A 1-minute trailer for ‘SCORPION’ Book One of The Myriad Series https://www.amazon.com/SCORPION-Myria…

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The Incidental Guru: Lessons in Healing from a Dog

Cindy’s first non-fiction book, The Incidental Guru; Lessons in Healing from a Dog detailed the transformational journey in her relationship with her dog Harry, a seemingly unredeemable, aggressive street mutt.

Imagine the Dalai Lama, renowned psychiatrist Scott Peck and a temperamental mutt named Harry on a long walk where the topic of conversation is emotional healing?

Prepare for an illuminating journey. Respected psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, shares an inspiring and insightful tale about how she met her incidental guru, an abandoned and rebellious dog whose defensive manner helped unveil touchstone elements for profound self-awareness and developing intimate and satisfying relationships.

Whether relating to our partner, family, friends, co-workers, or pets, The Incidental Guru will touch our souls with wisdom and insight encouraging us all to relate to both animals and people with greater understanding and compassion.

In her first non-fiction book, The Incidental Guru which became a national best-seller, she coined The Four Elements of Healing: Courage, Trust, Respect, and Love, as a simple yet powerfully profound paradigm for positive change.

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It is said that when three powerful forces collide, the Heavens will be moved…

The day began as another for Avery. The disillusioned and beautiful daughter of one of New York’s wealthiest and most powerful men, without a hint that she was about to tumble into a bizarre and mysterious series of events which would forever change her identity.

Tired of New York City after a few weeks visit, and craving to return to the Wu Dang mountain monastery and his lifelong teacher Monk Wao. Martial arts expert is thrust into a situation that will test his incredible skills to the utmost…. and his capacity for love.

Using the dark power of a ten thousand year old spell, Master Zheng will stop at nothing to claim possession of what he desires – first the sacred stones, rumored to have been forged from the orange-red dust of a long past star, then the girl whose soul he craves to possess and finally domination of the world’s secret society which has now permeated so many of world organizations. The forces of Hell are preparing to unleash the unthinkable terrors. Welcome to the Myriad Time, when the world waits breathlessly at the Abyss…

ENDORSEMENTS FOR SCORPION

“‘Magic is afoot,’ Leonard Cohen has written. That’s literally true in Cindy Stone’s novel, which begins with a beautiful ‘angelman’ rescuing a rich girl on a New York subway platform, and moves briskly to martial artists, gurus, evil masters, sacred stones, secret societies and an epic quest. A mystical story that moves like a thriller? Scorpion is that book.”

– Jesse Kornbluth,HeadButler.com

“An exciting story weaving authentic Asian martial arts and mysticism into an intriguing plot, with characters who really come alive on the pages.”

-Alex Kozma, Author,Warrior Guards the Mountain and Fragments of an Ancient Map – 6th Generation Baguaquan Teacher

“An exciting tale of martial camaraderie, love, and awakening spiritual abilities that echo the true life stories of all those who have journeyed to Wudang Mountain in search of their destiny.”

-Lindsey Wei, Author, The Valley Spirit, 24th Generation Chun Yang Sect of Daoism

“Enthralling stuff! A heady mix of esoteric mysticism and modern conspiracy, with unbridled thrills thrown in! … and a perfect combination of mystery, conspiracy, and romance! From Atlantis to the Illuminati, via Buddhism, the story is gripping!”

-Alastair Gunn, Author,The Bergamese Sect (Amazon top 10 Bestsellers)

“Cindy Stone has a unique way of revealing important issues of our contemporary time while blending into the narrative equally, if not more important, solutions. Meditation, internal martial arts and traveling to sacred, mystical spots around the world like the Taoist Wudang Mountains has always proved to be enlightening and empowering in my experience. Her brilliantly written book is a message to everyone that no matter how challenging life can be when you tune into your true inner potential, you unleash a myriad of powerful resources to help you find the Way. Don’t miss out on this exceptional book!”

– Terry Hodgkinson, Author,Memoirs of a Wandering Ninja – Walking the Path of Enlightenment

“An intricately woven masterpiece by Cindy Stone, Scorpion took me on a mystical journey with twists and turns. Intertwined with deep spiritual and cultural essence, I cannot commend more highly of this magical and riveting literary adventure.”

– Natasha Koo, Women’s Tribe Leader of Feminine Space

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After what feels like an eternity of writing. I launched my first novel at a book signing party in Toronto last week. As I reflect on how long the whole process took, I wonder how I got through it. After all, the initial idea was born in a flash of inspiration on a dog walk with my sister. Six years later, a not-so-simple love story– when is love ever simple–with mystical martial arts, secret societies, and global conspiracy was born.

How long does it take to write a novel, build a business or bring an endeavor into fruition? And how do you keep going when you feel like giving up. A writer friend of mine, Arthur Fuller, used to say “you can’t take nine women and make a baby in one month.” A baby takes nine months to gestate, and then years of care and nurturing to develop into an adult. Books, businesses and other endeavors have stages of evolution too. Some of those stages aren’t always fun.

Harvard Business Review describes five stages of development: Creativity, Direction, Delegation, Coordination, and Collaboration. Most business authors use variations of these basic phases.

Everything begins with a spark of inspiration, the good idea, then when the hard work creeps in, the motivation can slowly seep out. I break down the creative stages of any endeavor, be it a book, business or product into four phases.

1. Creation. The genesis of the Idea. This is the inspiration, the spark that ignites the imagination and initiates the journey.

2. Crafting. This is the stage where the broad strokes of the project are shaped, bringing the idea into being.

3. Refinement. The idea gets re- worked, re-molded and fine-tuned as much as needed.

4. Polish. The well-worked idea receives any enhancements with a final smoothing out of roughness, getting ready for market.

Author Holly Robinson wrote in The Huffington Post, that four to ten years was the average time it took seasoned authors; Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Wally Lamb and Richard Russo to write their novels. Robinson noted that NYTimes Bestselling author Jane Green writes novels in six months. Holly’s conclusion is that “writing a novel takes “as long as you want or need it to.” Thomas Harris took eighteen years to write “Silence of the Lambs”, and Stephen King, ten years to write “Under the Dome”.

I soothe myself with these stories. Even writing an article takes me weeks of revisions, but what this long process has taught me, is how to keep those inner fires burning, from the exciting inception of an idea, through the dreary re-writing and endless revision stages and on to the victory of completion.

Five ways to keep those inner fires burning.

1. Hold the goal in your mind. Visualize what it will be like when it’s done.

2. Re-ignite your passion and inspiration regularly.

Remind yourself of your initial excitement.

3. Discover the beauty of the refining process. Every detail of your creation is worthy of your attention. Revise until you get it right. Evolve with your project, adding depth along the way. This may be the most vital phase, taking your idea and making it great.

4. Expect setbacks and challenges. Instead of being discouraged, be encouraged to overcome. Setbacks are the threshold guardians of The Hero’s Journey testing you. Is this a project you have the commitment to see through to the end.

5. Draw inspiration from others along the way. Read success stories. Ask for help from others. Learn what you need from experts that can help you achieve the next level of your development, the next level of your project.

Keep those inner fires burning and you will be the one with the successful book, business or other endeavors.

Visit: http://www.cindystoneauthor.com to find out more about her new novel, SCORPION from The Myriad Series.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/holly-robinson/how-long-does-a-novel-tak_b_5359814.html

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What Actually Happens When You See a Life Coach or Psychotherapist?

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Feel Enoughness, Flow and Confidence with Natasha Koo: http://www.femininespace.com

In this ninth empowering chat with the bestselling author and psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, our host, Natasha Koo, share some powerful insights on why our expectations can create suffering.

Cindy Stone explains how the constant struggle to force or control things when life gets difficult can actually make things harder. While Natasha reveals how letting go when pain is inevitable and facing life with acceptance make the suffering go away.

Get the free guided meditation recording by Cindy Stone which will help you to let go of any attachments that make life hard and ease you into the flow again.

The show notes showcase Cindy Stone’s guided meditation ‘From Struggling to Thriving.’

The show notes page, transcript, and free guided meditation are located here:

www.femininespace.com/lettinggo

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Feel Enoughness, Flow and Confidence with Natasha Koo: http://www.femininespace.com

In this eighth empowering chat with the bestselling author and psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, our host, Natasha Koo, share some powerful metaphors inspired by nature that relate to life and the key to happiness.

Cindy Stone explains how our fast-paced lifestyles can be balanced by a mindful walk in nature to recharge and regain our sense of selves. While Natasha reveals nature’s lesson of letting go and the natural creative cycles that our lives are also ruled under.

Get the free guided meditation recording by Cindy Stone which will help you to ground and feel reconnected back to yourself and the Earth.

The show notes showcase Cindy Stone’s guided meditation ‘Finding Grounding and Natural Peace.’

The show notes page, transcript, and free guided meditation are located here:

www.femininespace.com/nature

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Feel Enoughness, Flow and Confidence with Natasha Koo: http://www.femininespace.com

In this seventh empowering chat with the bestselling author and psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, our host, Natasha Koo, share why we often feel pulled to be unique, an independent individual yet desire oneness and connection with the world and others.

Cindy Stone explains why our innate desire for oneness and separation aren’t opposite but the other sides of the same coin. While Natasha reveals why surrendering is necessary in order to fully recognize the aspects of life we cannot control but must work with.

Get the free guided meditation recording by Cindy Stone which will inspire both your separateness and uniqueness; and togetherness and oneness:

www.femininespace.com/oneness

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Feel Enoughness, Flow and Confidence with Natasha Koo: http://www.femininespace.com

In this sixth empowering chat with the bestselling author and psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, our host, Natasha Koo, share what easy steps we can take to realize our dreams and creative ideas. Cindy Stone reveals her go-to trick, that works for her and many other creatives, when evaluating which projects and ideas she should invest in. Find out how to set free overwhelm and grow your dreams and visions into fruition.

Get the free PDF guide by Natasha designed to help you align with your creative expression, develop a simple structure so your idea comes to life and tips to overcome overwhelm!

The show notes showcase Natasha’s effective guide to Easy Steps and Tips to Realizing Your Creative Dreams. The show notes page, transcript, and free PDF guide are located here:

www.femininespace.com/bigideas

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Feel Enoughness, Balance and Confidence with Natasha Koo: http://www.femininespace.com

In this fifth empowering chat with the award-winning author and psychotherapist, Cindy Stone, our host, Natasha Koo, share what exactly creativity is and how it is essential to feeling alive.

Not only does Natasha share her story of struggling with the newfound freedom of self-expression, this episode will also reveal to you why change and stepping out of our comfort zone can be comfortable and why that’s perfectly alright.

Find out how to unleash your creativity, be inspired by your own genius and unblock any rigid mindset or habits by getting Cindy’s guided meditation to expand your creative range!

The show notes showcase Cindy’s powerful meditation for expanding your creative allowance and fulfillment.

The show notes page, transcript, and free meditation are located here:
www.femininespace.com/creativity

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