The moment that I fell to my knees in the woods crying with intense love, joy, and laughter is not one that I thought I could ever explain or share.
I still don’t.

That happened in February.

I’ve been quietly absent for a month, contemplating what to do with something I had never experienced before, and had no [...]

In the spring of 2009, I had an experience of intense suffering transformed by and into love and joy. Happiness became my predominant state. Tears of immense gratitude flowed. Laughter burst-out uncontrollably at the simplicity and power of the combination of love and joy. How was it that we could not have known this before?
Awakening [...]

In memory of Dawn

On New Year’s eve day I called a friend I had not seen in a few months, and learned she was in hospital, dealing with 4th stage cancer. Fourth stage means that the cancer has moved elsewhere, beyond it’s origin. Her liver was the largest problem; it was not doing a good [...]

Awakening Joy™ is a story of suffering transcended into joy, a book, and a practice that anyone can do to end suffering and live in joy.

“I knew something was seriously wrong when he did not answer the phone all weekend. No-one else had reached him either, and his voice mail was full. [...]

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Awakening Joy
with author Cindy Teevens. More about the book Awakening Joy.
Hear the true story of suffering that led to Awakening Joy™, a simple practice anyone can do that will create a life full of constant joy. Meet Cindy at this talk, [...]

It is said that every attack is a cry for help.
When someone is hurting sufficiently in some way, that kind of pain can motivate them to act-out or try to hurt others, even those they love the most. This is an attempt to stop their suffering by getting their needs met. They turn to the [...]

Now you will be able to carry it, read it in bed, or give it to friends. Beautifully and properly printed, long-lasting copies of Awakening Joy™, the end of suffering and birth of unconditional love, First Edition–are going to press, and you can pre-order right now. As the original readers of Awakening Joy™, for a [...]

Seek Joy and Win!
Meet Joy! Joy was given to me by an Awakening Joy™ reader. I will be traveling all over with Joy, and taking photos wherever we go.
One photo will have Joy hidden in it, and that picture will be published in my newsletter.
The first 28 readers who find Joy and reply with where [...]

After an Awakening Joy™ session, people leave feeling happy and peaceful. The other day a client called to make an appointment “I really need it,” she said. That, along with some other readers’ comments like, “I read your book when I need a tune-up,” and “it picks me up when I feel down,” brought to [...]

The wake today was an experience unlike any other.  Of course they all are; every moment is, because this moment has never happened before. Yet old mind habitual response can make things seem the same. Today, approaching the closed casket, and looking into the bright, sparking, and kind eyes in the photo of my deceased [...]