Join the campaign on Substack today & commit to a daily practice that connects with your inner knowing and moves you in the direction of JOY.

The distance between where you are and the joy that is your birthright depends on how far away you are from the ability to abide in the present moment.

I’m super excited to be kicking off the book launch w/ a 9-wk, online campaign to share w/ you about my 2nd book, Amazed, Amused & Often Confused: Discovering Nature’s Wisdom with Animal Guides (Amazed & Amused).

Being ‘amazed’ entails developing and maintaining a state of mind that is open to the beauty that surrounds us each day while being ‘amused’ requires us not to take ourselves too seriously, reminding us that not only are we not perfect but also it is ok not to be perfect, in fact, it is a good thing. The seamless, smooth edges of ‘perfect’ often create a harsh and a brutal judge within that steals the joy that is our birthright. And, if we find ourselves in an ‘often confused’ state, we may want to ask ourselves if we are overthinking in an attempt to manipulate or control a situation or doing mental gymnastics in an attempt to ‘figure things out’ when all we really need to do is have faith and take the next step without necessarily knowing where it is going to lead — we need to let it all go, lay everything on the altar to move forward unencumbered and open to the state of grace (there’s definitely no perfectionists abiding in grace, btw!).

If you do what needs to be done today, the path will unfold. If you decide to take on a daily practice of self reflection, you come to realize — sooner or later — that all possible paths lead to the life of your dreams. You are no longer confined to a linear path from here to there that is mapped according to geography and limited by geometry. These are just a few of the concepts explored in Amazed & Amused. Other concepts include the power of self transformation — “Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self transformation (Lao Tzu)” and the knowing deep within — the greatest teacher of all is the one that resides within.

Animal guides provide the main inspiration on the journey to joy described in Amazed & Amused. They keep us going while at the same time reminding us to rest. During the 9-week launch of the campaign, we will discuss and learn about animal guides as well as the chakra system and how it aligns with western psychology and child development. And, as part of the 9-wk campaign, I will provide a weekly breathing exercise and at least one yoga pose that you can use for your daily self reflection exercise if you so desire. I believe strongly that when we commit to a daily practice of even one, 5-minute, self-reflection exercise, we are embracing our power to transform our own lives and this has the power to change the world.

How Exciting!

I’m launching this campaign to build a community where we do just that — we seek out, find and commit to daily practices that lead to self transformation that has the power to change the world. Let’s inspire and empower each other to find, follow and build the life of our dreams together. As I pursue my dream of becoming a published author there’s a part of me that is terrified but I will no longer let this fear hold me back and I no longer believe the lies that my doubtful voices have whispered and my judgmental voices have shouted at me for most of my life. Maybe you have had these voices too — the voices that tell you, you are not good enough, that you don’t matter, that you are not worthy of love and how dare you ‘ask’ for more than your ‘allotted’ portion. These are the inner voices created by abusive power structures and by trauma that can be found both inside and outside of our homes, even when we have loving parents and supportive communities.

It is time to stop listening to these negative voices that keep us tethered to ignorance and circumstance. We must act despite the fear and unlearn the faulty messaging that has been engrained within. I’m excited and a bit terrified to be launching this campaign because without your support, it will fail. At one time in my life, I would have said that ‘I failed’ and I would have been afraid that if I failed it would prove that I was as unworthy and unlovable as I feared I might be. But on the inner journey I have learned that as long as I do my part, as long as I do ‘the next right thing’ there is no ‘failure’. There are Ups, Downs & All Arounds but there are no failures, only lessons.

I hope you will join the campaign and that the daily videos posted on Substack spark your curiosity and begin to connect you with your heart and soul as you learn about animal guides & chakras.

And I hope I have the opportunity to meet every one of you. For those who I already know, I am excited to be a part of your journey. Every one of you is special and I am thankful for each interaction I have had because it has gotten me to this place, right here, right now. I have refused to believe that my dreams are crazy and ridiculous (or at least the fact that they may be ‘crazy & ridiculous’ isn’t a valid reason not to pursue them — ‘All progress depends on the irrational [wo]man‘ according to George Bernard Shaw!), I have refused to conform to social norms that claim my worth is dependent on my physical features or that I must look outward for affirmation or that to be worthy to take up space in this world, I must do, do do. No thank you.

I am dreaming big. The Amazed & Amused Campaign Goal is to reach 20K members on Substack (pie in the sky!). Why such a large number? Because it is large enough to get noticed by publishers and will increase my chances of becoming a published author with your help. I am taking down my walls and opening myself to the fear of failure by asking each of you to visit me on Substack and become a FREE subscriber. If you leave a comment or send me a message — even better! Also, I hope you feel inspired and share with your friends, encouraging them to become subscribers too so we can all take steps each day to move toward joy and build a better world by committing to our own self transformation and not getting caught up in the chaos of the world that is currently being orchestrated by the powers that be — a world that lacks vision (to say the least!) and leaves us stuck in a cycle of history repeating itself instead of opening to the power to create a new world, a better world, a kinder, more caring world where all living beings are honored!

Let’s inspire and empower each other, cheer each other on, sit with each other and hold our sadness together — sometimes this just means showing up with no need to say anything, sometimes we just need to hold hands. I would love to hear from you about your journey and your thoughts on how we can inspire and empower one another to build the life of OUR dreams in community as we journey toward joy . . .

So let’s do this! Thanks so much for being here — I hope you decide Amazed & Amused is for you & embark upon the journey to joy with me today. No better time than now . . .

Presales of Amazed & Amused

The 2nd campaign goal — in addition to getting 20K subscribers on Substack — is to presale at least 500 books. Be one of the first to hold a copy of Amazed & Amused in your hands by ordering here. Or maybe buy 10 copies as gifts and share the love! $1 of every book that is presold will be donated to either the National Parks Foundation, the National Parks Conservation Association or to the World Wildlife Fund — you will get to vote on which entity to donate to via an email survey in the final week of the campaign.

And no fear, even if I do not land a book deal, I plan to self publish Amazed & Amused and under this scenario, copies will be shipped to you (as long as you provide a valid shipping address!) by Christmas ‘ish’.

Cheers & Shaka Vibes,

Coyote Christina, xo

More Campaign Logistics:

SUN:  WEEKLY CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW

MON: YOGA POSE & BREATHING

TUES: ANIMAL GUIDES 

WED:  CHAKRAS 

TH:  ANIMAL GUIDES 

FRI: CHAKRAS 

SAT/SUN: ’I DISSENT’ DISCUSSION

Amazed & Amused Teaching Overview:

SKILL SET 1 — INITIATION STAGE: Give ourselves permission to feel our feels (2nd chakra – right to feel) and to take up space (1st chakra – right to be) . . . Finding Our Deepest Truth & Honoring Our Feelings

SKILL SET 2 — REALIZATION STAGE:  Hold ourselves radically accountable for our lives — who we are & where we are (no blaming others or ourselves!) . . . Taking Ownership of Where We Are

SKILL SET 3 — RELATION STAGE:  Practicing healthy ways of being & relating in the world . . . New Ways of Being & Relating

SKILL SET 4 — TRANSFORMATION STAGE:  Aligning with the universe (freeing ourselves from ignorance & circumstance by unlearning faulty-based assumptions and past fear) . . . Deciding Where We Want To Go & Letting the Universe Take Us There

SKILL SET 5 — CELEBRATION STAGE:  Cultivating Peace . . . Reclaiming Our Birthright of Joy & Finding Peace