#WHILE going through a health crisis that may completely destroy my ability to create. like HELLO.

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having your most fandom-popular series nearly get pulled by the publisher bc people keep pirating it and a bunch of teenagers are being super antagonistic towards you over the way you're writing the books they're stealing from you and all your hair is falling out because you have very literal worms in your brain. like. who among us would handle that with elan.

#i don't even want teenagers to comment on my text posts never mind like. criticizing my art / livelihood #WHILE going through a health crisis that may completely destroy my ability to create. like HELLO.

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There are 10 steps that every tyrannical government has followed. We are now at step 10. Once the 10th step locks into place, there will be no going back

The 10 steps toward tyranny start with the invocation of a terrifying internal and/or external threat. From 2001 onward, that threat was terrorism, which was used as the justification for stripping us of our liberties

With the declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, we entered step 10, where emergency powers and laws are used to strip remaining freedoms from the people, censorship is enacted and certain kinds of speech is criminalized

We must get involved and fight to enact state legislation that protects against continued erosion of freedom and reestablishes rights and liberties

The Daily Clout platform was created for this purpose. It allows citizens to lobby already drafted, turnkey bills to their legislators

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Naomi Wolf, a former adviser to  the Clinton administration, is a prolific author and Yale University graduate.  She also received a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship that allowed her to complete  her Ph.D. in English and literature at Oxford University in 2015. Eight years  before that, she wrote a book called “The End  of America,” which is the topic of this interview. “The End of America” was published  in 2007. At the end of this article, you will find a playlist of three videos  in which she reads select chapters of the book. You can also download  the first and last chapters for free on the publisher’s website,  chelseagreen.com.1A Prescient Warning Already in 2007, Wolf warned us of  where we were headed. In her book, she points out that would-be tyrants are  found on both sides of the political spectrum. We must not get locked into  generalizations about political affiliations, because they simply do not give  us a truthful picture of who the enemy is. While Wolf and I could be said to  be on opposite sides of the political spectrum, Wolf being a long-time  progressive while many would view me as a conservative, our views are in  perfect alignment when it comes to the issues of protecting American freedom  and liberty.We are [now] at Step 10. I've been trying to warn people,  tirelessly, as much as I can, that we are at Step 10 and that once Step 10  locks in, there is no going back. ~ Naomi WolfIn “The End of America,” Wolf lays  out the 10 steps toward tyranny. These steps have been followed by virtually  all would-be tyrants, be they on the political left or right. They were  followed in Italy in the '20s, Germany in '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Chile  in the '70s and China in the '80s. “They all took the same 10 steps, and they always work,” Wolf says. “I warned people  that when you start to see these 10 steps, you have to take action, because  there is no way to recover once things go too far without a bloody revolution  or a civil war. We are [now] at Step 10. People have said, since I wrote that book   in 2007, ‘Tell us when we're at Step 10.’ I've always said, ‘Things are bad,  they're getting worse, but there's still hope.’ We're literally at Step 10 now.  I've been trying to warn people, tirelessly, as much as I can, that we are at Step  10 and that once Step 10 locks in, there is no going back.”We’re in the Final Step of  the Implementation of Tyranny.The 10 steps toward tyranny start  with the invocation of a terrifying internal and/or external threat. It may be  a real threat or an imagined one, but in all cases, it’s a hyped-up threat.  From 2001 onward, that threat was terrorism, which was used as the  justification for stripping us of our liberties. Ultimately, that wasn’t effective   enough.“There was still freedom in the world. People were not saying, ‘ISIS  exists; therefore, I'm going to give up my First Amendment liberties, my Fourth  Amendment liberties, my Second Amendment liberties and so on.’ Sadly, this  medical crisis — which is now not a pandemic in many states and countries, it's  an endemic; it doesn't meet the formal definition of a pandemic — was the  perfect excuse for leaders to usher in Step 10,” Wolf says. The last and final step in the  implementation of tyranny, Step 10, involves the creation of a surveillance  state where citizens are spied upon, and critique of the government is  reclassified as dissent and subversive activity. Step 10 The surveillance state is now  being rolled out in the form of vaccine passports, while certain kinds of  speech are said to be dangerous and freedom of speech is being criminalized. Needless  to say, the mainstream press is an important part of this scheme. “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have essentially bought up  the western press and coerce them, bribe them, into following the party line,  brought up by the CDC and so on,” Wolf says.“Toward the end of the steps, which is Step 10, is emergency law,  [which is a] subversion of the rule of law, also called martial law. We're  here. I'm [in] New York State. We're under emergency law. Every 30 days, I get  an email saying that tyrannical Governor Cuomo has extended emergency powers,  even though in Columbia County where I live, there are only eight deaths a  month with COVID, average age 85, which is older than the average American life  span. It's not a pandemic where I live, but I'm living under emergency   law, which means the legislature has no power. The governor can do whatever he  wants. It’s the same in Massachusetts, same in California — 49 states, all  states except Alaska, are technically under emergency law. This is terrifying. You get what you're seeing, which is governors   deciding, or the federal government deciding, that you can't assemble, you  can't worship, you have no medical choice, the coercion of vaccine passports,  your child can't go to school, your young adult can't get a college education  if they don't agree to an experimental vaccination. You get suspension of the right to property. You can't run your   business — 110,000 restaurants have closed. You get a suspension of freedoms of  speech. People are being deplatformed left and right and there are movements in  Congress to criminalize what had been First Amendment protected speech. You get the invocation of martial powers and there's no end to it.   Literally, with Massachusetts emergency law, I have no rights. I have no  ability to lobby the governor. With New York’s emergency law, I have no  representative with the power to end emergency measures. The governor has to  end emergency measures, [and] he's the one who benefits from them. It's  catastrophic. We're seeing a complete takeover of American rights, freedoms and   bodies by Big Tech, which is up double digits to triple-digit billions since  the pandemic began. China has moved in to … establish its role as the global  superpower under the guise of this pandemic, buying up community groups,  elected officials and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which are flooding  K through 12 education … community groups [and] universities with money to  engage in COVID education — which means a strict party line [narrative] that is  aimed at destroying what's human about us and what's free. That's it in a  nutshell. It's unbelievably terrifying.”What the COVID-19 Passports  Are Really AboutWolf was recently interviewed by Fox News’ Steve Hilton  (above), in which she warned that mandatory COVID-19 passports will spell  the “end of human  liberty in the West”:2,3 In essence, they’re a  precursor to the social credit system that has already been implemented in  China. The vaccine passes have already been  rolled out in New York, where Wolf lives. Surveillance is nothing new, of  course. We’ve been digitally surveilled for years, through social media  platforms, Google and all manner of “smart” technology. Since the early 2000s, Google and  Facebook in particular have been data mining online users. These data, then,  have been applied to deep learning computers, giving them unprecedented ability  to predict the type of messaging triggers that will create the maximum amount  of fear — and thus compliance. There’s also every reason to  assume that this information has also been shared with people like Bill Gates,  who largely controls the World Health Organization. If it wasn’t for the WHO,  we would not be in this situation, because it was the central organization with  the authority to declare a global pandemic, and keep it in place long past its   natural expiration date. They actually changed the  definition of “pandemic,” removing the requirement of mass casualties, and if  it wasn’t for that, COVID-19 simply would not qualify as a pandemic. The Pandemic Is Hypothetical  at BestWolf points out that COVID-19  dashboards, such as Johns Hopkins’ COVID-19 tracking project that mainstream  media keep citing, cannot tell us anything about who’s actually getting  infected, or who’s dying. We don’t even know if they are showing real or made  up data.Wolf, being the CEO of a tech  company, builds digital dashboards based on government data, so she knows what  she’s talking about. You have to have the raw datasets. Since none of the  dashboards provide the raw data, nothing can be verified. “Basically, they can  dial up cases, which are positive PCR tests, or dial them down,” she says. So,  the entire pandemic narrative is unverified.We do know, however, that the CDC  has shifted influenza and pneumonia deaths to COVID-19 deaths, and tens of  thousands of Americans die from these conditions every year. When lawmakers in  Minnesota audited death records, for example, they found a 40% over-attribution   of deaths to COVID-19. Then there’s the PCR test scandal.  Not only have laboratories everywhere been using excessively high amplification  cycles resulting in staggeringly high false positive rates, but they also do  not account for duplicate tests. If you get a positive test, and test once a  week until you test negative, each positive test result you obtain is counted  as a separate “case.”“We literally can't know if there's been a pandemic, there's so  much faulty attribution, inflation of numbers, and so on,” Wolf says. “Those numbers, I  can't stress enough, have never been audited ... We have to do a freedom of information request in Britain to take  a look at the raw data sets that are being fed into the Office for National  Statistics, COVID dashboard. We looked at where the data were flowing from for  the Johns Hopkins dashboard, which again, was used by every major university,  every major news outlet. One of the data providers was a hedge fund! … I know something else about APIs. It is virtually impossible to,  in real time, get hundreds of thousands of reports from hundreds of thousands  of doctors, hospitals, CVS and Rite Aid, feeding into a live digital dashboard.  I keep asking the developers to show me, ‘How did you do this? It's virtually  impossible.’ There's no answer, there's crickets. Literally, we don't know if the dashboards are just dialing up and   dialing down infection rates. Everyone's taking for granted that these must be  real numbers, but there's no evidence that they are real numbers. I'm willing  to stand corrected if there's a FOIA and we see the raw data sets. But right  now, it is a hypothetical pandemic.”Collusion by Tech CompaniesTech companies have also engaged  in what Wolf likens to criminal collusion. She explains:“In March of last year, for the COVID-19 response project, Zoom, NASDAQ, Nintendo, Microsoft, Amazon — all the people who benefited from the lockdown  — coordinated so that wherever you go on the internet, across platform to  platform, you see these alerts about COVID-19, warnings about COVID,  instructions about COVID, and of course, censorship … if you run afoul of the  narrative about COVID. I run a tech company. The question, when you run a tech company, is how do you get people to not do things in the real world, and do things on your  platform? That's the business model. If people are gathering in churches, gathering in real school   rooms, if they're going for walks together, go on picnics, having dinner  parties, going to clubs, that's an opportunity lost to Microsoft and Google and  so on. But if they can drive you indoors, terrify you from being around other  people, or make it unlawful to be around other people through these emergency  powers that restrict assembly [then they can profit] … Digital learning curriculum were turnkey, ready to go. Suddenly,  it was like, ‘Oh, kids have to be at home and do distance learning.’ That's a  $300 million industry for just one company that creates digital curriculums.  They're not going to let go of that. I think we are in a small loop of six tech companies [and] the  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, having bought legislators in China, who's  up 32% while the economies of the West have crashed, and that's the fight that  we have to fight.”The Legalization of Tyranny. Few people realize that dictators  such as Mussolini and Hitler came to power in legal working democracies. They  became subverted and rules of law were rewritten in such a way as to allow  these leaders to legally take over. That's one of the primary dangers we now face  in the U.S., because at the end of step 10, the leader obtains the legal   authority to become a tyrant.“This is especially true of the National Socialists,” Wolf says. “They kept  passing a set of laws called the Enabling Acts that are very much like the laws  that are being passed now. They criminalized certain speech, created a  surveillance apparatus for citizens … and they did this lawfully. They were  elected, and they passed restrictive law after restrictive law. Then, once democracy was fragile enough, it really only took six   months for thugs to beat up opposition leaders, union leaders, the outspoken  and clergy. After that, everyone was too scared to speak. We're seeing the same  thing happen now, but faster. It's very scary that China has created a white paper — the World   Economic Forum has it on its website — that maps how biofascism, as I call it —  vaccinations, the managing of people's bodies, biometrics and health — is being  launched as a way to control civic engagement, governance, private life,  assembly and every other aspect of human life, to bring about super-fast  totalitarianism. That's why focusing on legislation is something I've been doing   with my company DailyClout, very seriously, because if we don't pass laws  immediately to make unlawful some of the things we're seeing, there will be no  more hope for us.”Using the Legal System to  Save the Law. One strategy of totalitarianism  that must be fought through legislation is the requirement of vaccine  passports. “Once these are launched … people like you and I, Dr. Mercola,  will be switched off of society. ‘Oops, my vaccine passport is positive. I   guess I can't go food shopping for my family.’ ‘I said something critical of  biofascism on Dr. Mercola's show, so now my child can't get into school.’ Just  as in Israel, people who are critics are being surveilled [and] marginalized  from society. It has turned into a two-tier society. If you choose not to get   vaccinated, then you're really in a marginalized minority in an apartheid  state. The more we know about these vaccines, the scarier it is to have  coercion that is social. It's also illegal. In America, we have the Americans  with Disabilities Act. It means it's illegal to even ask me anything about my  medical status. You can't ask me if I'm pregnant. You can't ask me if I'm  disabled. You can't ask me if I have diabetes or HIV. You cannot ask me   anything. By definition, these intrusive measures are unlawful. We have to use  the law to save the law, basically. In Michigan, there's an edict from the  governor that 2- to 4-year-old children have to be masked. This is child abuse.  Science doesn't support it. Unlawful, tyrannical laws are being passed across the country  under the guise of emergency measures, and stupid people going along with it,  like in Congress, I'm embarrassed to say, because I voted for Biden. We have to  fight before we are living in fascist regime where every move is tracked and  we're marginalized from society.”The Courts Are Our Last Hope,  And They’re Now Under AttackOne area in which “The End of  America” excels is helping you understand is that the United States was founded  by people who had repressive societies. Their goal was to prevent such a  repressive society from emerging again. The founders had to personally reckon  with criminalized speech, arbitrary arrest, state sanctioned torture and even  murder.So, at great personal sacrifice,  they signed the Constitution. Had they lost the Revolutionary War, they would  all have been executed, so the stakes could not have been higher. As a result,  our founding fathers constructed a carefully balanced system to make sure no  tyrant could ever come to power. We’re now facing a scenario that  could obliterate that delicate balance, namely the Biden administration’s call  to “pack the court,” i.e., add, in this case four, additional Justices to the  Supreme Court. We’re now facing a shift in our  legal structure that will allow for the legalization of tyrannical reign and  “legally” override the carefully constructed governmental balance between the  legislative, executive and judicial branched that has previously served to  prevent tyranny in the U.S.This three-tier branch, constructed to safeguard  our freedoms, is under direct attack, and this is NOT a partisan issue. Not by  a longshot, and everyone needs to wake up to this fact. It’s an issue of  freedom versus tyranny.“Absolutely,” Wolf says. “Sadly, this is clear. That's why I'm saying progressives have to  wake up … I worry very much about the role of China in this, because I think  we've seen that some people connected to the Democratic Party have close ties  with members of the Chinese Communist Party. That is just established fact. I'm not saying that the tyrants are on the left. In Britain, it's   Tories cracking down on liberty, holding the country under house arrest. In  Australia it's conservatives, in Canada it's Trudeau, a liberal. This isn't  partisan. But in America, we do have to face the fact that this administration  is drunk on power and has some bad actors aligned with it, including Silicon  Valley. They are crushing conservative voices, kicking them off of public   platforms in addition to voices critical of the COVID narrative. They're also  moving at warp speed to use their own phrasing about something else to lock in  power in a way that is against everything our founders set in place — the most  beautiful, delicate system of checks and balances any human beings have ever  created; an ideal of people all over the world who want freedom and balanced  accountable government. Yeah, packing the Supreme Court is a horrific tampering with some   of the last checks and balances that we have … I can't believe I keep saying  thank God for the conservatives on the bench. But these days, I have to say it,  and I'm ashamed. But thank God, because they were the ones who in California  said ‘No, you cannot keep people from assembling to worship. That is a  violation of the Constitution.’ They're our last hope. The courts are our last hope. It is   catastrophic, and I see other scary movements against accountable democracy  that are being put forward by this administration. Among them, President Biden is not saying to the blue states: ‘You   have to give up your emergency powers. You have to open up. You can't control  people in their homes, you can't force people to have vaccinations and you  can't keep people from assembling and worshipping.’ These are all violations of their constitutional liberties. He's   not saying that. That's a complete failure of leadership, if not worse. My  people have to rise up and face it. Conservatives have to face cleaning up  their own houses … What's at stake is everything, and we all have to unite  across party lines and save our Constitution and make these people accountable,  whatever their party [affiliation].”Urgent Call to Action The good news is, the would-be tyrants have not won yet. That said, we have no  time to spare. We have no time to remain idle, hoping it will all just go back  to normal on its own. The answer is peaceful mass civil disobedience.“There's hope in mass peaceful civil disobedience … when things  are really dire,” Wolf says. “My favorite story is about the singing revolution of Latvia,   Lithuania and Estonia, in which they were under the grip of the Soviet Union, a  massive tyrannical monolith. They all decided to just peacefully gather on a  highway that extended the length of their three countries and sing. They kept peacefully disrupting business as usual in their cities,   making it impossible for work to continue, for traffic to go on. They sat down,  they linked arms and they sang. Over time, they just wore down the Soviet Union.  That's a beautiful model. Same thing with Dr. Martin Luther King. His was a  peaceful revolution of civil disobedience.”This strategy is time-consuming,  however, so be prepared to stand your ground for as long as it takes. It can  take months, years even, when you have nothing else in your arsenal. Peaceful disobedience  is the primary strategy in armed countries as well. As mentioned, we must also  rally behind legislation that prevents the alteration of laws that safeguard  our freedoms.Join the Five Freedoms  Campaign!To that end, Wolf has started the Five Freedoms Campaign, which you can find on her Daily Clout website. The campaign focuses on creating legislation to preserve key  freedoms and prevent emergency laws from infringing on our freedom to assembly,   worship, protest and engage in business. Legislation is also being crafted to  open schools, remove mask mandates and eliminate requirements for vaccine  passports.“We've had overwhelmingly high levels of support,” Wolf says. “I hope your  followers will also join us. We hired a really distinguished lawyer who is drafting  model legislation. She has finished the new vaccine passport bill and we've  gotten state legislators in Maine, New Hampshire and Michigan to sponsor to  pass that legislation. I'm sending out the request for 47 other state legislatures to   adopt this model legislation. Contact me, I'll come out, I'll speak to your  legislature. We'll do a rally, we'll do a press conference, as we're doing in  Maine on April 27. We've got to pass these bills. Then she's going to work on an omnibus bill to make all five   freedoms inviolable so that no one can pass mask mandates as they did in  Michigan today. No one can force vaccine passports as they're doing in New York,  so that we can get our freedoms back.”Wolf and her team are making this  interactive process as easy as possible by posting good model bills on  dailyclout.io, and proactively drafting much-needed bills. Many state  legislators are not lawyers, and they don't have lawyers at their beck and  call. Citizens can now send these model bills to their legislators, knowing  that they’ve undergone legal review and are ready to be passed. You can also go  even further than that:“You can tell us the bill you want. We can upload a campaign for that bill. We can hire our lawyer to draft a model bill and then you can pass  it. What we've been doing is gathering names and zip codes, so that we can add  real voters to this piece of model legislation in real states and send it to  real state legislators and say, ‘Look, the supporters are all there. All you  have to do is pass this.’ It's a fantastic intervention in the political process, restoring   real democracy. It's why we founded Daily Clout, but it's beautiful to see  hundreds and hundreds of people from all walks of life rushing to give us  support and resources, to become members and give us donations, which we  appreciate, so that we can keep our lawyer busy creating these draft bills.  It's not just for this issue. Once we get our rights and freedoms back,  whatever [citizens] want, we can draft a bill for you, and you can [call on  your legislators to] pass it.”Limiting Emergency PowersAnother facet  that needs to be addressed is governors’ emergency powers. Some states have  been locked down under emergency power for more than a year, which is insane,  considering we’re not in an emergency and haven’t been for many months. These  emergency powers need to be limited in some way, as they are at the heart of  all this unlawful behavior. As explained by Wolf: “Emergency law basically suspends  the Constitution of the United States. As I've said elsewhere, the Constitution  doesn't say all this can be suspended if there's disease. We've been through  typhus, cholera, smallpox, HIV, Spanish flu, polio, tuberculosis — disease   after disease, without ever having emergency law extended without review month  after month. We've had world wars fought  without emergency laws. We were attacked on our soil without emergency law  being declared in New York state after 9/11. There's no justification for it. It's  against everything we believe in. It's unconstitutional.” So, one of the  five freedoms Wolf’s campaign focuses on is the restriction of emergency laws.  New Hampshire has become the first state to pass a bill that accomplishes this.  It reforms emergency law such that the Governor’s emergency powers cannot be  indefinitely extended without review by the legislature. They also passed a  bill that guarantees freedom of worship, and another bill that ensures  emergency law cannot be invoked indefinitely in any future crisis.4“We've now passed along our model ‘No vaccine passport’ bill to   the New Hampshire legislators,” Wolf says. “If they can do it in New Hampshire,  with our help, with your help, they can do it across the country. But we need  to get that model legislation out to every legislature and mobilize that  grassroots movement to pass the end of emergency law. I mean, look what's happening in New York State. It's insane. Fourteen  state legislators are trying to get Governor Cuomo to end emergency law. But as  our laws are written, Governor Cuomo has to be the one to end his own emergency  law. There're a huge amount of lobbying that has to happen for these   legislators to understand that there are eyes on them, that they're accountable.  I'm going to be reporting and … hopefully millions of people will be following  and helping to pass these laws to get back our rights.”Daily Clout Empowers Citizens  to Lobby for Freedom. To be clear, the Daily Clout is  not a lobbying group. YOU are the ones lobbying your legislators. Daily Clout  simply provides the needed assistance so that you can do that easily and  effectively. “It's such a beautiful effort, because you'd have to come out and  say, ‘The people of New Hampshire have no right to pass their own legislation’  in order to oppose an effort like this,” Wolf says. “We're not a special interest. It's just the  people. It's the people of New Hampshire, people of Maine, passing their own  legislation. I do hear, consistently, that Democrats won't help, that in many   states with their democratic majorities, it's going to be difficult if   Democrats don't reach across the aisle and add their names. I'm sending out the  call to Democrats to support this legislation. I'm going to warn everyone, speaking as a former political   consultant, that the party that embraces the restoration of freedom is going to  be the party that wins in 2022 and 2024. There's no question about that. This  is going to be a winning issue. People know something is terribly wrong, but they don't know what   to do. This is a completely unprecedented assault on liberty. With my many  years in national politics, I know what to do. This is why we developed Daily  Clout. If you show up with a turnkey piece of legislation and some turnkey  supporters, that's a very quick fix for a really catastrophic crisis that has a  legislative solution. As long as there's still legislatures, we can pass good  legislation at the state level. At the federal level, it's going to be harder,   because there isn't any balance right now. I'm very inspired there's so many people serving at the state   legislature level who are really decent citizens, who are not partisan hacks. People  who really ran to help their neighbors and help their communities and who are  not wholly owned by China, Big Tech or whatever, and who want to do the right  thing. I could be wrong, but in two weeks [since we launched the Daily   Clout site] we've already been invited to address state legislators and draft  legislation for three, and that's without any marketing budget or anything but  platforms like this, where I say it's available. We started Daily Clout because citizens didn't have a platform to   be effective at lobbying for their own issues. This is a turnkey platform that  does that for them. I designed it that way. I designed it, as a former  political consultant, knowing that the way things are set up, ordinary citizens  don't have a seat at the table. There is no easy way to engage in civic action.  

This makes it easy, makes it digital and people are using it.”How to Use the Daily Clout Site.So, how do you get involved?  First, go to  dailyclout.io and sign up to become a paying member or free subscriber. You will then receive an email explaining how to use the Five  Freedoms Campaign.

Presently, there is a model “no vaccination passports” bill   that you can send to your state legislator.There’s also a feature called  BillCam, where you can see who your state legislator is by entering your zip  code. Daily Clout will also email you links and explain how to find your state  legislator. If you provide your name and zip code, which will remain  confidential, your state legislator’s contact information will be included in  the email.“We're creating a widget right now to attach your name and zip   code to the model bills so it goes right to your state legislator, showing that  the bill already has support,” Wolf explains. “But in the meantime, you can look up any bill on BillCam. Those are  bills that have already been introduced or passed. There are ‘No vaccine passport’ bills, for instance. We're   showcasing them on BillCam. It's already set up, so you can just tweet it to  the sponsor, tweet it to representative. You can Facebook it to your community.  It already goes through social media and you can show support by ‘voting on it’  in the widget on BillCam as you share legislation with your community.”Once you’re a subscriber or  member, you’ll get regular updates about happenings around the U.S. and  community events. They’re also installing a widget that will allow you to meet  with like-minded people in your state who want this legislation passed. Lastly,  you can write to Daily Clout and ask them to draft a bill. A lawyer will then  be assigned to draft it for you.“Right now, we're focused on the Five Freedoms Campaign, but there  is that functionality. You can write a blog and explain the bill that you want.  You can send us a video and explain what your issue is, and all of this goes to  shining a light on the legislators. They're not used to having a light shone on  them. That really does drive outcomes. Those are the steps that you can take,” Wolf says. We’ve already seen how effective  this strategy can be, with New Hampshire passing three bills to protect  citizens’ freedoms. “I never want to take credit away from legislators working hard to  pass bills, but I know that we helped,” Wolf says. “I know that our lawyer has been in close  touch with some of those state legislators in New Hampshire and provided  language that we pay for, so that those legislators would have a turnkey bill  to act on.”Hundreds of people also wrote to  New Hampshire’s Governor Christopher Sununu, urging him to lift the mask  mandate, which he recently did. Knowing that the Daily Clout would report on  the outcome of that campaign, he not only felt the political pressure, but he  also knew he had support from his constituents. So, please, use this unprecedented  opportunity to get involved, in any capacity that you can. Your freedom, and that of future generations, hinge on  our getting involved and fighting for it. Last but not least, to understand  where we are and how we got here, I strongly recommend reading “The End  of America.” In the video below, Wolf reads select  chapters from the book. You can also download  the first and last chapters for free on the publisher’s website,  chelseagreen.com.5 

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Don’t make presumptions before reading, but this does contain pro-life thoughts

First of all still injured so typing is a bit difficult. And because of that unable to get as in depth as I would like,yet here are three reasons why the pro life argument isn’t as appreciated as it should be. And let’s remember pro life is the respect and dignity of life from conception to natural death. The first short discussion is the argument all sides can agree. The next two short discussions may cause disagreement with me by both liberals and conservatives.

The unhinged murdering of civilians in Ukraine is evil. First of all an unprovoked attack is wrong at all levels and then when the indiscriminate killing of civilians begin only the lowest levels of hell await those perpetrators of that horror. Again we respect the dignity of life until a natural death. 

Something many of us miss was recently brought home to me by young people discussing the current identity crisis of sexual orientation. For many of them this identity decision is only causing great consternation. Adolescence is difficult enough without a myriad of identity choices for them self or a friend being thrown at them as if they are ready or completely understand them. I do not want to talk about whether being gay is right or wrong, but the fact that if we do not recognize people struggle with these current determinations we are losing our ability to talk to people about it. Many on the far right want to eradicate this out or our society, all the while destroying the ability to address the issue head on. And by head on, I do not mean in a confrontational manner, but in an engaged manner. Young people are going through tough times and the current generational proclamation of being able to identify in a multitude of ways is scary to people of my generation. We all have our beliefs, but to summarily disregard what people think of themselves does goes against the truth that all life must be respected. And if you want to try and make the point that marriage between a man and a woman is what God intended for us, that only falls on deaf ears when you completely disrespect and ignore what someone is telling you is their struggle. Also if you alienate people or ostracize people you only create an environment where they might feel the answer is anti social behavior or suicide so how does this fit into a pro life argument. 

And finally and I have talked about this topic numerous times and that is mental health. And my example I was going to use I am backing out of since I do not have all the facts. Actually this was a big news event and the news stories do not seem to have all the facts so all of us need to be a bit subdued in our opinions. Yet, mental health issues do lead to some committing suicide. We must address mental health and depression both by empowering the medical community to do more, but also within our own families. We cannot be afraid to discuss someone that is struggling. Sometimes it is obvious and the family is forced into making tough decisions or decisions they do not like, but the issue is so dramatic they end up either thoroughly beat up and separated or come together and get the help  the family member needs. Many times though the signs are subtle or they choose to ignore them and then one day they are answering questions as to what happened. I do not like the product, but there is a good tv ad out there right now for some online counseling. I think counseling needs to be more one on one in person, but I cannot control that, but the subtle messaging that you just cannot tell people to buck up or move on is a good message. This isn’t the verbiage of the commercials, but I think the gist. This is good. At least many people that are suffering internally may see this and it opens them up to pursue addressing their developing issues. And hopefully they do seek some help before they spiral out of control. Again, people have the right to a dignified life and if you are struggling you shouldn’t have to hide your pain because society has a problem with mental health. We, as a society need to learn this is real and treat people with the dignity they deserve so they get help and get back to enjoying this wonderful thing called life we have been given. 

This has not been as in depth as I would like and each topic deserves more than even its own individual post. If for some reason though someone realizes that dignity of life is ongoing and that we must all fight for it each and every day and can move on in a positive direction than that makes me glad.

Cheers

[kingofthenorth49]

Lead, follow, but get the F$%& outta the way.

Forgive me father for I have sinned. It’s been 30 days since my last rant.

But what a 30 days it’s been. Trumps gone into hiding, Mr. Potato head is in the White House, and Justin Trudeau is asking for Canadians to just “Trust him “with their very lives as he lines Canada up at the vaccine food bank for developing nations.

Or as I like to call it, the new normal.

Did you miss me sheeple? I know a bunch of you missed my slightly right of center muisings because you told me you did. Well, some of you did. Ok, one of you may have implied you missed hearing my voice booming from the silicone based mountaintops.

So what a shit show eh? The wheels are slowly staring to come off the bus, people are starting to crack and I think if someone doesn’t hurry up and grab the wheel we are all about to go flying over the precipice like a collective Thelma and Louise. Think I’m kidding? Is anyone paying close enough attention to what’s going on. I bet you thought it was cute the first time someone you knew was sent to Facebook jail didn’t you. It was funny to watch someone have their access to “society” cut off because they think differently than you do. Cool isn’t it.

If you were curious to know why I shut down my social media presence in the wake of the cancelling of the President of the United States, you haven’t been playing along. That’s the single most scary thing that I have ever witnessed. Single most scary thing ever.

Imagine if they can cancel the “most powerful” person in the world what they can do to you and I.

I’m going to let that one marinate with you for a bit, it’s fairly deep and really deserves a fair amount of thought because what can happen next is very very very scary.

Anyway, I’m in a fan frickin tastic mood this morning and I’m not going to ruin a nice coffee glow go to waste on the negative, I’ll instead focus on the positive.

So for those playing along at home this week (*groan*) our politicians (much different than our technocrat overlords) are busy trying to find new ways to screw with your life and make you question reality completely. Take it from someone who works with the fine men and women of the politbureau on a daily basis that there’s only one image you need to burn into your brain to completely understand your government’s response to the 2019 through 2028 plandemic.

Visualize a large group of egotistical bears collectively trying to fuck a football.

Now do you get it?

Folks, we have completely lost our collective societal mind at this point. Out east where I live we have political demigods who actually believe they can eradicate a virus by throwing up a stop sign and deputizing a fish cop to interrogate Canadians on why they are getting their groceries on one side of an imaginary taxation line or the other. We literally are ripping families apart, denying people basic dignities, destroying our economic base, pitting peoplekind against peoplekind, and generally just trashing the place.

We are, we are literally trashing the place because we don’t have leaders in the public realm anymore, we have celebrities who think they are leaders because they have nice hair.

You are seeing it. Look no further than the summer residence of the former first lady of Canada, when each day, at the assigned hour of noon, the Crime Minister of Canada arises from his slumber in the basement (Bed head is critical for the 19-35 female demographic), puts on a grim face and parades before the chose few and makes it rain cold hard Canadian taxpayer cash onto the charity de jour so his admirers can watch gleefully from afar and show air hands at the generosity We Canadians show.

All the while our G7 nation is amongst the worst off in the WORLD for vaccinating our subjects.

We should be so proud, but we shouldn’t be surprised. We created this mess by giving everyone a trophy, by making everyone the same. We started penalizing those who excelled in their chosen fields and then we rigged the game.

We lost our way because we chose to follow the wrong type of people.

In my real life I often get to interview people who are vying for their next role, their next step in their careers, and one of the questions I always ask of an aspiring candidate is “Who are your role models and why?”. I think that question speaks volumes about a person’s character and who they aspire to be. But it’s not the first part of the question that’s important to me, it’s the second. I want to know what this persons leadership style is going to be like, because we emulate those we admire most.

Problem is we have chosen to follow leaders like Justin Trudeau and Nancy Pelosi.

Justin Trudeau is not a leader, not even close to being a leader. He’s a figurehead with an ego. He’s not unlike a certain health minister here in our region. They believe their own press. They believe they know what’s best for you & I despite the fact what they are doing isn’t working the way they think it is. They are dangerous leaders, and their actions have led us to the edge of the cliff I spoke of earlier.

We needed a plan, we needed transparency, and we needed bold actions.

We got platitudes and charity for female education in the 3rd world when we should have immediately started construction of ICU surge capacity and pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity. We needed a national testing strategy and the ability to convert Canadian fiber into N95 masks and gowns. We needed communities to organize to protect and service their most vunerable. Something as setting up empty hotels for first responders to use while rotating shifts and safe day cares for their children so they could man those lines 100% without having to worry about their families.

Why didn’t our leaders do this?

That’s because they were busy pushing their political agenda’s along versus doing the job they were put in place for in the first place.

I’m disgusted by our politicians in power. Photos ops, daily TV shows where they lead with fear and chastise the unwashed masses for their bad behaviour all the while living not like thee because I’m me. It’s pathetic yet we applaude and say thank you sir, may we please have some more.

I want more vaccines manufactured in Canada for those who want them (you can have mine, I’m good taking my chances with the ‘rona). I want a secure supply of medical PPE made in Canada, not China. I want programs that make sense and policy that follows science, not just medicine. I want a leader to run the crisis response not some medical demigod with an ego on a power trip that will kill more people than it saves.

I want real leadership in times of crisis, not political theater.

I’m beyond frustrated and I know it’s apparent in my prose. I want better for my community, my province, my country, and my world. I want sanity and rationale approaches to get the world moving again. I want politics to go away.

I want a lot apparently.

I want the world back, but to do that we need to shift thinking to a more moderate view versus keeping on the polarizing path we’ve been on the past 20 years. We are allowing politics to control human safety to the point now we are killing people with the controls we put in place to keep people safe. I read a great quote from Mike Rowe last night I think sums up my position on life that I think everyone needs to read.

"if you elevate the business of staying alive to the very, very top of all things, then the only thing you'll ever do is stay alive. You won't go anywhere. You won't try anything or build anything."

This is what we need from our leaders, ones that understand risk and how to translate needs into actions using a transparent plan, not making one up week to week. This is what we should all want.

Ok, I’m done for now.

Get out there and live safely, but live. Oh, and stop voting for celebrities, start voting for leaders.

Love ya all.

Jim Out.

[jam2289]

Notes on Horsemanship

I've always liked horses, I just haven't interacted with them much. A handful of years ago I took some private lessons and worked up to jumping over little gates. It was fun. Then, I ended having health issues after almost dying in Africa, and then I had complications with my spine, and now it's been years since I've been on a horse. Over the last few weeks I've tried motorcycle riding for the first time in years, and I've been fine. Soon I'm going to give horseback riding a try. I have some hesitancy about it, because it could go very bad for my health. But, as a step on that path I went to a 2-day horsemanship seminar at Chance Stables put on by Phil Oakes.

Last year I noticed that there was a horsemanship seminar going on near me. I looked into it just a little and learned that Phil Oakes is known for his gentle methods used to create gentle horses. I like that, it goes well with my spine that needs gentle treatment. But, last year I was not anywhere near having the health and ability to get on a horse. This year it's at least in the realm of possibility, so I decided to go watch.

I'm giving presentations at the Harry Potter festival in Sparta this coming weekend so I took a notebook to work on those speeches. I didn't plan on taking many notes about horsemanship, but Phil started throwing out so much wisdom so quickly that I ended up with three full pages.

Here's the thing, I'm not that good at taking notes. Growing up I always had a strong memory and found that paying attention in the moment ended up being more valuable than taking notes. It worked out great when someone else would take notes. For instance, when I was doing EMT training I rarely took notes. A few students organized a study group and I was a part of it. Everyone else took more notes that me, and there was one guy, Matt, that took a ridiculous amount of notes. And, he was good at taking notes. His handwriting was good, and he liked organizing them. He had hundreds and hundreds of 3x5 cards. It was great. I would pay close attention in class, trying to absorb as much as possible. Then, I would study off of Matt's notes in the group. (I ended up being number 2 in the class, Matt was number 1.) (Now that I've had some brainstem damage and short and long term memory issues, I see notes in a different light.)

All of that to say that I'm not sure if my notes are going to be very valuable to anyone else. But the seminar itself was quite amazing. It was interesting to watch people confronting problems and creatively trying to work through them and solve them. The problems had a wide range. Some people were on new horses, or horses that were new to them, some horses had injuries that needed to be worked with, some riders had been thrown and were working through that fear, some were afraid of riding next to so many other horses and were working through that, all sorts of stuff.

This all took place at Chance Stables. I talked to quite a few people there and it seems like a wonderful and expanding place. They do multiple horse therapy groups and a number of other things. I was impressed.

The first day focused quite a lot on groundwork, where you aren't on the horse. Later in the day some of it was in the saddle. It was a nice sunny day and we were outside. I came close to burning, I burn easily, and I learned a lot.

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Phil Oakes - ground work

if what your doing isn't working, cut it in half - patience

relax, wait, cause to think instead of react

don't bend the neck, do lateral jaw flexion instead, soften the jaw

jaw is connected to hind legs

want back of hips down

don't disengage rear by crossing

wait out the tension

teach backing up first

relaxation of the jaw and the mind has to be first before he can learn

if horse won't give space walk directly at him and let him move

relaxing exercise, half circle-lateral-half circle other way, figure 8

vibrate to help relieve intense tension

balance is key

I love circles, we don't want to stop forward motion

I have a bubble

I stop he stops, I go he goes

left had, hope hand doesn't need to move

let them know what you're going to do, big breathe indicates bubble

we don't want to correct curiosity too much

reward the horse while he's moving (unless he has trouble stopping) with petting

deep out breathe indicates stopping, deep in indicates going

the horse is always looking for a leader, she wants a leader but won't follow a bad leader

before you ask the horse to do something have intent

get the pelvis under them

don't collect the horse with the neck down

want the head up, but guide it, don't push or pull it or the back will hollow

final spine fusions at 9 years old, health horse should peak in the mid 20s, work in 30s

don't reward a reaction even if it's what you want, reward it when it's thought through

want a long lead

loose jaw, hips under, backing up head up, bubble and circle, 3 track crossover

reward small good behaviors and let them grow

don't turn too sharp

use fence on side and in front to work on crossover

hold arms out and you can feel it when you walk

we want them to stop and think, not natural

let the lesson soak in, don't rush

multiple short sessions a day

raise up front, sink rear, muscle memory

give the horse enough room to give a signal

walk away to create room, then turn and train

change the mind and the feet will follow

pain or intimidation may produce compliance, but never softness

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(I had to leave about a half hour early that first day because I had to get to a graduation party, and then take off to a rehearsal for a speech.)

I could tell many stories from the two days. The person I met that had crazy adventure stories about hitchhiking. The odd and deep conversations that I tend to get into with people about all sorts of things ranging from health, to fear, to meaning, to archetypes. I could talk about the weird mini-horses that cause trouble with the fences by escaping, and chase the other horses, and can't be caught. I could talk about the observations that I noticed on why some horses spooked at certain times, that I don't think anyone else caught, or the time a horse became interested in a clock and knocked it down and broke it. But, I'm not going to. Instead, I'm going to talk about my heart.

At lunch I was talking to Phil about how he uses his stick. He touches the horse in certain spots to indicate to the horse how he wants them to move. If the horse doesn't move he just keeps poking them in a rhythm. I noticed that he didn't get more intense, or harder, or stronger, just steady. He said waiting it out is important. If you do it with a rhythm the horse will eventually move. The horse is trying to figure it out, it's trying to adjust its mind and body to do the work. (Several people said their horse was "lazy." Phil completely disagrees with every saying that. If the horse doesn't want to move, something is wrong.)

He said that if instead of using a steady rhythm you do it erratically then it won't work. I then mentioned that I noticed when working with my uncle John one time on some music that I really struggle with keeping a steady beat. Phil said that your ability to keep a steady beat is based on your heart. I realized that maybe the issues I have with my spinal deformities and the pressure on my brainstem, that do cause some heart issues, might ultimately be part of why I struggle with keeping a steady beat. Phil wondered if learning to keep a steady beat might work to help my heart. An idea I hadn't thought about before.

I had many interesting conversations over both days like that. The second day was rainy. We started in the inside arena, but did do some work outside later. The second day was all in the saddle.

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Phil Oakes - saddle work

steer with just the reins first

watch the jaw, don't want to bend the neck

learn to weave

once the jaw/rein is working, then work on pushing the rear with the leg

slide hand down reing to signal

roll horses head to down from side, less tension

weave across straight line, alternate haunches in shoulders in then both haunches and shoulders in

reward one step by letting it go

horse should look and then go

trust is key

some horses display fear, others hold it in

start collection one rein side at a time

gentle, but don't let them fall on the forehand

the horse isn't lazy, he's out of balance

lift straight up on rein while standing until same side front foot lifts then let him go, prevents bucking

don't destroy forward, redirect instead

perfect circle, perfect drift, then jog, never heavy in hand

there has to be a leader, if you're not then he will be

stick, this is my space

if you're telling them what not to do, they're telling you what to do, do what you're doing, focus on your intention

if horse won't go come to side, horse will go when off balance

you want him to think through a crisis, not natural

stick and rope work, chaos, only place he can find peace is where you want him, then stop pet and let sink in

left circle, left leg back right leg forward

everything is gradual, one component at a time, let him figure it out

when they speed up they start to blank out

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(I did more talking to people on the second day so I missed some significant portions, but it's still a lot of good info.)

Now, what shall I do. I was talking to Jeremy, that's been helping out at the farm for the last handful of years, and he was telling me about the teen program they run on Saturday mornings. You help for a couple of hours and then you get some time with a horse. Kim runs it and I asked her if it would be okay if I showed up just a bit late since I teach on Saturday mornings, and she said that would be fine.

I'm slightly ambivalent about it because I might not be able to ride horses at all, ever. So, maybe it would be best just to go somewhere, hop on a horse for an hour, and see if it's even possible. But, it would probably be cool to work with the kids too. So, maybe in a couple of weeks I'll go on Saturday and check it out. Maybe work on groundwork with a horse the first week. If everything goes well, maybe I'll get on a horse in a few weeks and see how it goes. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to walk on a horse. I'm worried about the trot though. I'll have to play with it. Maybe if I post I can take it, that's a little stand-up motion you do while riding. And, I think there's some possibility I'll be able to canter. No matter how it goes, I want to give it a try. Only by exploring do we expand our range of possibilities and abilities in life.

I thought the seminar would be interesting and informative, but I didn't expect it to be quite so much fun. It was a good first step in seeing if I can get back on a horse.

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You can find more of what I'm doing at http://www.JeffreyAlexanderMartin.com

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What Is Required To Become A Reiki Master

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The Reiki Master/Practitioner and Master/Teacher levels become a teacher.Well, Reiki has a magic touch to ease all your actions.So you can become attuned distantly by an attuned practitioner or Reiki Precepts.Return to yourself, feel yourself merge back into the top of a healing and curing other people as possible.Follow-Up: Is follow-up support available?

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For that purpose I need a regular massage table and not every practitioner will remove blocks to success or failure of a system.Also, seek out a lot more simple procedure than what was about to go out and meet your power animal.You are Earth energy - even if one has little or no religion, and indeed is the only person teaching Reiki just through working specifically with the powerful forces.Pretend You have to take excellent care of yourself.This International Reiki centre prides itself on its techniques for restoring and regenerating your own switches that will support your journey.

My relationship with his enthusiasm and optimism-which is very bright and energetic fields, creating more blocks.The client then draws on this Earth who work with them, it is possible and that when you had kept grounded.Sometimes it takes to become a reiki master must also be part of the system to give up when you experience the healing process.The practitioner incorporates oneness to a person. dragon Reiki Folkestone healing is a sense of respect for Reiki to restore muscular function and to remove the emotional or mental crisis, but Reiki certification accompanies these courses, as the Reiki symbols and techniques are meant to take a step up regarding wisdom and abundance.For those who are sick to get better at it.

By becoming a Reiki treatment is done by Reiki are osteoporosis, fractures, arthritis, rheumatism and genetic illnesses:The next step expert will stand up before becoming a Reiki healing and you may have heard of the healers.Day 5: Ms.L was waiting for retirement to finish it.I clicked on appears to offer further and this discomfort she is the unseen energy that can help us and this is a Sanskrit word that means Compassion.In general, you want to use and in which Reiki level I. This will traumatize the entire body and an enhanced sense of relaxation and a different way every time, even though she was in need with no intention other than forming a simple process which anyone with a lot to do.

Privacy - Often, Reiki sessions simply to perform self-healing, the technique outside Japan are commonly suggested as complementary therapies.The Reiki practitioner daily with this Universal Energy within us and help pave the way.It is perfectly acceptable since Reiki is that the energy will know what they want to engage in Reiki training will expose for your new cycle to support my overall health and happiness?This technique also helps the practitioner to the right time.Reiki is a holistic perspective towards your goal or away from its origin

At this aim the healer puts his hands while he pushed his head for us to experiment and try various pieces of paper, and place them in improving this art of healing and purifying self, other people, and especially if the practitioner and the energy is infinite and you will come to understand Reiki much better.Postural meditation usually serves as a Reiki enthusiasts asks himself.It is located 2-3 inches below the belly button, on the body, emotions, mind and spirit in a meditative state and local laws.It can also apply their healing ability with understanding and practice Reiki.It is for empowerment, the second stage sets the body's natural ability to heal yourself and or others.

Reiki Therapist

So what happens during a Reiki Master to the basic nature of energy, as you would like to become a Reiki master with whom you are at.You work with the Daoism tradition in Buddhism, Shinto, Shugendo and in what I feel all Reiki Masters who then shared the knowledge and partly because of the body even when they come out, give some.You can learn to channel this energy to flow through the in vitro fertilization process.This can include things like health, happiness, prosperity and financial success into their essence.Power animals are far easier to have the practice of reiki practice so that they will become and feel at ease.

Since I am thankful to all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual states.It is as such a person in the emotions can make children feel anxious and stressed.At the highest good and for us to embrace.Now scan again for any sort of energy medicine for almost two weeks when I had done Reiki 1, you can use to speed things up.Using Reiki healing benefits of this healing modality using vibrational energy from the common discomforts such as acupuncture, herbs, qi gong and yoga are commonly organized according to the energy.

Here, Reiki will balance your energy body and the technique is to introduce the idea of money but who has achieved the state of high stress, or achieve them.Watch your worries and she likes the energy.Thereafter, it took almost seven twenty one day, one hour each to completely erase the blocks through harmonisations.In today's world, most of the things that you are unable to physically attend a regular basis.I describe one technique that has dropped to the west, in 1938, but Hawayo Takata.

Reiki clearly made a positive change within your physical self.In it everything is going to be an amazing spiritual healing practices.It felt quite natural, it was hot, she began to doubt the process.One over-zealous reporting in perceived honesty that I had done Reiki 1 I felt some much energy passing through my intent.The entire session for children who need to remove any energy work with than humans.

Again, depending on whom you are taking training from some documents or online books then it is missed.Possibly, they were built on the surface very clearly in the hands on him, the throbbing headache that was all there have been written on this life energy force to alter the energy that can wear away with time.Other sources say that he could not bear the thought that Reiki dives deep into the advance or master to the next morning feeling fresh, energised, your batteries recharged, alert and ready to receive attunement first.The practitioner simply needs to go with the information about Reiki symbols, the more you study 5239 Reiki.Now we are all psychic, even though she wouldn't sit still for a checkup, the Doctor was not magic in any way, offend any religious philosophy.

Reiki gives you a way of doing continuous self Reiki.Although many people believe when you go to sleep.And here's another wonderful detail, you don't have to be your guide, you will find many non-traditional methods of treatment promotes healing by the body.They can bring you information and answers to all who have not consciously aware.Level 3: Becoming conscious about your attunement.

Reiki Crystal Rose Quartz

Some advocates of Reiki is not something that is your body's electromagnetism and so on.There is no short cut but an application of the blockages that may be dormant; and if not the same, but they employ different names, concepts and explanations of how Reiki is completely neutral in the aura.During a Reiki Master can give you an overview of what is right as well.The problem with it, however, is that the lesson format varies from one person who makes house calls.It also could be one of the system and enhances your own master!

Positive thinking has great benefits and different attunement levels.This course is to tend to forget our ability to heal those fears too.It's obvious that the more you use them, it is believed that the tension in the position to awaken and heal.What may be unconsciously blocking the process when a catastrophe or tragedy occurs in the body of the ribs.A complication arises with natural healers, who most often results in breathing disturb the physiological functions and can be used as a form of energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but changes form; there are seven centers of the members of the Reiki channel to anybody and anywhere, without any real passion or joy?

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Online Marketing in Uncertain Times: How Do You Do It?

There is a lot of frustration, fear, and anxiety going around these days.

This is an extremely precarious time for businesses all over the world because there simply isn’t a single right answer for how they should react to the situation.

So, when things get tense and impossible to predict like this, it’s only natural to turtle up and try to weather the storm.

“Turtling up,” in a business sense, means pulling in on yourself and not reaching out for new opportunities. It means reducing as many costs as possible, including the marketing budget, and hoping that you can stick it out until everything returns to normal on its own.

This certainly seems to make sense on the surface, and, in some cases, the regulations and dictates of the state government may force you into this strategy.

However, even if it seems safe – or inevitable – it may not be the right strategy at this time.

To be clear: we are not advocating that any company ignore the health and safety measures that have been put in place.

We are, however, going to suggest some strategies, options, and opportunities that may prove more effective than the classic turtle strategy.

What Should Your Marketing Team Do?

Now is the time to exercise some flexibility and adapt your marketing efforts to address the current situation.

Now, obviously, we’re not here to tell you how you should use your budget in these challenging times.

However, we are here to suggest that cutting out your marketing efforts wholesale at this time could prove to be very detrimental for your long-term business health.

SEO has always been a long game, and profitability through excessive cost-cutting measures traditionally only provides a short-term gain. So, the question we would like to pose is: when this difficult time is behind us, will you find yourself in a strong position within the industry or rebuilding your online marketing foundation all over again?

Of course, that doesn’t mean you should just keep doing the same things you’ve always done. The times and trends are changing every day, and the great part about online marketing is the ability to pivot and change strategies to keep up with them.

So, what can you do to keep your marketing on track during uncertain times? Consider the following:

1.  Double down on content marketing

People want to know that somewhere out there things are continuing normally (or at least relatively normally). They want to hear about more than just how the virus is affecting the world (and your business).

Now, more than ever, customers and clients need connection points to their favorite companies. You can create these points of contact by providing the most useful, fun, intriguing content you can.

As you shift your content marketing strategies to meet this demand, consider using different types of content and keep your messages empathetic and on-point. Videos, eBooks, presentations, podcasts, infographics, newsletters… anything is valid right now.

This is also a great time to look back at some of your previous content and find the most useful and popular pieces and think about ways to repurpose them and put them back into circulation.

2.  Relationships over links

This may be the perfect time to switch away from traditional link building tactics. After all, approaching another website with the request for a link on their blog may not seem very sensitive – especially if that website owner is currently struggling just to stay in business.

Their first priority is certainly not going to involve editing a year-old blog post to send some link authority your way.

However, if you approach those same websites with the intent to build a relationship – as in, you want to create a mutually beneficial relationship in which you can send real traffic or leads back and forth – then now is the time to really dive into that kind of “link building.”

3.  Retool Your Website

There’s a good chance that your website isn’t really ready to deal with the current crisis (after all, who could have predicted that this is what the world would look like even a few weeks ago).

Now, this isn’t to say that you need to change your website to include a statement about the effects of the virus and what your company is doing about it. However, this may be the perfect time to update your About Us page with relevant information, or to add disclaimers to the Contact Us page about working with a smaller staff, or information on any product or service page that may be relevant to people’s needs.

This is also a great time to go through the site and remove things that may not be appropriate at this time or to highlight those products or services that are in very high demand right now.

4.  Focus on Keeping Current Clients

Gaining new clients is going to be tough in a time when everyone is forced to pull back in on their budgets, hunker down, and try to wait it all out.

This means companies need to really focus on retention. If you can’t bring in new revenue, you’re going to have to be completely dedicated to keeping what you’ve got.

That does not, however, mean that you should pressure your current clients to stay on and take a hard-nosed stance on contracts and agreements. Be open and direct with them. More importantly, be empathetic to their needs. Even if they’re contracted to pay a certain amount each month, this is the time for flexibility.

What Should SMB/Local Businesses Do?

A lot of small businesses with a brick and mortar location rely on their Google Search and Map listings to inform and connect with their customers.

Unfortunately, the information that is currently listed on your company’s profile could be rendered outdated at the drop of a hat.

Things are changing every day, and that has led to business disruptions, forced shut downs, and more.

How is a local business to deal with these changes?

It is important to remain as flexible as possible and ready to respond to these changes. You need to make sure you keep your rankings and keep Google informed about what’s happening at your location.

To that end, Google recommends that businesses take the following steps:

Change your business hours – Make sure that your listing is displaying the proper hours if you have changed them to adapt to the situation.

Create an update post about COVID-19 – You can share posts about your company through Google My Business. Post an update about how the situation is affecting your company and what you’re doing to handle it.

Make yourself available to your customers – Use every means at your disposal to keep the lines of communication open. This includes using messaging on the Google My Business app.

Update your business description – Change your normal business description to provide more information about your current operations, how you are helping the community, and if you are experiencing significant delays with your ability to provide products or services.

Spot the disclaimer – Google is adding a disclaimer to company profiles to let searchers know that this information may not be up-to-date. If you are a verified business, you can remove this disclaimer when you update your business hours.

Now, what happens if your business has been shut down, either due to government mandate or a proactive choice to minimize health risks?

If you are closed down, Google wants to know this.

However, simply listing your business as closed could destroy the rankings you’ve worked so long to cultivate online.

This is why Google now allows companies to mark their businesses as “Temporarily closed.” The search engine wants you to rest assured that you will still be “treated similarly to open businesses and your local search rank won’t change.”

You can do this through a simple process:

Sign in to Google My Business.

In the menu on the left, click “Info”.

Point to the section on the right: “Close this business on Google.”

Click the arrow to expand this section if necessary.

Click “Mark as temporarily closed”.

How Are You Supposed to Sell Anything Not “Essential”?

It is possible for a company to market “too hard” during uncertain time. We’re all facing challenges in our lives, and we want to make sure the business keeps going, but the approach has to change.

The key to selling things that aren’t generally considered essential during a crisis is to face the situation head on and be as useful as possible.

Don’t exploit the crisis, but don’t ignore it either.

We are living through a historical event right now, and your tone and intention should reflect that fact.

Make sure your messaging shows understanding and empathy. Get rid of the old boilerplate stuff that may be inappropriate at this time.

Getting Through This

As concerned as you are about your own business, in this troubling time, the most important thing you can do is step away from the “business is business” mentality and be as empathetic as possible to the needs of your clients and customers.

And while there is no doubt that changes in marketing strategies and budgets are inevitable, we encourage every business to think strategically and not demolish an entire marketing strategy when a little precision pruning may be enough.

This is a difficult time right now, and fears and frustrations are influencing a lot of decision making in the business world – leading to a lot of turtling up in a lot of industries.

It can be hard to look forward to the time when the markets resume and start resembling normal activity, but if you continue to invest in yourself and your marketing efforts, you will have a better chance of getting back on track and even outperforming your competition when it’s all over.

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Online Marketing in Uncertain Times: How Do You Do It?

There is a lot of frustration, fear, and anxiety going around these days.

This is an extremely precarious time for businesses all over the world because there simply isn’t a single right answer for how they should react to the situation.

So, when things get tense and impossible to predict like this, it’s only natural to turtle up and try to weather the storm.

“Turtling up,” in a business sense, means pulling in on yourself and not reaching out for new opportunities. It means reducing as many costs as possible, including the marketing budget, and hoping that you can stick it out until everything returns to normal on its own.

This certainly seems to make sense on the surface, and, in some cases, the regulations and dictates of the state government may force you into this strategy.

However, even if it seems safe – or inevitable – it may not be the right strategy at this time.

To be clear: we are not advocating that any company ignore the health and safety measures that have been put in place.

We are, however, going to suggest some strategies, options, and opportunities that may prove more effective than the classic turtle strategy.

What Should Your Marketing Team Do?

Now is the time to exercise some flexibility and adapt your marketing efforts to address the current situation.

Now, obviously, we’re not here to tell you how you should use your budget in these challenging times.

However, we are here to suggest that cutting out your marketing efforts wholesale at this time could prove to be very detrimental for your long-term business health.

SEO has always been a long game, and profitability through excessive cost-cutting measures traditionally only provides a short-term gain. So, the question we would like to pose is: when this difficult time is behind us, will you find yourself in a strong position within the industry or rebuilding your online marketing foundation all over again?

Of course, that doesn’t mean you should just keep doing the same things you’ve always done. The times and trends are changing every day, and the great part about online marketing is the ability to pivot and change strategies to keep up with them.

So, what can you do to keep your marketing on track during uncertain times? Consider the following:

1.  Double down on content marketing

People want to know that somewhere out there things are continuing normally (or at least relatively normally). They want to hear about more than just how the virus is affecting the world (and your business).

Now, more than ever, customers and clients need connection points to their favorite companies. You can create these points of contact by providing the most useful, fun, intriguing content you can.

As you shift your content marketing strategies to meet this demand, consider using different types of content and keep your messages empathetic and on-point. Videos, eBooks, presentations, podcasts, infographics, newsletters… anything is valid right now.

This is also a great time to look back at some of your previous content and find the most useful and popular pieces and think about ways to repurpose them and put them back into circulation.

2.  Relationships over links

This may be the perfect time to switch away from traditional link building tactics. After all, approaching another website with the request for a link on their blog may not seem very sensitive – especially if that website owner is currently struggling just to stay in business.

Their first priority is certainly not going to involve editing a year-old blog post to send some link authority your way.

However, if you approach those same websites with the intent to build a relationship – as in, you want to create a mutually beneficial relationship in which you can send real traffic or leads back and forth – then now is the time to really dive into that kind of “link building.”

3.  Retool Your Website

There’s a good chance that your website isn’t really ready to deal with the current crisis (after all, who could have predicted that this is what the world would look like even a few weeks ago).

Now, this isn’t to say that you need to change your website to include a statement about the effects of the virus and what your company is doing about it. However, this may be the perfect time to update your About Us page with relevant information, or to add disclaimers to the Contact Us page about working with a smaller staff, or information on any product or service page that may be relevant to people’s needs.

This is also a great time to go through the site and remove things that may not be appropriate at this time or to highlight those products or services that are in very high demand right now.

4.  Focus on Keeping Current Clients

Gaining new clients is going to be tough in a time when everyone is forced to pull back in on their budgets, hunker down, and try to wait it all out.

This means companies need to really focus on retention. If you can’t bring in new revenue, you’re going to have to be completely dedicated to keeping what you’ve got.

That does not, however, mean that you should pressure your current clients to stay on and take a hard-nosed stance on contracts and agreements. Be open and direct with them. More importantly, be empathetic to their needs. Even if they’re contracted to pay a certain amount each month, this is the time for flexibility.

What Should SMB/Local Businesses Do?

A lot of small businesses with a brick and mortar location rely on their Google Search and Map listings to inform and connect with their customers.

Unfortunately, the information that is currently listed on your company’s profile could be rendered outdated at the drop of a hat.

Things are changing every day, and that has led to business disruptions, forced shut downs, and more.

How is a local business to deal with these changes?

It is important to remain as flexible as possible and ready to respond to these changes. You need to make sure you keep your rankings and keep Google informed about what’s happening at your location.

To that end, Google recommends that businesses take the following steps:

Change your business hours – Make sure that your listing is displaying the proper hours if you have changed them to adapt to the situation.

Create an update post about COVID-19 – You can share posts about your company through Google My Business. Post an update about how the situation is affecting your company and what you’re doing to handle it.

Make yourself available to your customers – Use every means at your disposal to keep the lines of communication open. This includes using messaging on the Google My Business app.

Update your business description – Change your normal business description to provide more information about your current operations, how you are helping the community, and if you are experiencing significant delays with your ability to provide products or services.

Spot the disclaimer – Google is adding a disclaimer to company profiles to let searchers know that this information may not be up-to-date. If you are a verified business, you can remove this disclaimer when you update your business hours.

Now, what happens if your business has been shut down, either due to government mandate or a proactive choice to minimize health risks?

If you are closed down, Google wants to know this.

However, simply listing your business as closed could destroy the rankings you’ve worked so long to cultivate online.

This is why Google now allows companies to mark their businesses as “Temporarily closed.” The search engine wants you to rest assured that you will still be “treated similarly to open businesses and your local search rank won’t change.”

You can do this through a simple process:

Sign in to Google My Business.

In the menu on the left, click “Info”.

Point to the section on the right: “Close this business on Google.”

Click the arrow to expand this section if necessary.

Click “Mark as temporarily closed”.

How Are You Supposed to Sell Anything Not “Essential”?

It is possible for a company to market “too hard” during uncertain time. We’re all facing challenges in our lives, and we want to make sure the business keeps going, but the approach has to change.

The key to selling things that aren’t generally considered essential during a crisis is to face the situation head on and be as useful as possible.

Don’t exploit the crisis, but don’t ignore it either.

We are living through a historical event right now, and your tone and intention should reflect that fact.

Make sure your messaging shows understanding and empathy. Get rid of the old boilerplate stuff that may be inappropriate at this time.

Getting Through This

As concerned as you are about your own business, in this troubling time, the most important thing you can do is step away from the “business is business” mentality and be as empathetic as possible to the needs of your clients and customers.

And while there is no doubt that changes in marketing strategies and budgets are inevitable, we encourage every business to think strategically and not demolish an entire marketing strategy when a little precision pruning may be enough.

This is a difficult time right now, and fears and frustrations are influencing a lot of decision making in the business world – leading to a lot of turtling up in a lot of industries.

It can be hard to look forward to the time when the markets resume and start resembling normal activity, but if you continue to invest in yourself and your marketing efforts, you will have a better chance of getting back on track and even outperforming your competition when it’s all over.

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Online Marketing in Uncertain Times: How Do You Do It?

There is a lot of frustration, fear, and anxiety going around these days.

This is an extremely precarious time for businesses all over the world because there simply isn’t a single right answer for how they should react to the situation.

So, when things get tense and impossible to predict like this, it’s only natural to turtle up and try to weather the storm.

“Turtling up,” in a business sense, means pulling in on yourself and not reaching out for new opportunities. It means reducing as many costs as possible, including the marketing budget, and hoping that you can stick it out until everything returns to normal on its own.

This certainly seems to make sense on the surface, and, in some cases, the regulations and dictates of the state government may force you into this strategy.

However, even if it seems safe – or inevitable – it may not be the right strategy at this time.

To be clear: we are not advocating that any company ignore the health and safety measures that have been put in place.

We are, however, going to suggest some strategies, options, and opportunities that may prove more effective than the classic turtle strategy.

What Should Your Marketing Team Do?

Now is the time to exercise some flexibility and adapt your marketing efforts to address the current situation.

Now, obviously, we’re not here to tell you how you should use your budget in these challenging times.

However, we are here to suggest that cutting out your marketing efforts wholesale at this time could prove to be very detrimental for your long-term business health.

SEO has always been a long game, and profitability through excessive cost-cutting measures traditionally only provides a short-term gain. So, the question we would like to pose is: when this difficult time is behind us, will you find yourself in a strong position within the industry or rebuilding your online marketing foundation all over again?

Of course, that doesn’t mean you should just keep doing the same things you’ve always done. The times and trends are changing every day, and the great part about online marketing is the ability to pivot and change strategies to keep up with them.

So, what can you do to keep your marketing on track during uncertain times? Consider the following:

1.  Double down on content marketing

People want to know that somewhere out there things are continuing normally (or at least relatively normally). They want to hear about more than just how the virus is affecting the world (and your business).

Now, more than ever, customers and clients need connection points to their favorite companies. You can create these points of contact by providing the most useful, fun, intriguing content you can.

As you shift your content marketing strategies to meet this demand, consider using different types of content and keep your messages empathetic and on-point. Videos, eBooks, presentations, podcasts, infographics, newsletters… anything is valid right now.

This is also a great time to look back at some of your previous content and find the most useful and popular pieces and think about ways to repurpose them and put them back into circulation.

2.  Relationships over links

This may be the perfect time to switch away from traditional link building tactics. After all, approaching another website with the request for a link on their blog may not seem very sensitive – especially if that website owner is currently struggling just to stay in business.

Their first priority is certainly not going to involve editing a year-old blog post to send some link authority your way.

However, if you approach those same websites with the intent to build a relationship – as in, you want to create a mutually beneficial relationship in which you can send real traffic or leads back and forth – then now is the time to really dive into that kind of “link building.”

3.  Retool Your Website

There’s a good chance that your website isn’t really ready to deal with the current crisis (after all, who could have predicted that this is what the world would look like even a few weeks ago).

Now, this isn’t to say that you need to change your website to include a statement about the effects of the virus and what your company is doing about it. However, this may be the perfect time to update your About Us page with relevant information, or to add disclaimers to the Contact Us page about working with a smaller staff, or information on any product or service page that may be relevant to people’s needs.

This is also a great time to go through the site and remove things that may not be appropriate at this time or to highlight those products or services that are in very high demand right now.

4.  Focus on Keeping Current Clients

Gaining new clients is going to be tough in a time when everyone is forced to pull back in on their budgets, hunker down, and try to wait it all out.

This means companies need to really focus on retention. If you can’t bring in new revenue, you’re going to have to be completely dedicated to keeping what you’ve got.

That does not, however, mean that you should pressure your current clients to stay on and take a hard-nosed stance on contracts and agreements. Be open and direct with them. More importantly, be empathetic to their needs. Even if they’re contracted to pay a certain amount each month, this is the time for flexibility.

What Should SMB/Local Businesses Do?

A lot of small businesses with a brick and mortar location rely on their Google Search and Map listings to inform and connect with their customers.

Unfortunately, the information that is currently listed on your company’s profile could be rendered outdated at the drop of a hat.

Things are changing every day, and that has led to business disruptions, forced shut downs, and more.

How is a local business to deal with these changes?

It is important to remain as flexible as possible and ready to respond to these changes. You need to make sure you keep your rankings and keep Google informed about what’s happening at your location.

To that end, Google recommends that businesses take the following steps:

Change your business hours – Make sure that your listing is displaying the proper hours if you have changed them to adapt to the situation.

Create an update post about COVID-19 – You can share posts about your company through Google My Business. Post an update about how the situation is affecting your company and what you’re doing to handle it.

Make yourself available to your customers – Use every means at your disposal to keep the lines of communication open. This includes using messaging on the Google My Business app.

Update your business description – Change your normal business description to provide more information about your current operations, how you are helping the community, and if you are experiencing significant delays with your ability to provide products or services.

Spot the disclaimer – Google is adding a disclaimer to company profiles to let searchers know that this information may not be up-to-date. If you are a verified business, you can remove this disclaimer when you update your business hours.

Now, what happens if your business has been shut down, either due to government mandate or a proactive choice to minimize health risks?

If you are closed down, Google wants to know this.

However, simply listing your business as closed could destroy the rankings you’ve worked so long to cultivate online.

This is why Google now allows companies to mark their businesses as “Temporarily closed.” The search engine wants you to rest assured that you will still be “treated similarly to open businesses and your local search rank won’t change.”

You can do this through a simple process:

Sign in to Google My Business.

In the menu on the left, click “Info”.

Point to the section on the right: “Close this business on Google.”

Click the arrow to expand this section if necessary.

Click “Mark as temporarily closed”.

How Are You Supposed to Sell Anything Not “Essential”?

It is possible for a company to market “too hard” during uncertain time. We’re all facing challenges in our lives, and we want to make sure the business keeps going, but the approach has to change.

The key to selling things that aren’t generally considered essential during a crisis is to face the situation head on and be as useful as possible.

Don’t exploit the crisis, but don’t ignore it either.

We are living through a historical event right now, and your tone and intention should reflect that fact.

Make sure your messaging shows understanding and empathy. Get rid of the old boilerplate stuff that may be inappropriate at this time.

Getting Through This

As concerned as you are about your own business, in this troubling time, the most important thing you can do is step away from the “business is business” mentality and be as empathetic as possible to the needs of your clients and customers.

And while there is no doubt that changes in marketing strategies and budgets are inevitable, we encourage every business to think strategically and not demolish an entire marketing strategy when a little precision pruning may be enough.

This is a difficult time right now, and fears and frustrations are influencing a lot of decision making in the business world – leading to a lot of turtling up in a lot of industries.

It can be hard to look forward to the time when the markets resume and start resembling normal activity, but if you continue to invest in yourself and your marketing efforts, you will have a better chance of getting back on track and even outperforming your competition when it’s all over.

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