)! She will be featured in the University of Arizona's Alumni Authors tent on Sat, Mar. 12 at 12:30. After the 20-25 minute presentation, she would be happy to sign books. This is a photo of Teresa and one of the photographers (Linda B. Lynn) at the Author's Pavilion during TFOB 2010.

Did you know that the TFOB is the fourth largest book festival in the country? This 2-day event is filled with workshops, speakers, book signings, food and entertainment. Mark your calendar to join us Mar. 12-13th!

Hugs--tc

Social media -- I'm G*L*A*D* (see, SARK!)

Social media can be fun, playful and innovative. SARK, the author of "Glad No Matter What," posted a social media activity on her website:

"Be GLAD No Matter What - Give Lovingly And Daringly

This does NOT mean feeling glad when you don't - how annoying. It means finding the glad parts in as many of your feelings as you can and then finding ways to help the world with your GLAD heart. Blog or post your GLAD offerings on social media. It might be large or tiny, common or uncommon. One of my GLAD heart gifts was singing Amazing Grace in the DMV office until everyone joined in!

Write or post a video or art on your blog or social media about your GLAD heart gift and be entered to win a signed copy of the book and a 15 minute Scoop of SARK"

So...here's my artwork--the footprint of "Creating Love and Joy." I'm GLAD social media has come about--it brings the world closer together. It's fun to piggyback on each other's ideas and share our creativity. Hugs--tc

Gratitude

Many thanks to Changing Hands bookstore for displaying “Creating Love and Joy” on the shelf marked “Recent Favorites”(4th shelf, second from the right.) My hope is that readers will see the eye-catching cover and buy the book as a gift for themselves or a friend. Did you know that Changing Hands was rated as the best bookstore in the country by Publisher’s Weekly? They regularly have well-known authors like SARK, Meadowlark Lemon, Valerie Bertinelli, and Apolo Ono in for book signings! Thank you, Changing Hands, for supporting “Indie” publishers! Hugs--tc

Acceptance, Enjoyment, Enthusiasm

I just finished reading Eckhart Tolle’s book, “A New Earth…,”and he says the three “…modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness (p. 295).” By staying centered in the present moment, and trusting that we are in the right place at the right time, successfully engaged in the right activity, we can ENJOY the holidays. It’s a treasured time with family and friends! Hugs--tc

Some experiences can't be relived...

We read in many different ways that it is so important to remain present in the moment. We never know what gift it can bring, and our presence brings a fresh new energy to each situation when we are focused on our lighted energy.

My cousin from Spain unwittingly provided a reminder of this recently. He sent news that the Puente Del Diablo (Devil's Bridge) near the lighthouse in Santander, Spain, had collapsed during the early morning hours. Fortunately, nobody was injured.

Last March, he and I hiked out to where this bridge once stood. He asked me to stand in a certain place so he could take my picture. It was only AFTER he had the pictures that he invited me to hike down so I could see where I had been standing. The view was breathtaking. The ground felt solid and sturdy. We took several pictures that day.

Now...less than 6 months later, the bridge no longer exists. The second photo is from a magazine article where the photographer was looking down onto the portion where I once stood.

Some experiences cannot be relived or replaced. By keeping our attention in the moment, we can bring the best of who we are at all times to every situation.

"Imagine" UofA College of Education newsletter feature

It's always a pleasure to be recognized by your Alumni news magazine. Here's the excerpt from the Fall 2010 Imagine newsletter from the University of Arizona College of Education:

"Teresa Daza Campbell '81 '85 '95 was featured at
the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books, held in Tucson in March. Her book, Creating Love and Joy: Uplifting Affirmations to Strengthen Your
Spirit, is called "an exceptional treasure that contains a powerful
message." After graduating, Teresa worked at General Dynamics in San
Diego, Hughes Aircraft Company in Tucson, spent three months touring Spain,
returned to Hughes and was designated a high-potential employee, was nominated
for a Tucson Women on the Move Leadership Award, and won the Dissertation
of the Year Award for her doctoral dissertation. Teresa now teaches
business, management, and marketing at Pima Community College and she is the
founder of AchieveYourPassion.com, a provider of educational resources for
personal growth."

Guilty Pleasures

What is your guilty pleasure? Mine is sitting in a warm tub with lots of bubbles, sipping a glass of white wine, and reading through the affirmations in Creating Love and Joy. Hugs--tc

Healthy situations...

"I accept only pure things in my life. I give only pure things to other people. I trust my heart to gently guide me in the direction of healthy situations (p. 71, Creating Love and Joy)."

Can positive affirmations backfire???!!

Creating Love & Joy is an inspirational gift book that offers life-enhancing affirmations. By simply raising our subconscious thoughts to a conscious awareness, and making mindful choices, each of us can create a fulfilling, joyful life.

In mid-October, this surprising post appeared on the “Positively Sunny” website stating that positive affirmations can backfire. It was not well received by their fans-- my thoughts follow their post (that is provided here, verbatim):

“Positive affirmations sound like sweetness and light, but be careful with them.
According to Dan Baker, positive psychologist and author of the books What Happy People Know and What Happy Women Know, says that affirmations can create a sense of entitlement. Remember Annette Bening's character in the movie "American Beauty" with her affirmation of "I will sell this house today!" These kinds of affirmations can set up expectations (a sure way to plan a forthcoming resentment).
Or how about Al Franken in his SNL career with the "...and gosh darn it, people like me!" These kinds of affirmations are plain silly and overblown. What if your affirmations demand that you win the lottery or lose 25 pounds this week? Aren't you just setting yourself up for failure? Dan told me about a study of public school kids who had low self-esteem. So after many years of positive affirmations and the like, these kids competed with students from other nations on a mathematics test. The US students came in dead last at 13 or 14. Out of 13 or 14 nations. But then the researchers asked how they felt about their ability to do mathematics, and the US kids came out number one in terms of how they ranked themselves.
The point is that the feeling and the capacity were incongruent.
The fact is that our efforts, our actions, our successes, and our achievements that build true self-esteem and a positive outlook. For today, stop affirming and start doing! – Positively Sunny (Facebook and website)”

As the author of a book of uplifting affirmations, my main point is that positive affirmations focus our thoughts and feelings so that we can tap our inner power and potential to match our capacity/ability to those thoughts and feelings. They provide the vitality needed to take action. Any sense of entitlement or judgments only serves to diminish the power of affirmations. Your intention is key—you can’t fool yourself about your own internal motivation! Your true intention will propel you toward your thoughts.

That’s why it is so important to write affirmations in the PRESENT and use the first person “I”. When your affirmations start with “I” and then a verb in the present tense, you have tapped your inner power. Ideally, you begin with “I am…” Our subconscious cannot distinguish reality from imagination. Positive affirmations activate all that we imagine, and our thoughts and beliefs bring experiences and situation.

Hugs--tc