Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Ralph is @ Adorama ...

Ralph will be presenting a Workshop on Emotional Energy Photography @ Adorama on West 18th Street.

The Presentation will be on May 14th, check flyer for details.

Put the event on your calendar ... the presentation will be informative and entertaining.

There will be time for questions.

Adorama staff will also be able to help with questions about gear.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Leadership Roundtable Special Event - March 31st

I will be the Official Leadership Roundtable Photographer for the LRT Special Meeting ... 

LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE TOASTMASTERS
PRESENTS:

You’re invited to hear Annette Herfkens, author of “Turbulence” tell her astonishing and true story*, and how Toastmasters helped her to get this book written.

Plus hear a panel of Toastmasters and join an open table discussion of how Toastmasters is being used in our professions, communities and personal interactions.  

Monday, March 31  6-8:30 p.m.
John’s Shanghai Restaurant
145 West 46th Street – 2nd floor – between 6th and Broadway
$15.00 per person (via prior registration at eventbrite)- includes family style dinner
All are invited (Toastmasters and guests)

$20.00 at the door, space permitting.

*When young Annette Herfkens, one of the few female international bond traders on Wall Street and her fiancĂ© boarded Vietnam Airlines flight 474 in Ho Chi Minh City, they were just two passengers headed for a romantic getaway, unaware of the fateful moment that would shatter their dreams forever. The plane crashed into a mountaintop, leaving Annette trapped in the Vietnamese jungle as the sole survivor.  What followed was an incredible story of survival, mystery and higher spirit. In this unflinching tale of life, Annette describes how she survived eight days alone in the jungle with only rainwater to sustain her.

For more information:  Contact Penelope Boehm  Penelope.BoehmTM@gmail.com, 212-864-6765  or visit the Leadership Roundtable Toastmasters website at http://leadershiproundtable.toastmastersclubs.org


Photographer for D46 Area 23-24-25 International Speech and Evaluation Contest

I will be the official Photographer for the
Toastmasters District  46 Area 23+24+25 
International Speech and Evaluation Contest
Hosted by the AB Toastmasters Club

On Wednesday evening,  March 19th, 2014.

It will be an interesting evening of great speeches

Thursday, March 13, 2014

AXA Toastmasters Club photos

On Wednesday, March 12th, I presented information about the new Toastmasters Education Program to the AXA Toastmasters Club.

I Invited the AXA club members to the Leadership RoundTables special meeting on Monday March 31st, where Annette Herfkens, author of “Turbulence” tell her astonishing and true story of survival in the jungles of Vietnam after a plane crash.  More details to follow.

I gave them a sneak peak and invitation to  my presentation on "Emotional Energy Photography" at a major New York Store. ... More info on this will come next week.

Monday, March 10, 2014

The Musical Prophylactic Anti-Depressant

I am sure, all of us as human beings have in the past felt down, have been troubled by anxiety, or problems of various types. We may have felt trapped by the Tsunamis of  “Bad new” that reach crescendo proportions as we continue to monitor the news or perhaps it would be more accurate to say monitor the catalogs of negative energy events that we are bombarded with every day.

Given the amplification of negative energy that we are subjected to, Pharrell Williams is correct when he says

It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break …
Because I’m happy …”

It seems as I talk to people that proclaiming we are happy almost appears crazy.
Happiness is internal, comes from connection with Self and with Source Energy. It is important to seek and manifest happiness from inside of ourselves no matter what, even in the midst of tragedy.

“Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah, …”

I believe he is correct that happiness has nothing to do with the proliferation of negative external events that take place in the world. Being happy arises from a spiritual center within us. The sunshine within us is our connection with Source Energy. When we are connected with Source Energy, being unhappy seems like an act of being without faith in the loving generosity of Source Energy and our own abilities.

Pharrell even takes a provocative stance toward the negative energy.
He boldly states

“Well, give me all you got, and don’t hold back, yeah,
Well, I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine, yeah,
No offense to you, don’t waste your time… “

He beautifully puts to music some very positive energy advice. This advice are words of wisdom for anyone who is a healer or who wants to heal or anyone who wants to unleash their creative potential. Dr. Emoto, who is known for his study of the healing energy of water, the power of vibrations to create or destroy, and his crystal photographs looks at the power of positive words from a scientific perspective. Pharrell puts the positive energy of happiness to music. My son, Thomas, got me to listen to Pharrell and I find his music to be uplifting even when problems arise. His music is truly a positive addicting experience. If you listen to any of his 24 hours of happy, the music, the images and the careful editing will definitely bring you to a happy place.
  
So

“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth …
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you …”



Thursday, March 6, 2014

Trinity of Emotional Energy Workshop


Saturday, March 8th, 2014 is my workshop on "The Trinity of Emotional Energy"

Learn how to identify and use your emotional energy on three different levels to overcome obstacles and move toward your happiness and fulfillment.

Details:
  • Location: Gingers Restaurant, 512 Seventh Ave, between W. 37th Street & W. 38th Street
  • Time: 12 Noon to 1:30 PM
  • Cost: $30.00 (if you bring a friend cost = $20.00 each - a savings of $20.00)
  • Includes Lunch

At my workshop we will explore
  • Emotional Energy on a physical level
    • how Emotional Energy can affect us on a positive and negative level
    • Emotional Energy as a life GPS system
  • Emotional Energy on an intellectual level
    • are our emotions and intellect separate
    • difference between conceptual intelligence and experiential experience
    • Dangers of intellectual emotional energy
    • how to effectively integrate emotional and intellectual energies
  • Emotional Energy on a Spiritual or Source level
    • The magic of Connectedness
    • How source works with us to achieve happiness
    • how source can help us overcome patterns and trauma