Upcoming Book – Announcement!!

Hello Friend!

I hope are enjoying this beautiful fall season. It’s gorgeous here in Oregon and I’m enjoying the way the light hits the leaves and the birds coming here to eat. Magnificent!!!

Here is the cover to the latest book I’ve been working on. It should be available on Amazon this coming week, and I’ll be offering a pre-release special for all of my readers. I hope you’ll buy it and if you like it, you’ll give it a rave review on Amazon!!!

I’m really excited because I think there are so many people who have done a lot of personal growth homework to get to a place of “better” in their lives, and who want more but aren’t sure how to get there. Many of these people are 12-steppers, but you don’t have to be one to benefit from reading this. If you like my blog(s), you’ll love this book!

If you have friends who have done their share of personal growth homework, and who are at a standstill or who simply KNOW there’s MORE, please share this with them.

As soon as it’s available on Amazon this week, I’ll let you know!

Much love,
Debbie

Mind in the Forest: An intimate encounter with really old trees

This tapestry of an article contains many beautiful reflections. May it add richness, wonder and sparkle to your life, and to humanity.
Love,
Debbie

Mind in the Forest
An intimate encounter with really old trees

BY SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS

Published in the November/December 2009 issue of Orion magazine

Recipe for Chakra-strengthening

This recipe is great for people who are not very “grounded” and who are seeking greater self confidence and inner strength.

A few months ago, a number of really great reflections and meditations came into my life, resulting in really positive experiences. They included chakra awareness, balancing and strengthening.

I don’t remember the order that these came to me exactly, but here they are in a way that you can easily make sense of. I’m going to include links to previous blog posts of mine, and put them together for you here.

(This post is for more advanced readers… If you don’t know what chakras are, I encourage you to Google it. I’ll post a photo here at the bottom of the page.)

If you have questions or would like me to elaborate on something, please let me know.

ALL OF THE CHAKRAS
While reading the first 10 pages of Celtic Chakras, all of my chakras came more alive than ever. It’s a meditation I practice regularly now, and I can do it in a grocery store or while in traffic. It’s intuitive, lovely, balanced and complete.
https://stardustandgold.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/stardust-and-gold/

THE THIRD CHAKRA
When I heard Christian Pankhurst speak on these couple of videos about anger and happiness, I “got” what the third chakra is about and how it works. I understood that people get their third chakra fueled by religion and that’s why when people leave their “main” religion, they often feel lost. Unless they can strengthen and fuel their own third chakra. After feeling my third and first chakra clearly and so strong, and tuning in to its incredible energy, I have become more self reliant (in a healthy way) and more confident.
Once you click on this link, scroll to the bottom to click on Christian’s videos. You’ll need facebook to do this.
http://vortex144.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/the-vastness-at-the-heart-of-anxiety/

THE FIRST CHAKRA
First chakra… teachers have told me for many years to “ground” myself. I tried every meditation in the book… nothing really worked. Until I read this one paragraph at the bottom of this chapter by Linda Kohanov’s book Power of the Herd.
That very night I was able to sleep without socks on my feet (unheard of previously!!!) and the next day I woke up early in the morning (also UNHEARD OF!!!) and my sleeping schedule became more “normal”. I used to be a late late nighter, and now I get tired around midnight. My energy feels more balanced as well.
Once you click on this link, you’ll be led to chapter 2 of Linda’s Power of the Herd. The story is toward the bottom of the page, but I do recommend reading the entire page.
http://vortex144.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/your-body-is-a-horse-empaths-read-this/

A Dance of Energy – Collection of Horse Videos

It is an incredible thing to see clear evidence of what is truly possible within humanity, and among people and animals… the documentary in this selection called “Path of the Horse” is outstanding, it moves me to tears. It shows what is possible, who we REALLY are. I hope it touches your heart, spirit and soul. It’s all about ENERGY. Not talking about it. Not just “feeling it”. ENGAGING IT. Dynamically. Authentically. Every day of your life. In every interaction you have.

Much love,
Debbie

New Moon… Make a Wish!

Here are 2 lovely articles to help you make the most of this New Moon 🙂

♥♥♥ New Moon Wishes ♥♥♥
from https://www.facebook.com/moonphases.moonlove

The New Moon is a powerful time to make wishes, acknowledge intentions, goals or heartfelt dreams. These wishes are sincere and intuitive and are made for the highest good of all.

Esther Perel: The Secret to Desire in a Long-term Relationship

Watching this 20 minute video was life changing for both myself and my partner.  It makes so much sense, you’ll wish you watched it when you were a teenager!

Esther shares concrete ideas about what we truly need in order to feel deeply satisfied within a relationship. How much imagination plays a role. How important space is, what it looks like and how you can carve it out so that it truly serves its purpose.

The ideas Esther presents are easy to apply. If you are in a relationship, you’ll want to share it with your partner. If you aren’t,  you can bring it to the table in your next one :-).

Much love,

Debbie

Your Body is a Horse – EMPATHS, Read This!

This is one of the best articles I’ve ever read on listening to your body’s intelligence… Here are specific instructions on how to hear what it is telling you. Specifically. Precisely. And immediately.
Cheers!
Debbie

Vortex 144

This is one of the best articles I’ve ever read on listening to your body’s intelligence.

For those of you who related to the Empath article, you’ll love this article! It shows you HOW to use your gifts, in every situation, every day.

It’s leading edge information, and I hope it assists you in creating the best life you possibly can imagine… whether this means healing past trauma, or moving forward with your dreams, YOUR BODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO.

Here are specific instructions on how to hear what it is telling you. Specifically. Precisely. And immediately.

It’s chapter 2 of Linda Kohanov’s book The Power of the Herd: Building Social Intelligence, Visionary Leadership and Authentic Community through the Way of the Horse and her website requested not to copy the work, so here is the link:

http://eponaquest.com/the-power-of-the-herd/guiding-principle-two/

Update December 2013: The link is no longer working, but check out…

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About Stardust and Gold

I thought I’d copy the “About” page of Stardust and Gold because, well, it Feeels good to Welcome you! So…

Welcome!

My name is Debbie Happy Cohen, and yes, Happy is my middle name from birth (Thanks ma!).

Here are a few focus points for this blog. I feel a sense of community around it, so this would be a good place to communicate my intentions, to set us up for the best possible experience.

My passion / intention for this blog:
What I love most about spirituality is the PRACTICE of it, the practical side. So that’s what this blog celebrates.

The question this blog asks:
How can spiritual practice be used to ENLIVEN and ENRICH and EXPAND your life?

What do I look for as evidence if a practice is working?
I feel INSPIRED and I see an INCREASE in the experience that I’m wanting. At the very least, I feel an increase of KNOWING that I’m on the right track.

What this blog is NOT:
This blog is not a house for philosophical discussions; or religious or spiritual debates.

What this blog is:
It’s a tool box. And it’s a Community! If you see an idea you like, apply it. If you like it, then LIKE it so other people can benefit. Comment about how it worked for you, or if it didn’t.

Inspiration for this blog
This blog idea flew into my heart right after I read an incredibly rich book on Celtics and chakras, and I wanted to share it as a resource that others could refer to. And it dawned on me I am rich with such resources, so why not start a blog? So here we are. (Here is the post about the book.)

Thank you for joining!

Debbie Cohen, M.A.
Peaceful Millionaire Coaching

Poetry

By the way, if you like this blog, you will probably like my poetry blog as well as a collection of brilliant articles that I’m posting at Vortex 144.

In the Stardust and Gold blog, the focus is entirely on Spiritual practices, but I wanted to make sure you know about the other resources as well.

Thank you for being here 🙂

Debbie

Thank God for Evolution?

As we take this journey to greater peace and love, we are still… and will continue to be… human. Imperfect. Evolving.

We all know people who struggle with everything from dieting crazes to sex addiction to being too smart for your own good and everything else you can think of.

I first met Rev. Michael Dowd and his wife Connie Barlow a couple of years ago in Alabama, and fell head over heals in love with both of them, as well as their their timely, empowering messages.

My awareness was expanded permanently. as we enjoyed consciousness evolving conversations and relaxing time watching the sun set.

Their message and book, Thank God for Evolution, helped me to COMPLETELY eradicate judgment about “human stupidity”… my own and others’…

Without judgment, we are set free to be more of Who We Really Are.

With Evolutionary Psychology, and in the easy way Michael shares it in this video, we are left with more time and energy for our most deeply cherished values… our dreams, our futures, our true loves.

Here is his TEDx video that I wish every person on the planet could watch. Please share it with those you love.

Love,

Debbie

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