Image from From my new book, ZEN TIPS
Four years ago I could never have imagined that today I would be introducing my new book, ZEN TIPS, Daily Meditations For Happiness and Fulfillment From The Zen Mama.
In 2009, I started down a path. A path to self-discovery.
I was a worried, heartsick mother. I noticed that my teenage boys were growing distant. I nagged and then we argued. They didn’t sit too long at the table for meals. Not unlike other teens, friends became more important than mom and dad. I didn’t always know where they were. Then, in the midst of my worry and concern, the unthinkable happened…. the Zen Mama stepped into my life and gave me calming advice that balanced me and gave me (and the Zen Papa) a new perspective on life and raising children. She would come at night when I couldn’t sleep. I would write her words down on my computer. I learned about trust, acceptance and unconditional love. Those nocturnal writings became my book, HOW TO BE A ZEN MAMA.
I continued to change to the way I looked at things. As, I wrote this blog weekly, I began to use quotes to start each post. I fell in love with quote from Buddha, Lao Tzu and Confucius. I fell for Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Keller and Thomas Edison. Other ancients spoke to me, as well… Cierco, Epicteus and Aristotle to name a few. I found myself compiling all these quotes in different folders over my desktop. In 2010, I complied all the quotes I’d been collecting into the book, THE ZEN MAMA’S BOOK OF QUOTES.
Over the next few years, I researched subjects like Laughter Yoga, Zen Buddhism and Positive Thought and kept applying it my parenting and teaching. I also encouraged other people to follow their dreams. So, I decided to follow one of my dreams…photography. In 2011 and 2012, I matched up my favorite quotes with my four color photography and started posting the results on Facebook! I called them ZEN TIPS. Each morning I’d post a ZEN TIP. The tips not only inspired me but appeared to appeal to many. These Tips inspired my new book, ZEN TIPS! It’s a paperback book filled with inspirational quotes, color photography, meditations and “I Am” affirmations. It’s been a year long labor of love that brought me so much joy as I put together and edited the book.
Here are some pages from the book.
Start your day with this book. Imagine a hope, dream or future you want and turn to a page that will answer that thought. Or just read from the beginning to end. Incorporate these meditations with your daily breathing, yoga or a cup of tea or coffee. Savor each page and let it set the tone for the day. A great book for everyone – parents, grandparents, graduates and students of life!
Thank you to all of you for your support, comments, emails and shares on Facebook! You readers are an inspiration to me!
Read some reviews here!
Order Zen Tips signed by Betsy McKee Henry $13.95 from Paypal
Betsy, congratulations!! You must be ecstatic. Zen Tips looks wonderful and I’m so excited for you! I will be ordering it soon!
It’s amazing the unexpected trajectory our lives take sometimes, isn’t it?
xoxo
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Thank you Christine!! And thanks for your order. I am ecstatic. It wonderful to be doing what I’ve always wanted to do. And I so appreciate your order as well!
xoxo
Betsy
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Betsy,
I’m so excited for you – book #3! It looks very inspiring.
xoxo,
Angela
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Thanks so much Angela! As you know, writing takes so much work but is so worth it. Thanks for your support!
xoxo
Betsy
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Congratulations Betsy!
This adds another feather in your cap
You surely have come a long way these past four years, and I hope and pray for much continued success in the years hereafter as well.
Thanks so much for sharing these with us. I would surely be sharing and passing them along to my friends and known ones too.
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:54 am
Harleena,
I have come a long way. It’s amazing!! I can’t wait to see what is store just around the corner.
I appreciate your comment.
xoxo
Betsy
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Dearest Betsy,
Big hugs! I am very thrilled about this lovely book and can’t wait to show it off!
So glad we’re connected. Okay, I am grinning now!
Love, Vidya
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:55 am
Thank you Vidya!!
I so appreciate your support and am so glad we have connected over the years, too.
xoxo
Betsy
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Congratulations Betsy!
I love your ‘I am’ statements. Today mine is ‘I am loved’.
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:55 am
Aren’t they great Carolyn? And they always work. I am loved is a perfect one!!!
Thanks for your congratulations!
xoxo
Betsy
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congratulations on your new book Betsy !
i just ordered Zen Tips
looking forward to seeing it and reading it
thank you for inspiring me
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Betsy Reply:
November 24th, 2012 at 11:56 am
Thank you so much for your congratulations and ordering it!! I hope you enjoy the book.
And your comment inspires me back!
xoxo
Betsy
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Congrats Betsy! The book sounds very inspiring and good for you to write three books! Much success on your new book.
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Betsy Reply:
November 25th, 2012 at 9:36 am
Thank you so much Cathy!! It’s my dream to be an author and here I am following it! Thanks so much for your support and congratulations.
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Hi Betsy,
I just wanted to extend my congratulations on your new book. I wish you the greatest of success with it.
I loved what you wrote about “I AM” statements. Such statements are essential for any change to begin. Even if the “I AM” statement is opposite to what we are currently thinking, as you say, we need to say them in order to allow our consciousness and subconsciousness to begin to look at the world in a new and different way.
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:29 am
Thank you so much Hiten! So glad you enjoyed the I AM statements. I discovered them earlier in the year. They’ve really worked for me and my boys. It almost seems like magic!!
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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Nice work Betsy…Congratulations, you are living in the moment.
be good to yourself
David
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:29 am
Thank you David! I am trying to live in the moment as much as possible.
Thanks for the comment.
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Betsy, congratulations re book #3!
It looks stunning.
So happy for you:-)
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Thank you Arvind! I appreciate your support!!
Thanks for the comment!
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A wonderful book! I enjoyed it and highly recommend it! Thank you for sharing your light with the world.
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Thank you so much Galen! I really appreciate your support!
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Congratulations, Betsy! I’m so happy for you, and I know that this book will inspire so many to embrace mindfulness and love within their lives. Hugs to you!
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:30 am
Thank you Jodi! I appreciate the support you gave me when I asked for it!!
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3 books! I’m so impressed! And this one looks just awesome! I should make it a Christmas present to myself!
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:31 am
Thanks Missy! You’re on the back cover!! I really appreciate your support!
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What an achievement – warm, warm, warm congratulations!
This is a great resource for mindful Mamas which I would be really interested in seeing and promoting in some way to my community of mindful Mama entrepreneurs. Let’s connect soon to explore the possibilities!
Alex
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Betsy Reply:
November 30th, 2012 at 7:32 am
Thanks Alex! I’d love to talk more! Email me at thezenmama (@) gmail.com or I’ll get in touch with you.
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