This spy photo reveals the contents of the Growing Your SELF! Home Study Course.

“I can’t believe it! Who would do such a thing?”

That was my response when I saw the picture.

This spy photo of the soon-to-be-released Growing Your SELF! Home Study Course is one of several that mysteriously surfaced in multiple places on the web early this morning.

The picture, showing the previously unrevealed core contents of the much-anticipated manifesting program, must have been taken sometime during the last week.

I’m not sure how it happened. I believe that the spy, or spies, took the photo using a high-tech telephoto lens from a vantage point across the pond. The pictures appear to have been taken through a window of the self-development lab, which it was discovered, was left open for ventilation during a warm day last week.

Yes, the self-development lab here at Peaceful Spirit has been under extremely tight security while I worked feverishly to put the final pieces of Growing Your SELF! together in time for Friday’s release date, but the open window somehow escaped our hourly security sweeps.

My chief security officer, a cocker spaniel named Princess, was (read more…)

Lawsuits begin, James Arthur Ray troubles continue.

There have been several new developments in the James Arthur Ray sweat lodge death investigation since my last update. Here is a quick look at what’s happening:

Survivor Stories

First, several attendees have come forward and publicly shared their version of what transpired inside the sweat lodge on that fateful day.  Beverly Bunn is one of those attendees. During the retreat Beverly was roommates with Kirby Brown, one of the three people who died from their injuries. Beverly appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America to share her story. You can also read her account in an AP story here.

Beverly claims that James was unconcerned when people started getting sick. She also claims that when the crisis occurred her attempts to help were (read more…)

Suze Orman reveals secret to happiness on Oprah today.

Do you know the secret to finding happiness?

If you do… then you are probably a relatively happy person most of the time.

If you don’t… then you might still be struggling and complaining, and you might even feel miserable most of the time.

Would you believe me if I told you that the choice is always yours?

That you get to choose whether to be happy or not?

I was watching the Oprah show today with Donna and Princess when I heard one of the best formulas for happiness that I’ve heard in a long time.

It made me sit up and listen.

Suze Orman, bestselling author and financial guru,  was one of Oprah’s guests today and during her interview she said, (read more…)

James Arthur Ray cancels remaining 2009 events.

James Arthur Ray announced today that he is canceling all of his remaining seminars and engagements for the rest of 2009. The announcement comes in the wake of the three tragic deaths that occurred during a sweat lodge ceremony that also left 19 people hospitalized. The sweat lodge ceremony was the culmination of a spiritual retreat led by James Ray in Sedona, Arizona.

The announcement, posted today, (October 29, 2009), on his website at www.jamesray.com, and in a duplicate message posted on the James Arthur Ray blog, states that: (read more…)

More on the James Arthur Ray tragedy.

Here is the latest info on the James Arthur Ray sweat lodge death investigation. I know that this tragedy and its aftermath strike close to home for many readers, so I’ll keep you updated as new information comes out.

One of the survivors of the sweat lodge, who passed out and spent four days in the hospital, is speaking out about her ordeal. The story in the Arizona Sun relates Sidney Spencer’s experience at the sweat lodge and sheds a little light on what was actually going on inside the lodge. You can read the story here.

In another story on the Anderson Cooper 360 blog, a CNN video report reveals that there was similar trouble last year at the same James Arthur Ray event. Click here to watch the video.

It appears that an attendee of last year’s retreat was ready to come forward and report that about 20 people got sick at last year’s sweat lodge ceremony, but changed her mind about appearing on camera at the last minute, saying (read more…)