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As technologists with decades of experience, we typically review many different products before making a choice that is right for us to use here at Thriving Now. Below are some of the tools and services we recommend. (Please note that there are often several different options, and while the products listed below are ones we use, there may be better choices for you.)

Website Resources

WordPress – http://www.wordpress.org
This is an easy to use and mostly free way to quickly set up a blog and/or a website. You can sign up for a free WordPress blog at www.wordpress.com. All our sites now run on WordPress.

GoDaddy.com – http://www.godaddy.com
If you want to register a domain for your site,  this is a good place to go. Prices are average for the industry (they often have sales as well) and their customer service has been exceptional.

Amazon S3 – http://aws.amazon.com/s3/
Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. We use it to deliver large files like audios and videos to customers, and for off-site archive storage for important projects. Price is reasonable. We use S3 Organizer in Firefox to access our S3 storage “buckets.”

S3stat Amazon S3 Statistics – http://www.s3stat.com/
If you use Amazon S3 to deliver content like we do, you REALLY need an Amazon S3 statistics tool …because if you do not have one, when/if a big monthly bill comes in, you won’t know what file(s) caused it! We really appreciate the insights this service gives us into our S3 usage… and at a very reasonable price.

Google Analytics – https://www.google.com/analytics
Free service where you add some javascript to your web pages and google will track usage and popular pages (and more).

MaxCDN – http://www.maxcdn.com
Content Delivery Network that works automatically with the W3 Total Cache plugin for WordPress. Allows visitors from around the world to load cached images, css style sheets, and more from a network of servers closer to their location. Also takes the load off our server, even for VERY high traffic days. Well worth the cost.

Communications

Skype – http://www.skype.com
Allows you to use your computer to make audio and video calls around the world for free. Also has some paid features. Offers the ability to remotely view another person’s screen (useful for collaborating).

Skype Recording with Call Graph – https://callgraph.biz/
Windows audio recording of Skype calls. Free.

NConnects – http://www.nconnects.com
This is a paid conference-call service which allows control of individual caller’s volume and participation. It also allows you to record and download calls. It’s what we use! Now allows callers to access the service directly from Skype without using SkypeOut.

Phone.com– http://www.phone.com
We use their virtual office service to route incoming calls to office phone line AND cell phone(s). They offer human voicemail transcription, too. Pressing *7 on an incoming call also activates call recording, which you can easily use to download into a Dropbox folder to send a “public” (but unguessable) link to your clients so they can listen again.

Free Conference Call – http://www.freeconferencecall.com
This service allows you to host free conference calls up to 96 people. They also have a simple event version that hosts up 1000 people.

AudioAcrobat – http://thrivingnow.audioacrobat.com/
You can use the service to upload audio you record on your own computer, record directly to their service over the internet, and record by telephone. Using three-way-calling, you can also record teleconferences and client sessions up to two hours in length. You can also set up client testimonial lines. It is easy to integrate the audio into any website where you can paste HTML.

Customer Management & Shopping Cart

1ShoppingCart – http://www.1shoppingcart.com
On-line shopping cart and e-commerce.  Includes email autoresponders and affiliate management as well. It’s what we use.

Auto Response Plus – http://www.autoresponseplus.com
Email broadcast and auto responder you install on your mail server. It’s what we use now for our email lists. Requires someone skilled in server and email management as part of your team.

Amember – http://www.amember.com/
Membership and subscription management system, integrates with systems like 1ShoppingCart and ExpressionEngine.

Paypal – http://www.paypal.com
On-line shopping cart and e-commerce. Convenient way to allow clients to send you payments. Easy to set up Buy Now buttons.

Outsourcing

Elance – http://www.elance.com
On-line freelance support for outsourcing various parts of your business.

Social Media

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com
Become a fan of Thriving Now at http://facebook.com/thrivingnow

Twitter – http://www.twitter.com
Follow Thriving Now at http://twitter.com/thrivingnow

Other Useful Resources

Dropbox – http://www.dropbox.com
Integrates so nicely into Windows. We use it to easily send private recordings to clients, share spreadsheets and other project files, and sync content between computers.

Carbonite – http://www.carbonite.com
Auto Backup for Computer Files. If you do not have OFF-SITE backup of your key files, you are taking a risk of total loss. Use something like Carbonite, store files on Amazon S3, or some other off-site backup strategy.

Roboform – http://www.roboform.com
Program manages and stores your passwords and autofills on-line registration forms to save you time.

Big Stock Photo – http://www.bigstockphoto.com
Search and download photos for websites,  advertizing, products, etc.

Camtasia – http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
Video presentation creation and editing

Sony Sound Forge – http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp
Audio creation and editing. We use the Pro version which has an outstanding noise reduction filter. Many people choose the free program Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Levelator – http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
Free program that allows you to balance the volume of audios automatically (must be saved in .wav or .aiff format first). Perfect for processing teleclass recordings.

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Group Support is Amazingly Helpful… and Affordable

Have you ever felt part of a community that is healing together, respecting one another, and co-creating a safe space for personal growth? That kind of world is available to you if you choose to join the Thriving Now Team Coaching Program. Once you are a member, you will benefit from:

• …exceptional access to two expert emotional freedom coaches, Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli
• …a private members-only area for you to ask questions, feel heard, and get practical-minded coaching
• …an unmatched library of resources developed over 7 years that would cost thousands if purchased separately
• …ongoing support through ample group tapping and coaching sessions scheduled throughout the month
• …ALL for an intentionally affordable $47/month (less than just one private 20-minute coaching call) with no commitment required and a 30-day money back guarantee. We’d love for you to join us.

Private Sessions

…are available with either Cathy or Rick. (Team members get one free 20-minute private session — a $67 value — during their first paid month of membership.)

by Cathy Vartuli

Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there lived a very brave young man. Because he also had a deeply compassionate heart, great intellect, a quiet strength, and a quick wit, he was much loved.

For many years he worked in his family’s business, where he produced much wealth. But he wanted to learn about the world and understand more of what made it work. And the suffering he saw all around confused him. So he thanked his father and his mother, his brothers and sisters, and set off into the world to learn.

He traveled for many years… studying different ways people heal. He learned wonderful ways to relax the body and mind. But they all took decades to learn deeply, and he knew the average person needed some way to comfort themselves more easily and quickly, so he traveled on. He met with muses and gurus and mystics. Climbed tall mountains and journeyed to distant islands.

Once he was caught in a stampede when the group he was traveling with crossed a great plane. His body was healed by healers of great renown, and he was grateful, but he found that his mind and heart still hurt from the injury and the healers could not help.

Throughout his travels, he saw people struggling. Hurting. Wishing and despairing. He knew there had to be a better way. Foot weary, and heart sore, he continued his journey.

Eventually, ragged and worn, he chanced upon a small valley. The air was fresh, the grass green, and the people content. He decided he needed to rest, so even though he had heard of no great healer or mystic in this area, he turned his feet toward the village.

He spent several weeks just eating, sleeping, and talking with the people of the town. He got his clothes mended, his shoes repaired, his hair cut. He noticed that many of his cares slipped away, and he felt younger the longer he stayed.

Everywhere he turned, he noticed that these people were quite happy. Yes, they still did lose their mittens sometimes, and disagreed with one another. But there was a calm, gentle way about them that felt very natural.

He found himself feeling better just being there. In fact, the food and rest seemed to be changing things deep inside him, for his heart felt lighter and happier here, too.

Many of the foods here were cooked differently than he had ever had them. Most dishes contained apples, prepared in delicious ways with chicken and fish. He had never tasted dishes like this before in all of his travels.

Finally he asked the woman who provided his lodging what the secret was. “Why is everyone here so content? I have traveled the world looking for ways to help people, and yet most of you seem to need none.”

The woman smiled and urged him to talk to a small farmer just up the valley… if he truly wanted to know.

The next morning, the young man woke early and with a bit of breakfast, set off up the valley. It was still quite early on that beautiful morning when he came to the turn in the road his landlord described.

The small farm was very lovely, with green grass so vital and fresh he quite envied the sleek horses and cows he saw breaking their fast on it. And all around, he smelled apples. Strong, healthy apple trees grew everywhere.

A man, as vital and alive as any he had seen, was sorting a basket of apples. The young man greeted him and was dazzled by the happiness and contentment in the smile he received in return.

He was invited to sit, and he given an apple to eat. Hungry from his walk, he bit into it and had flavor and wonder explode in his mouth. The farmer laughed at the expression on his face, and said, “Yes, it is the apples, and it is the love and intention that they are grown with that is the secret in this valley. The apples do not remove all challenges in life, but they make it easy for people to move past old hurts and see each other clearly, and that helps, for that is the basis of much conflict.”

The young man was delighted. How easy to eat an apple a day and be more content and happy! Who wouldn’t do that?! He asked the farmer how he might share this with more people so fewer would suffer.

The farmer smiled, and said “If you wish, I will sell you that basket of apples I was just sorting. You may do what you wish with it, but from experience, I can make recommendations if you like.”

When the young man eagerly nodded, for he was quite willing to hear, the farmer continued. “If you give these apples away, you will help 24 people for a few days. If, however, you eat them first yourself, to heal the pain you carry, and save all the seeds, you can nurture the trees you grow with love and offer apples to people for generations. I bid you watch how different people accept your apples, and trust your heart on what to charge, and when to offer a gift.”

The young man saw the sense in that, and thanked the man, asking him what he should pay for the apples. The farmer said, “I am quite willing to accept value for my apples, since they are valuable. The love they carry is offered freely, but value for value is just and feels good to the heart.”

The young man worried a bit, since he had spent most of what he owned seeking knowledge. And he wanted to share apples and happiness with as many as he could.

The farmer nodded to the pin in the shape of a bluebird on the young man’s cloak. “Your mother gave you that pin for safe travels, didn’t she?”  The young man nodded. The farmer smiled, “There is much love in it. Trade me that pin for the apples, for I know your mother would approve, and you shall see her soon. I will include an apple for her, as well.”

The young man was reluctant, but since he had little else to offer, he traded his pin for a basket of apples and one red juicy one besides.

Eager to start helping people, he set off the next morning to travel home. As the man had bid him, each day he ate one apple, and he carefully saved the seeds. He found he had much energy and could travel smoothly and far. Though it should have taken him months to get home, on the afternoon of the 24th day, he approached his family’s home.

His mother was the first to see him, and she rushed over and hugged him tightly.

Over dinner that night, his brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles joined his parents for a celebratory dinner. Some of his family found his efforts a bit scornful, traveling all those years, returning in worn clothes with nothing more than a small bag of seeds and one perfect apple for his mother. They had all been building their fortunes and growing families.

His mother smiled though, and his father offered him the fallow land near the old spring for his trees. His mother insisted on sharing the apple with her husband, and since love shared is doubled, they were both healed and felt younger and happier.

The young man started his orchard the next morning. He carefully cleared the ground, and lovingly planted each seed. Everyday he tended and watered and weeded them, while he built a small cottage close by. Some days a sibling would come by, and help a bit, and soon he had a snug place to live while his trees grew.

And of course, since these were magical seeds, by fall, the saplings were almost as tall as the young man. He cared for them through their first winter, and in spring, they rewarded him with a flurry of blossoms, the smell of which made even the grumpiest man smile.

By fall, the branches were bowed under the weight of fruit, and the young man carefully picked the apples, polished them, and took them to market.

He carefully cut up one apple, so that anyone who wished might have a taste and know their worth, and so even those who choose not to buy could savor a bit or enjoy the smell.

As the farmer had bid him, he sold his apples for a good price, but once in awhile, if his heart directed, he would give one to someone with love.

With over a hundred trees in his orch
ard (and new seeds saved for future expansion), there were plenty to sell as well as store for the winter. And while not everyone in his home village ate the apples, it was a much happier place with fewer illnesses and much love.

Now this might be the end of the story, but the young man was a curious man. And he noticed that not everyone was as happy as others, and that some wouldn’t eat the apples at all. So for one month, he followed a person home each night to see what they would do with the apples they bought or were given.

He noticed that some people lovingly ate them, enjoying the process, sharing them with their loved ones. They did very well.

He noticed that some people who were given a gift of an apple did the same. But some, perhaps feeling that they would never be given more, hoarded it until it rotted and didn’t even think to plant the seeds. Others scarfed it down so rapidly that much of the goodness escaped.

He found it strange that some very injured people were able to heal quickly, while others did not. This distressed him because he wanted to help everyone. Watching them, it seemed like some could let the love offering in easily. Others were fearful so it took more time… and more apples!

He even watched when a very competitive man bought a basket full of apples, crushed them for their seeds and let the fruit drop to the ground. The deer and rabbits and mice in the area were very grateful, for nothing was wasted, but the trees the competitive man planted grew like regular apple trees, and while the fruit was tasty, it did not heal.

This was strange, because many people had planted the seeds of their apples. And most of the trees grew quickly and bore wonderful fruit. And it seemed like some trees were good for heart aches, and others for injury, and yet others only when shared.

At first the young man was distressed. Why could he not help everyone? Why did the trees respond differently to each person? It put a cloud over his happiness. He stopped noticing all the help the apples did give, and paid attention to those who they only helped a little, or not at all.

Noticing his worry, his mother encouraged him to eat an apple from her tree, planted with her apple seeds from that first day, and then to watch the unhappy people eat their apples. With his mind cleared, he saw that the ones that weren’t helped were tight and resistant to the love in the apples. He could see that a little bit of love was slipping in, and slowly opening up a doorway for more. And he saw that love is never wasted, for it is a gift to the giver, even if the receiver can only take a tiny sip… or allow a few drops on their hand.

When he shared this with his mother, she smiled and said, “Yes, that is true, for every person is different. And that is good and wise as well. For when difficulties come, some always survive, some always offer contrast. It is not your job to change them, only to offer them tools that they might use, and love and compassion to help them along. The granite mountain will need more time than will the bubbling brook. But the granite mountain may remember things of use to us far after the brook has moved onto new things.”

The young man saw the wisdom in this, for in his travels, he has seen towns caught up in fads, and only brought back to balance by the old “stuck” villagers. He had seen the quick moving save other towns from disaster that the more slow moving hadn’t recognized. He could share his love and his apples with all who asked, and let God and the Asking of those people unfold what will. The young man’s only job was to love more deeply… and grow wonderful apples to share. He could not make someone eat them, or allow in what they asked for. Just rejoice when they did allow. And perhaps he could learn to grow apples that helped the allowing more easily?

Over time, the valley became full of small orchards, and renown for its apples. The smell in the spring was enough to make a bird giddy. There was no glut on the market, because people from far and wide came to buy apples, and not everyone had space or desire to grow trees. Many started making products from the apples, jams and cakes and spreads, even carvings from branches that fell during storms. The people who had scorned the young man at first celebrated his courage and offered him thanks.

The young man decided that while he wasn’t sure why some apples did different things, and some people responded it differently, he knew that the love and the fruit did do good, and his efforts were valuable to his heart. He carefully planted the seeds from the best and most wonderful apples and tended them with love and gladness in his heart. He knew the seeds of the apples and his love were traveling far and wide, opening new doors even for people he would never meet.

The End

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One of the things I like best about Thriving Now is the balance of strong male and female energy Rick and Cathy provide. They have created a treasure chest of resources for anyone aching for a life filled with joy and abundance. Whether I’m participating in a call, tapping along with a recorded session, or chatting on the team forum, being a member of Thriving Now is like sitting around a campfire with my tribe, toasting marshmallows, watching for meteors, and sharing stories.

I’m not certain how I was led through cyberspace to Thriving Now. A gift from the universe, for sure. I had recently lost my husband and was grieving him, as well as the life as I had known it. I craved comfort and a guide to walk with me through this scorched, unknown territory.  At Thriving Now I found my safe haven, my oasis where any topic could be aired and all questions asked. I found my place to grieve my husband and, it turns out, to grieve the parts of myself I had mislaid, discarded, or buried on the way from childhood to widowhood.

I have an image of Hansel and Gretel dropping bread along the forest path. Cathy and Rick’s skillful and tender use of Inner Tapping – tapping on one’s frozen, younger parts – is helping me find my way back to me, scene by scene, big T trauma by little t trauma. With their help, I’ve been picking up, warming and breathing new life into misplaced pieces of Paula. Seems those little rebels, who had been blocking me in areas of abundance and creative expression, had been crying out to be heard and healed.

I’m paying attention. Rick and Cathy are listening and guiding.  Team members are supporting me, too. I’m so grateful to have found my place to moan, whine and, finally, to laugh again.

Paula Graham

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There have been several benefits to participating in the team program.

I cannot say just which has been the most important. The energy of a group is a great thing, even though we are spread all over. I like being in a group and feeling safe within that group.

Another thing I like is hearing the way Rick and Cathy work with people. It gives me inspiration and new ways of ways to work with myself alone.

I find it valuable to hear other peoples’ stories and emotions for it often puts me in touch with things in myself I haven’t acknowledged before.

It is good to know that I am not alone in what I experience in my life. It helps take away the shame. Whether I tap with Rick and/or Cathy or tap along, I find it helps me release old beliefs.

Since I live alone, I find it gives me, even for a few minutes, a wonderful safe connection with other people who are also learning to love and trust themselves.

Since I do other tapping with myself and others I cannot say just what is helping me for it all seems to work together. I am one of those who has not experienced a dramatic one minute wonder. I find that I just gradually feel more at peace inside. I notice I am more aware of other people. I find I don’t get my “buttons” pushed nearly as I used to, which is wonderful.

I am so grateful for this tool of EFT. I find it self empowering and a great way to calm myself and be kind to myself.

With gratitude,

Merlyn

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If you really want to see results in your life then, without a doubt, Rick Wilkes is the person to turn to.

Jessica Ortner, Producer, The Tapping Solution

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I found and joined Thriving Now after searching for EFT and Arthritis. Cathy emailed me personally and showed genuine interest in my issues.

I thought these were mostly physical: I have a chronic illness which had taken over my life. It never occurred to me that my journey to recovery would be through dealing with emotional issues and body guidance.

I have heard so much about 1 minute wonders and thought that could never happen to me, and now I realize that is neither what I want or need. I am on a journey of physical and emotional healing and on the way I am learning how to listen to and understand my body’s language.

It took me a while to be able to find the confidence to participate in a team call, but I was able to get support through the Forum and I felt the warmth and concern offered to all team members. I was also able to ‘Borrow Benefits’ by tapping along with the recorded calls. The team calls have been invaluable to me – I have been lucky enough to work with Rick and Cathy both separately and together and their energy and insights are truly amazing. I come to a call with an issue and they both have the very rare gift of understanding what the issue is and dealing with them in a such a gentle and sensitive way, and I come away from every call feeling a huge lift and a greater knowledge of myself. I am taking what they call ‘baby steps’ and this feels comfortable to me.  I have never had this with working with any other practitioner before either over the phone or in person. It really does feel like they know me better than I know myself!

What Rick and Cathy have offered here is so unique…..With a variety of team calls each month on special topics as well as open calls all at different times so those of us who do not reside in the U.S. can be a part of the calls, too. Of course any call I miss I know I can listen to as they are available to team members. Thank you Rick, Cathy and the Thriving Now team. I’m so very grateful that the Universe found you for me.

Helen

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Here is what I am forever grateful for: Rick helped me hear my heart as the loudest voice and the truest guidance in relation to my daughter. He was one of only two voices in my life holding the sacred space of love and wholeness against an onslaught of voices coming from fear. Because of this, I got my daughter back and she got her mom and her life and the possibility to thrive.

Love, Kathy W.

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From my initial interactions with both Rick and Cathy, there was a soft, gentle invitation to get more involved in Thriving Now… for instance, to join the coaching calls. I never felt pressured… never experienced that ‘predatory’ feel some other marketers use to sell their products. That left a nice taste in my mouth, making me hungry for more. And I’m SO grateful that I eventually did join the Thriving Now Team and start participating on the coaching calls. I’m truly honored to be a member and know for certain that I am in very good hands; these guys are truly ‘experts’ in tapping.

During the coaching calls there’s so much mutuality and reciprocity between Rick and Cathy, one really cannot tell who’s “running the show.” Ya wanna know why? Cuz neither of them is! It’s a ‘we’ thing all the way. They both seem to really honor and respect each other’s expertise, and will readily (and with humility? Seems that way!) step aside if it seems the other has something more helpful to offer in any given moment. I guess you could say they work in concert w/each other… playing off each others’ (and our!) energies. It’s really effective.

Having them both there on the call provides a unique level of safety and security that I don’t experience while working with just one person… a real sense of being held with genuine tenderness and care, by not just one, but two loving souls who seem to have no other intention than to support our healing process. They go above and beyond to ensure our emotional safety.

And they are quite skilled at getting to the ‘real’ issue behind the surface stuff. I sit there and wonder, “Whoa! Where will they go with this one?!” only to witness them process someone thru an issue, which readily gets at the ‘core’. Only practitioners w/lots of clarity and experience can do this!

I was first drawn to Rick when I heard him interviewed by Jessica Ortner on “The World Tapping Summit.” I immediately recognized that his spiritual beliefs/practices resonated absolutely with mine. I guess that’s not unusual for us at the edge of evolution, but still, it really excites me! What’s so cool is that both he and Cathy will share spiritual tid-bits during the calls, from ancient wisdom, Abraham-Hicks, other spiritual folk, or nuggets they’ve picked up along their spiritual journeys. I just love it! It reinforces everything I know to be True and need to hear again as a reminder… or with a different spin that makes it really juicy!

And these guys don’t just talk spirituality, they live the principles. It’s easy to recognize cuz during the coaching calls, they readily and with passion will share stories about their personal journeys in an effort to identify with what we’re working on now. For me anyway, it makes my work come alive. And they tell of practices they’ve used to get where they are. Again, concrete steps that we, too, can apply to our daily lives. (Ex: meditation techniques, tapping protocols, what helped when first starting out working with others, positive reframes, etc. All w/spiritual underpinnings).

And I mustn’t forget the humor! There’s always a good laugh or to, which reminds me to ‘not take myself so seriously’!

Last but not least:  Business-related correspondence through email is done thoroughly and thoughtfully… handled with great care. Gives me an experience of being fully seen, heard, and considered.

Rachel

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Rick Wilkes and the Thriving Now site are wonderful – literally – full of wonder.  I count it a lucky day for me when I stumbled on it.  I’ve come a long way since joining this team.  And frankly, I don’t know what else could have done that for me. The roof had come down on my head in a very big way.

Rick’s coaching is wise, compassionate, fun, well-rounded.  He’s amazingly able to tune in on what is needed.  It’s some kind of gift.  And whether we bring Rick really shattering stuff or daily inconveniences to help us with, he’s is invariably patient and kind. I feel better every time I listen.

The other part of the Thriving Now Team is the team.  Birds of a feather, they say.  The people in this group are warm and supportive. The members help each other search and grow.  And it’s all done with that touch of humanity and caring that makes things possible.  In fact, that might be the point:  this site is making me possible.  Thank you, Rick and team.

Cheryl Aston

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Working with Rick Wilkes both privately and on team calls has helped me greatly to release the past, move more confidently into the future and mostly to be more joyfully present in the now. Rick’s open-hearted broader perspective, amazing intuition, and great sense of humor always help me to get right to the core and effectively reframe what ever issue  I have. Listening to him work with others has helped me to get in touch with stuff I didn’t even know was there and inspired me in my own work with others. It is a blessing and honor to work with such a master.

Deja Kjoller

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(In reference to Rick’s Presentation on the Tapping World Summit)

Excellent! I am listening this morning before work because I couldn’t make it last night. I was going to skip Rick Wilkes for another time since I purchased the hard copy upgrade but…I’m so glad I heard it this morning. Even though I’m not experiencing pain myself I felt like Rick’s insights into the body and listening to it were so profound. I am going to have a most excellent and uplifting day because of the way I feel right now. I will have much more appreciation and awareness for my own body. I enjoyed Carol’s interview too. Rick’s just seemed to resonate for me today. My vibration must be very high right now. Thanks. I’m looking forwardto the rest of the summit with great anticipation.

LuAnn

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Oh Cathy, let me say first that you are a Goddess. (Well, of course we all are, but you stand out as a goddess among goddesses.) I downloaded a buttload (technical term–and particularly appropriate here) of the Body Image calls to my iPod and have been listening to them and tapping along when I can, virtually tapping at other times. There is so much intuition, wisdom, and love there. I feel like I’ve processed about 10 years worth of therapy. Sometimes a specific scene or issue of my own will come up, and I’ll stop the iPod to tap on that and have had some great break-throughs.

Before I found ThrivingNow, I did a lot of surfing on different EFT sites and practitioners looking for a place that I thought would provide good support. What you and Rick are offering is so accessible, usable, and affordable. Oh yeah, and most importantly–effective. I am just blown away that for under $50/month I have access to so many resources and just how excellent those resources are. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful work.

Liz

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Rick Wilkes:  The Head, Heart and Gut Guy

Head:   brilliant mind.  cuts to the chase.  see’s into the heart of the matter.  masterfully plays with information.  knows where to go. creative solutions.

Heart:  ahhh, so loving.  filled with warmth and compassion.  lover of life.  passionate. deeply connected to the higher fields, the bigger picture and pulls from here.

Gut:   body-based intuition.  feels right.  resonates with perfect tone in me.  leads the way to trusting body signals as guidance.  far-reaching truths come in.  long lost feelings felt.  hidden thoughts revealed.  somatasensory information unwinds.

100% committed. He will match you mile for mile.
Has the capacity to be with a WIDE range of peoples and experiences.  I value this most.  From the depths of my despair to my nascent reachings for the light, Rick has met me there with presence, perspective, heart, holding, insight and humor!!  Bravo!

Lynn Abraham

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With her gifts of compassion and insight, Cathy creates a safe place where feelings, memories and traumas can surface. Just the way she asks questions is an art form in itself —heartfelt questions, gentle in spirit, yet profound in their power to get to the core of issues. Cathy offers unconditional friendship and support and respects a client’s truth.  Her care and concern remind me of one the most touching examples of female friendship in the Bible: Naomi asking her daughter-in-law Ruth, “How do things stand with you, my daughter?” Cathy asks then listens with a patient, open heart.  During an inner-tapping session with Cathy, I feel energy shift. I reconnect with parts of my younger self, release trauma and learn to be my own best parent, mentor and friend.

Paula Graham

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I have been with “Thriving Now” for over 1 year and receiving Cathy’s and Rick’s support is immeasurable! It is not just the help I get via team calls, one-on-one coaching when I feel I need it, and quick and effective responses to my posts on the forum; just knowing that there is a team available at all times (no matter if it is weekend, holiday, etc), I can turn to when I am in need has immense value. I live a pretty busy life and often can’t connect with others about my ‘inner’ life, but knowing when I come home I can sit down, post queries online and/or receive answers to my questions quickly by Cathy and Rick and others, has become an important part of my life. I also feel I have made friends with some of the other members and at times we can reassure each other that we are not alone.

As I am in Australia, some of the team call schedules don’t suit me, yet I am able to listen to relevant calls at any time. It is so easy to look through the calls library and find something that suits my situation. I have been thriving immensely at a pace I know I would not have been able to do without Cathy and Rick. I feel completely accepted no matter what has been going on in my life during the past year.  In fact, it feels as if I have 2 coaches just waiting to respond to my issues that come up, I could never afford that! However, with Thriving Now I can.

I am so grateful for being part of this approach of team coaching program and can’t praise it enough.

Eva Wilhelm

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Wow! I’ve read quite a bit about EFT and have done work with it on different issues. But I’d never heard of the “inner tapping”. It makes so much sense, though. Last night I watched the video, then watched it again and worked through it on the “elementary gym class” trauma. Oh. My. Gawd. It turned up issue after issue (most going back to my parents who were really cruel people who made Mr. Phillips the gym teacher look like a nice guy). None were issues I wasn’t aware of, but even though I was fully aware of them as shaping experiences & knew they were traumatic, I think they were frozen because I have always been able think about them very matter-of-factly. “Yes, that totally sucked. That was awful. That was wounding and screwed me up.” But it was still considering them from an intellectual perspective.

When I did the inner tapping with them, I was sobbing, feeling tightness and almost physical pain in my chest, and connecting with enormous emotions. Oh, also lots of yawning, which I know is a sign of energy shifts. It was exhausting (fortunately it was right before I was ready to go to bed), but also lightening.

Your group coaching offer looks like the deal of the century. Where do I start?”

I found Rick through an Internet search over a year ago….I was looking for a person that I could work with in coaching that had a strong balance of both intellect and spirituality to assist me to move forward, both personally and professionally. He is what I consider a one-of-a-kind “coach” that a person could work with in either business or personal issues.

I interviewed many people, and found Rick Wilkes to be such a wonderful fit, as most of his clients do, with his good-hearted humor, endless encouragement, openness, and his warm non-judgmental manner…all the elements that make a top-notch coach, in my opinion.

I found Rick to be comfortable and add deep insight into all of life’s subject matter from a heart-felt space, to even the most complex or overwhelming issues; he has a unique gift of being able to transform and re-frame complexity into a more simpler “digestible” form that then becomes workable, so a person can easily move forward through obstacles to achieve their goals and dreams.

I feel very privileged to have worked with Rick, and continue to learn from his vast insight and feel he is a true friend, coach and mentor to all he comes in contact with.

Lorree F. Medical Professional, Los Angeles, CA

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Rick Wilkes has helped me transform my life. With integrity, deep intuition, a fearless heart and lots of laughter, he supported and guided me as I faced my darkest memories. He reframed the trauma to a wisdom and compassion I didn’t dream possible. He knows when to be gentle and when to dig deeper, and is incredibly generous.

He has a quiet, unshakable strength. No topic is taboo, no question too personal. He is incredibly gifted at cutting through the noise and targeting the core issues.  He uniquely combines intelligence, curiosity and wisdom with a practical spirituality. My life has become more wonderful than I ever dreamed. He has my deepest gratitude and admiration. I would recommend him to anyone who wants to be free to celebrate a thriving life.

Cathy Vartuli, Ph.D.

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Rick is one of the most gifted, brilliant EFT Practitioners I know.  I have been a member of Thriving Now since March of 2006.  I first heard Rick on Carol Look’s radio show.  At the time I was very sick and had been for six months.  I was physically very strong.  I was training for my third marathon and was in great shape, but emotionally I was going down a deep slope and totally powerless to stop it.  I went to several doctors over the course of six months.  They were the hammers and I was hoping they would find a nail (me) and diagnose what was wrong.  Three cat scans, endoscopy, x rays, draw blood many times. They could find nothing physically wrong.

It all changed on a February 2006 morning, hearing Rick on the radio discussing EFT.  He seemed to be talking directly to me.  When the student is ready the teacher will appear.  I immediately sent him an email and he responded in kind.  I joined the Thriving Now community and began working with Rick on several emotional issues.  Most from childhood that I was consciously unaware of.  The road to recovery began.  His skill level of finding core issues and bringing them out to be cleared is amazing.  He taught me EFT and to take it to levels that just amaze me still.  Today, I am emotionally strong.  I continue to learn and grow in the Thriving Now community.

Simply put, Rick is the best!

Andrew Burnett

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Don’t Just Live – Thrive! This was one of the quotes I had put up after spending a week in the hospital two years ago for severe depression. I just KNEW something better had to be out there…available…to me…it was just a matter of finding the tool that would get me there.  It was exciting when I realized that “Thriving Now” was that tool, and exactly fit the quote I had put up earlier in my life…Law of Attraction at work!
I suffered with severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and low self confidence for most of my life…I also experienced fybromyalgia pain and chronic fatigue every day for probably my entire adult life…It was such a common state of being for me, that I actually learned to just accept that “pain was my life.” It really started to define who I was as a person and what I could accomplish in my life. I had tried all the conventional medical treatments, even quite a few non-conventional techniques. But nothing really seemed to bring continued relief to my body.

Six months after that long week in the hospital, I happened to come across the Thriving Now website. I remember spending a lot of time just clicking the different links to tap along, and read all about this very odd technique. After finding Thriving Now, I started to experience relief with the very first tapping session. Not that the pain went away suddenly, but I began to notice a sense of inner relief and calm in my life at that particular moment…a sense of “It’s OK”…and “I’m OK.”  That was definitely a
new experience for me. At first, it was very odd. My brain and my body resisted this new sense of being. Lots of inner chatter would come up…This won’t last…Who am I without the pain and suffering…What would my life be like without the pain…That couldn’t really happen for me.  The issues really challenged my limiting beliefs and my firmly entrenched life rules.

For me, Thriving Now means…inner emotional calm and freedom, regained physical strength, a renewed sense of inner peace and confidence, an increased sense of Spirituality and connectedness. Rick is wonderful! He is incredibly…authentic, accepting, compassionate, honest, highly intuitive, generous, and refreshing. He brings humor to areas that were previously stuffy and painful…which seems to bring a sense of relief and calm.  What a blessing to have come across Thriving Now and Rick Wilkes!

Karen Lebron, New Mexico

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My response to the recording of Rick Wilkes was very dramatic. I was surprised even old emotions came up. I have had a horrible time with my back and my knees after being fired from my job for being ill. They used an excuse that I talked too loudly. I internalized all of it. Rick found the key. I have lupus and have been living on disability and cannot purchase the recordings or workbook but this is the first time all of the source of my pain opened up. I appreciate that at least I had the opportunity of hearing Rick Wilkes. Rick addressed issues none of the therapists I have seen have been able to reach. Thank you again.

Sincerely, Rose

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I was introduced to EFT a couple years ago, thought it was interesting but never did use it a great deal.  Somewhere down the line I found Rick’s Thriving Now site and decided to join the calls.  Wow!  What a difference working with a professional coach has made.  Rick’s life experience and professional background make him uniquely fit as a coach.  He is compassionate, understanding and incredibly insightful.  My life is richer, more vibrant and I have seen greater growth this past few months, leaps and bounds, than in several years.  I get it now!   I have returned to a natural state of joy and excitement in Life. What a blessing; EFT and Rick Wilkes together.

Thank you,
Sequoia Warner, L.M.T.

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Thriving Now and the support of Cathy and Rick has helped me see things in a more balanced fashion and helps me to understand more fully what I am observing in myself. The coaching program has helped me in identifying the fears behind my emotions which has been a big help. I love that we have the forum to be able to write down our thoughts and feelings and get suggestions and feedback on certain issues.

For me, trauma and having certain memories come up over and over again has been a big issue with me. A lot of that has caused my body physical distress. Through the tapping and coaching calls it has helped me to lessen the intensity, release the trauma, and look at things from a different perspective. I have received much relief doing EFT with the support and help from Rick and Cathy on the coaching calls. You both are so genuine and compassionate. I hold you both in my highest regards in my thoughts always!  My gratitude is beyond measure. Thank you.

Jennifer R.

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I have participated in EFT chats with several practitioners, including Masters. I’ve discovered that Rick’s combination of humor, compassion, and intuition is unsurpassed. His recent series on the Law of Attraction was, quite simply, one of the best seminars I’ve attended—and I am a seminar junkie.

In addition, his site provides the most—and in many cases—the best information and insights available on EFT.

Connie Barrett

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Timidity has always been my biggest problem, but I never truly considered tapping on it because I thought it was imbedded in my personality, or character, or….. so, I learned to deal with it as much as I could.  But since I got the option to work on it with Rick and Cathy, I initially struggled stepping forward for such a subject, because after all, I was already timid, so how can I even do that.  Thankfully, Rick mentioned baby steps to start with, and that made it easier for me to take that first step.  Since then, wonderful things happened!

1- Indirect benefit: To my surprise, right after the first call on 09/01/08, I noticed that my chest cough instantly disappeared – I had been coughing for 4 months.   Who knew that timidity was the cause of it.  I am glad it is gone!

2- Direct progress: A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to attend a large business association meeting, and before I could articulate my usual “no thank you,” I agreed to go.  In the meantime, I got the opportunity to work on timidity again with Rick and Cathy [09/06/08], a very timely session, considering I was thinking of a way to call and cancel.   During my drive there, a little over an hour away, I prayed, and then I tapped [collarbone only for safety reasons], when I realized this is an opportunity for me to measure my progress.  Interestingly, I walked in through the crowd, and felt unusually courageous.  I normally stand in one spot and hope that the person who invited me would find me and take care of me.  But this time, I looked for her, walked to her and chatted with her….easily… no sweating, no paralysis, no blushing, my arms and elbows were not stuck to my sides.  I felt GREAT and so LIGHT….. until we were told to introduce ourselves, formally, to the rest of the group.  I took a deep breath and panicked a bit, but when my turn came, I spoke well and clearly.  I felt softer inside and flexible enough to actually interact with a group of people I never saw before.  The best part for me is that I ate, that is I chewed, comfortably during the dinner, an event that I normally avoid at all costs unless I have known someone for quite sometime.

I can truthfully confess that I am still timid at some level, and have ways to go, but I have also come a long way so far.  A key factor in this is that I felt genuinely heard during the call sessions, which in turn calmed me down and encouraged me to take another step forward towards emotional freedom from timidity.

Thank you for your help,
Hoda T.

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Just finished listening to Rick… I’m still leaning over my desk, and I still feel no back pain [as I said in my last email the pain is usually 3 out of 10], so I got up and walked across the room, still taking care with my movements [that's been in-built for years], but I felt no trauma getting up or sitting down! Folks, I can tell you – this works! Thank you so much!

Yours gratefully, Chris Woollon. P.S. I thought I would never feel like this again!

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Rick Wilkes… talk about a package – experienced therapist, intuitive guide, caring friend and insightful conversationalist – all in one!

Knowing you Rick, has indeed brought my vision of myself, the world and people into a whole new perspective. What you have contributed to my well-being, and support that you have provided is something that lasts forever.

Knowing and working with you in not an ordinary thing. It has a special flavor to it. You present the work in a playful way. Delicious – sweet, better than good, better than damned good… its Delicious! I cannot think of you and associate it with something that is not unique, fresh, lively, youthful and thriving. You always find a way to stir in some courage, some determination, something to enhance it………make it whole……………………………..a whole lot more meaningful in a larger sense.

I will always be grateful to you!
Helena Summer Medena
LivDelicious.com

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Dear Rick,

I found you and Thriving Now when I was searching for an EFT coach to help me with what I used to call “my lifelong allergies.”  I had year round allergies to everything and asthma.  I had tested positive to animals, pollen, dust, dust mites, mold- you name it.  I was on a bronchial inhaler (about 5 years on and off), an inhaled corticosteroid (about 3 years) and a nasal allergy medication (about 10 years) which I took every day.

It is with the foundational EFT work we did privately, and as a team member, that I was able to realize the connection between the allergy symptoms and my stuck emotions. Together with you as a gentle witness I released some lifelong sorrows and some old patterns.

I have continued to work on these energies after I left you using your website, and free recordings (especially th
e restricted breathing audio- thank you for that) and I am happy to say that I can breathe through my nose (amazing), and I have clear and open lungs.   I find that the incidences of runny nose and the dis-ease in my lungs are diminishing.  I no longer use the medications. What is more I am energized and vibrant!

When we were working together I became pregnant with my third baby. I have to say that this was probably the darkest time of my entire life.  At my ugliest (or so I thought) you always held me in a place of positive regard and love.  By following your suggestion I was able to experience true grace, unconditional forgiveness and love.

Rick you are like an artist who paints with presence, compassion and humor.  YOU INSPIRE ME!

Thank you!

Love,
Barbara Rivera

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If you’re reading this testimonial you are very fortunate because you’ve found the website for Rick Wilkes. You’ll find the site an amazing resource but to really benefit I suggest you take the team membership. You can listen in and take part in coaching calls. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain – something has lead you to this point, find out for yourself why all these testimonials are so glowing in their praise.

Robert Barker UK

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I find that Rick has an almost magical way to get to the heart of a matter.  On a group call I often ask about one subject, but Rick asks the questions that guide me to what’s really bothering me.  I leave the call feeling energized and often full of hope and light.  I know that when I post on our team forum I will get helpful answers and suggestions not just from Rick but also from a group of members that really cares about each other and our journey.  It’s a unique environment lead by a remarkable mentor.

Tess

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I don’t know where to begin to thank you for all the valuable information you offer through www.thrivingnow.com, and, www.eft-talk.com.

As a member of the Thriving Now Team, I’m able to join in on all the coaching calls each month.  And, what’s great is, if I can’t make the live call, I can listen to the recording at my convenience.  I’m always amazed on the live calls when you or Cathy are speaking to someone with regards to their own situation.  Both of you have an amazing ability to zone in on the core issue.  I love hearing the team members react to that “aha” moment.  Rick, through the team calls and the correspondence I’ve shared with you and your support team, and the activity on the forums,  the energy on this site is incredible.  I also can’t end before I thank you for your quick responses whenever I’ve had any questions or concerns.   I’m grateful for all the time and effort you’ve given to all of us ThrivingNow team members!

Sincerely,
Jo

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When I was first starting to look for work, I tapped on my fear of not being able to get a job, my fear of not being able to fit in, not being able to manage it physically (I had fibro), and no kidding, I sent out six resumes, got two interviews, and was offered a job. The entire process from start of looking till job offer was very short. I think that Rick’s work with me clearing obstacles got me in alignment to get a job….

Rick has been so incredibly generous with his time and that in and of itself has been a great teaching for me. The other thing I like about the way he works is that he just jumps in, tunes in, is willing to try new things and is seeming to continually innovate and improve on his EFT. I really like that.

As an EFT practitioner myself, I listen carefully to the words and phrases he uses because the way he puts things inspires me  and motivates me to try phrasing things differently with my own clients.

He has helped me with his ongoing classes to get through some pretty tough times, including having a nearly full blown panic attack at almost losing my job where I was feeling physically and emotionally paralyzed about going into destitution, he helped me realize that I am in a different place than I was ten years ago when I was really physically and emotionally suffering.

Kathilyn S.

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When I first discovered EFT, I saw the value in it however, the way it was presented just didn’t pull me in. Then, a few years ago I ‘Googled’ EFT and the Law of Attraction and Rick’s Thriving Now web site came up.

After a few minutes of reading articles, I realized that this was a great blending of EFT and LOA and I wanted to know more. I didn’t sign up as a Team Member right away, first I listened to some of the free MP3′s.

After hearing the wonderfully artful and intuitive EFT approach Rick uses with members on the team calls, I was convinced and signed up for the Thriving now Team. By this time, I had even started thinking about changing my full time hypnotherapy practice into an EFT practice.

In the first few months, I’d gotten so much from the calls, that in the fall of 2007 I was able to transition into having a full time EFT practice. I also decided to do 100% of my Emotional Freedom coaching sessions over the telephone and I gave up my client office. Now I work with people all over the English speaking world. I really don’t think I could have done this without Rick and the Thriving Now Team!

After being involved for a little over a year, I have listened to (and borrowed HUGE benefits from) every team call and teleclass workshop in the members only archive. I am constantly blown away by the material. It’s like Christmas every time I log on and find new calls to download to my MP3 player. Dish washing has become so much more pleasurable. Although, I have to take a moment to wipe my hands before tapping along!

I am very grateful to Rick and the Team. Thanks to all for helping me change my career path and my life.

I sure am ‘Thriving Now’, well beyond my imagination… this time, one short year ago!

Karen Nauman C.Ht., P.Nlp
EFT Practitioner – Level III
www.TapIntoEFT.com

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On one of the recent morning calls, Rick worked with me on an issue about selling a house to people that had been living there for free (by my agreement with them) and how now that the time was almost up, they would have to start paying, or I would have to make a choice to kick them out or not. I knew I was blocking the flow as I BELIEVED they did not have the money to be able to pay. My thoughts were “No way, ain’t happin’.”  Rick brought possibility into the situation through 20 minutes of tapping with me.

A half an hour after the coaching call, I got a phone call from the man who lives in the house.  He said, “I want to come out and finish picking up the debris in your yard for you.  And while I am there, I want to talk to you about the house.  Did you ever do that amortization table for buying the house and get the payment total?” I answered yes, and went over it with him. He then said, “could you print a copy of that for me?  I want to start the payments by December.  And in the meantime I am going to start giving you enough money to go on the 2008 taxes and insurance for the next 3 months.” (that was not his responsibility as per our agreement) Then he said, “I am going to have the house payment taken out of my retirement check automatically and have it put electronically in your bank account. That way you will be sure to be paid first.”

I just sat there on the phone with my mouth hanging open, saying “ok…ok” My issue had gone from 0 possibility in my mind, to possibility, to being handled — “out of the blue” — in just a few hours!!!!!!

With much gratitude,
Jenny

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Rick Wilkes is one of the most outstanding EFT practitioners I’ve ever had the chance to work with and see in action.  He is caring, warm and extremely knowledgeable on what needs to happen in order to get results.  I would recommend Rick to anyone!

Nick Ortner – www.tryitoneverything.com

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When working with an EFT practitioner, it is extremely important to find the best possible match between practitioner and client.  How blessed I was to meet just such a person in working with Rick Wilkes.

Before coming to Clear Point Center for the filming of Try It On Everything, I looked at the websites of the various leaders of the event.  When I saw the picture of Rick with the dolphin, I immediately knew he and I would be very compatible.  I told my family my hope was that I would be able to be one of his clients.  Imagine my joy when I learned I would be the first participant up in front of the group, working with the talents of the amazing Rick Wilkes.

Rick’s extraordinary psychic abilities immediately tapped into my core issues, and hearing him echo back my own words brought clarity and peace to a story that had been relived in my mind hundreds of times. He sensed my sorrow, and traced it back to a powerfully emotional time of my life. He always knew how far to go to bring me into the feeling place of healing–never forcing or coercing, but always allowing me to lead the way. When he spoke in his gentle, loving tone, everything shifted.  Within seconds, I felt a deep peace come over me, just by looking into the calm and compassionate eyes of this remarkable healer.  There is something much deeper in Rick…as if he carries an ancient wisdom that exudes wholeness through the gentleness of his words.  I believe I could have worked with hundreds of other practitioners who would not have made the connection as quickly and precisely as did Rick.  To this day, I stand in awe at how a 15-year-old battle with fibromyalgia collapsed in a matter of minutes, under the careful and watchful eye of Rick.  He turned my sad knees into happy knees, and one year later, I still have no pain. Yes, indeed, I am thriving!

There are many types of healers and many ways to heal, but this man has a gift uniquely bestowed.  Without saying a word, he could draw down the intensity of a heart-wrenching memory.  All it took was his smile across the room or the touch of his hand on my shoulder.  Just like that…I would find myself feeling better.  Being a metaphysical healer myself, I recognized this as energy transferred from one to another, simply by the recognition of our shared environment.  What he felt within himself was powerfully transforming what was within myself.

While in Connecticut, there was another moment we shared in a private session where I was so overtaken with sorrow I could barely speak.  Rick’s composure and professional knowledge allowed me to unlock the pain I had hidden inside for so long.  When he spoke the words, “I was doing the best I could,” my self-punishing guilt gave way to forgiveness and healing.  I could love myself again.  I finally felt worthy of being loved.  All those years of not feeling good enough were gone…just like that.  How do you thank someone for something that remarkable?

Anyone who has the honor and privilege of working with Rick will find themselves forever changed. You cannot be in his energy field without feeling different…better.  His healing abilities are powerful, and just being in his presence is soothing and comforting.  His joy is infectious and his love is real.  His brilliant wisdom seems to come from places unknown, but how grateful I am for having the experience of sharing company with him.  I often wonder if there will ever, ever be any way I can repay him.  It seems the best I can do is to go on to share my experiences with the rest of the world, through written and spoken testimonials to the wonders of EFT and the loving man who changed my life with it.

It is with humility and profound gratitude that I offer my personal testament as one of Rick Wilkes’ clients.  If you have the opportunity to share time and space with him, you will immediately understand my admiration.  Truly, you will not find a more gifted and generous practitioner anywhere.

When I came home from the filming of the movie, I was so moved by how EFT worked, I became an EFT practitioner myself.  Today, I model my methods after what I learned from those four special days I spent under his care, and now, my own clients benefit from the master teacher who shared his healing techniques with me.  In my eBook, Tapping Into Clarity, I write of just how much Rick’s skills transformed my entire life, and I grasp for the proper words to express the enormous gratitude I carry with me, all the time.  No matter how many ways I try to say “thank you,” it never seems enough.

Rick Wilkes will forever remain one of the most respected and trusted heroes of my life.  Please feel free to contact me through my website to ask further questions or to hear more about how deeply this experience changed my life. I often write about Rick on my blog and in my ezine, and I would be honored to share more of my story with anyone who asks.

Meanwhile…Rick, I dedicate every healed client under my care to the freedom you released in me!

Namaste!

Jodi McDonald (of the Try It On Everything movie)
www.godisaverb.com

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Rick is someone who I have never met… yet who knows things about my life that those closest to me are probably not even aware of…This is because he has the ability to make me feel as if there is nothing I cannnot share and tap with him as there is no fear of being judged by him. As he so often says there is no right or wrong answer; what is important is how we feel. We have tapped on being trapped in a burning building, on difficult mother issues, to what foods are vibrating with my body, not wanting to exercise to even, would you believe, enjoying sex! Talk about blushing for that one! Anyway thank you, Rick and members of the Thriving Now team for creating that special safe place where I can be my true self and feel so loved, accepted and supported thru it all…

Sharida

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I met Rick back in October 2007. We were filming the weekend retreat for the EFT documentary Try It On Everything and Rick was one of the experts working with the 10 participants. I was just there to help out with the filming, but on the last day when Jackie and Jodi were up on stage working with Carol Look, I was triggered in a big way. I pretty much lost the plot and a whole load of fragmented traumatic memories that I’d previously completely supressed came popping up. I couldn’t breathe or stop sobbing. I didn’t know what to do and that’s when Rick stepped in. He took me off to a quiet area and worked with me for about 3 hours straight to put the pieces back together. He used a combination of EFT, body work and intuitive coaching or guidance. My physical reactions were very intense to begin with – including shakes, body chills, sweats and lots of tears. In just that one session alone, Rick helped me to find my equilibrium again so that I was able to even face the issues that had been triggered for me. By the end of the session, I had stopped shaking and crying and my body temperature had returned to normal. I felt very safe with Rick which was essential for me when recognising an abuse trauma like that for the first time. I am eternally grateful to Rick for helping me at that time and for reassuring me that I had the strength to move beyond this.

Thank you.

Karen Fryer, Bethel CT.

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Rick has enabled a wonderful change in my life.  When I compare last year to this year, there’s no comparison — I’m a different, better, more fun-loving person.

I signed up with Thriving Now because I had problems with abundance; but with Rick’s skillful guidance I saw that I had limited so many aspects of my life.  There were so many ways that I held myself back and so many fears that I did not even know I had, and thus, of course, could not address.  When Rick brought these to my attention, he did so in a gentle, kind and funny way.  So many of his tapping sessions end with hearty laughter.

Rick’s intuition is amazing and Cathy’s is awesome too.

My finances now are not perfect, but I’m not standing in my own way where abundance is concerned.  Rick has shown me a place of acceptance — so much more productive than beating myself up about past mistakes.  With Rick’s guidance, I’m no longer fearful about taking steps to improve my circumstances and I’m not unrealistic — expecting everything overnight.  Such a great perspective to finally have.

My relationship with my 9-year old is fantastic!  Just one set of tapping with Rick about this on one of the calls turned our relationship around.  I now have a child who bounds out of bed in the am, happy and laughing.  He doesn’t “fight” me about things that have to be done and he’s constantly making my day bright.  Thank you Rick for giving me my relationship with my child.

My life is good, so much happier than a year ago.  My focus is all the good stuff that I have and if I do get a little down, “that’s OK”.  I have tools to get me to just a little better and usually that’s all it takes to change my direction.

I highly recommend the coaching calls.  Yes, borrowing benefits works BIG TIME.  Even more amazing are the calls where every participant asks a question that I need clarity on at that particular time.

I also appreciate Rick’s ability to “take baby steps”.  It’s so comforting.  Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Rick for your openness, intuition, skill and loving kindness.

Cathy, your work too has been a fantastic bonus.  Getting the two of you on calls is really amazing.  The two different perspectives you both give is great.  Thank you very much.

Judy

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I had the incredible pleasure of working with Rick during a four-day EFT intensive (for the documentary “Try It On Everything”).  What can I say?  Rick’s expertise, sensitivity, intuition, confidence, smarts and humor put his healing therapies in a class of their own.  It’s been over a year since that weekend with Rick and I still remain free of the intense back pain, heaviness and discomfort that plagued me before.  I don’t know how Rick does it, but it works and I’m forever grateful and well because of it.

Patricia Cervini

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Rick Wilkes helps people work through their emotional and physical pain to connect to their inner guidance. As an Emotional Freedom Coach and Trauma and Pain Relief Specialist with over 18 years of experience, he uses intuition and a deep understanding of human nature to bring relief, clarity, and insight to those looking for a better way.

Connecting body, mind, and spirit, he helps clients in private sessions and in his group coaching programs to move out of suffering to a place where they begin to feel surprisingly calm and confident. From there he teaches them how to shift to vibrational states of THRIVING in every respect… physically vital, emotionally free, financially abundant, and spiritually connected to Source… and enjoy feeling light, playful, eager, and curious!

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Laser Sessions (20-minutes) highly focused on a specific issue. $67 ($57 for team members). Also available as a package of three for $171.

Full Sessions (50-minutes) for in-depth coaching and tapping. $125 ($110 for team members)

Cathy and I do joint sessions on a limited basis. $240 ($200 for  team members). E-mail us for more information at support@thrivingnow.com.

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Email Rick@Thrivingnow.com with three days/times east coast time (United States) that would work for you (see clock above for current eastern time), along with the specific issues you’d like to address. I am in the same timezone as New York, NY and Washington, DC. If you want to use Skype, please let me know in advance.

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Rick Wilkes – Rick@Thrivingnow.com
- Emotional Freedom Coach
- Over 1500 clients served
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Extensive Advanced Training
- Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCTMB #33573100)
- West Virginia Licensed Massage Therapist (WV #2006-2011)
- Ordained Interfaith Minister
- “I am earnestly committed to helping every willing person to transform their pain into optimal health so they know what it means to be Thriving Now!”

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Private Telephone/Skype Sessions

Laser Sessions (20-minutes) highly focused on a specific issue. $67 ($57 for team members)

Full Sessions (50-minutes) for in-depth coaching and tapping. $125 ($110 for team members)

Rick and I do joint sessions on a limited basis. $240 ($200 for team members). E-mail us for more information at support@thrivingnow.com.

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Cathy Vartuli – cathy@thrivingnow.com
Emotional Freedom Coach
The Joy Connection, LLC
www.joy-connection.com

“My co-host for many of the Thriving Now Team workshops, teleclasses, and private forums is Cathy Vartuli, who is a scientist* skilled in the use of technology to analyze man-made structures (integrated circuits) down to the atomic level. To accomplish this feat she and her team carefully peel away layer after layer until they can shine a focused beam of energy upon the part of the circuit that may have a disruption or block or weakness.

How apt I find it that in her skilled use of EFT, she helps clients peel away layer after layer until they get to their previously hidden core issue. Then she softly yet directly focuses energy upon the issue and not only helps it to shift but also helps her clients gain insight in the process.

Cathy demonstrates the finest qualities of a coach… which includes being a student first – always learning and questioning- and a teacher second. Her intuitive and energetic gifts are well-developed, and I find that she consistently is able to reflect back to her clients (including me) deep truths about the state of our emotions and beliefs and the movement of energy in the physical body that are difficult to see on our own. I am very pleased to have her as part of the Thriving Now coaching team.” – Rick Wilkes, Thriving Now, LLC

* Cathy has a PhD in Material Science and Engineering and a Masters of Sciences in Physics.

“With her gifts of compassion and insight, Cathy creates a safe place where feelings, memories and traumas can surface. Just the way she asks questions is an art form in itself —heartfelt questions, gentle in spirit, yet profound in their power to get to the core of issues. Cathy offers unconditional friendship and support and respects a client’s truth.  Her care and concern remind me of one the most touching examples of female friendship in the Bible: Naomi asking her daughter-in-law Ruth, “How do things stand with you, my daughter?” Cathy asks then listens with a patient, open heart.  During an inner-tapping session with Cathy, I feel energy shift. I reconnect with parts of my younger self, release trauma and learn to be my own best parent, mentor and friend.” –Paula Graham

“Working with Cathy is always a joy. She is soft spoken, nurturing, intuitive, and incredibly intelligent. I love the way she works with the inner child and makes them feel safe, then brings them out the other side of their hurt, fear, and self-blame.” — Judy Whitcraft

“Working with Cathy has been a milestone along the road to a more loving, forgiving and enjoyable life. My one-on-one EFT sessions with her have been Amazing. She’s the Sherlock Holmes of EFT Coaches…finding the core clues that have been effecting your life and helping you release them. I’m truly grateful.” — Dr Rick Neal

“I have worked with several EFT Practitioners, including a couple of the Masters, and it takes a lot to really impress me, yet I have never seen ANYTHING like the work Cathy does with inner-children!  It’s literally mind-boggling, both having her work on me and observing her work with others. She eloquently lasers into past trauma and facilitates major healing time and time again like it’s no big deal.  Before you even know what happened a huge energetic weight has been lifted and you feel so much lighter.  I don’t know how she does it but her sharp intuition, brilliantly honed tapping skills, compassionate spirit, and fierce dedication to doing her own work are some of the qualities that make Cathy and her application of EFT so extraordinary.” –Joan, Washington State

“Compassion. Intuition. Insightful Questions. These are three qualities that make Cathy an INCREDIBLY talented tapping coach.  Cathy has a wonderful gift of intuition and asks just the right questions to uncover the specific issues. Her warm and compassionate heart comes through with every tapping session, especially in the challenging and difficult emotional issues. She’s very skilled at keeping the person on track, and gently directing them back to the issue at hand.

With Cathy’s extensive understanding and experience in tapping on the Inner Child, she brings a loving, caring, and very skilled intuitive approach. She was able to move me through many challenging issues with these techniques. While working with Cathy, it is very apparent that she is well-read and has done extensive research on numerous issues. She is able to see the big picture and piece issues together while offering a different insight and understanding.

I am extremely grateful to have the privilege of working with Cathy over the past two years. I would recommend her to anyone who is ready to take personal responsibility for their growth and well-being, and to anyone who seeks a kind, compassionate, and highly intuitive coach to assist them on their journey.” –Karen Lebron

Oh Cathy, let me say first that you are a Goddess. (Well, of course we all are, but you stand out as a goddess among goddesses.) I downloaded a buttload (technical term–and particularly appropriate here) of the Body Image calls to my iPod and have been listening to them and tapping along when I can, virtually tapping at other times. There is so much intuition, wisdom, and love there. I feel like I’ve processed about 10 years worth of therapy. Sometimes a specific scene or issue of my own will come up, and I’ll stop the iPod to tap on that and have had some great break-throughs.

Before I found ThrivingNow, I did a lot of surfing on different EFT sites and practitioners looking for a place that I thought would provide good support. What you and Rick are offering is so accessible, usable, and affordable. Oh yeah, and most importantly–effective. I am just blown away that for under $50/month I have access to so many resources and just how excellent those resources are. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful work. 

Liz

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