Dear Jodi:

Since its launch last month, the iPhone app called AWARENESS -- created by psychotherapist and forward-thinking "ambassador of the heart," Ronit Herzfeld -- has been widely embraced by the general public, as well as by key cultural icons including Arianna Huffington, Caroline Myss and Elizabeth Lesser (see quotes below).  Herzfeld's app has been featured on CNN, and ABCNews.com has called it the "pocket psycho-therapist" that "soothes the soul."

Now, Herzfeld is taking the concept of the AWARENESS app global, with the announcement of the 'Global Emotional Awareness Movement' (GLEAM).  To help spread the message of Emotional Awareness, Ronit is inviting people all over the world to create compelling (smart, fun and entertaining) videos and photos that will inspire people to become more aware of their feelings and to illustrate how emotions deeply affect our lives every day.  "When we don't know what we're feeling and when we're operating from not knowing, we tend to hurt ourselves and others," she explains.

Contest winners will receive a total of $5,000 in prizes, and the videos and photos will be used to promote worldwide Emotional Awareness.  The contest entry period is January 14 to February 7, 2011, and the winners will be announced on February 14/Valentine's Day (symbolizing the emotion of 'love').

Please see below for further information.  All contest details can be found at http://whatareyoufeelingrightnow.com. 

Hope to hear from you!  Fern

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Contact:  Fern Marcya Edison

              Make-A-Difference Public Relations

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 Introducing the ‘Global Emotional Awareness Movement’…

Creator of acclaimed AWARENESS iPhone app takes concept global for 2011!

Announcing Worldwide Video & Photo Contests to Inspire People to Become Aware of Their Feelings

To view Ronit Herzfeld discussing Emotional Awareness on CNN on 12/31/10, :

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/31/smartphone-application-for-inner-peace

“This is wonderful…I have been asking people to begin thinking about how to use technology in order to help us to disconnect from technology and connect with ourselves.”

 –Arianna Huffington, on the AWARENESS iPhone app

(NEW YORK, NY; January 2011)   On 1.1.11, New York City-based psychotherapist and creator of the AWARENESS iPhone app (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/awareness/id402123427), Ronit Herzfeld, launched the “We Are One” Global Emotional Awareness Movement (GLEAM), to spark a world-wide dialogue about feelings and emotions.

Herzfeld’s objectives in launching this global movement to promote Emotional Awareness include:

• To help people appreciate the role emotions play in our lives
• Introduce practices for managing feelings
• Break down the cultural taboos around sharing feelings
• Inspire a more emotionally aware and peaceful world

To help spread this message of Emotional Awareness, Ronit is inviting people all over the world to create compelling (smart, fun and entertaining!) videos and photos that will inspire people to become more aware of their feelings and illustrate how emotions profoundly affect our lives every day. The contest entry period is  January 14 to February 7, 2011.  People from around the globe will vote for the best entries and the winners will be announced on February 14, 2011 – Valentine’s Day (symbolizing the emotion of ‘love’).

Examples of video/photo themes that inspire people to become more aware of their feelings and/or how their feelings help or hurt them, are:

·        The power of love

·        The impact of anger or jealousy on relationships

·        The effects of kindness; what does it feel like?

·        How fear interferes with pursuing our dreams

·        Feelings about weight, smoking, career

·        How thinking positively affects your productivity and health

·        Your passions.

To get started, contestants all over the world can visit the Global Emotional Awareness Movement platform at  http://whatareyoufeelingrightnow.com, where Ronit’s team has created a browser-based version of her popular AWARENESS iPhone application.  It looks like the user is using an iPhone, right in her/his browser! Brief video meditations guide users in getting in touch with and releasing their emotions;  then they can plot their feelings on a Google map. When users zoom out, they will see emotions people have shared in their city, state, country, or even the whole world. 

Contest winners will receive a total of $5,000 in cash prizes and life coaching, and the videos and photos will be used to promote worldwide emotional awareness.  (Video Prize:   $2,000 cash + $2,000 time value with life coach, psychotherapist and creator of AWARENESS app, Ronit Herzfeld.  Photo Prize:   $500 cash + $500 time value with life coach, psychotherapist and creator of AWARENESS app, Ronit Herzfeld.)  All of the contest details and requirements can be found at http://whatareyoufeelingrightnow.com.

Here’s what people have been saying about the AWARENESS iPhone app:

“Ronit’s app is a sophisticated, effective, and wise way for just about anyone, anywhere in the world, to connect with their emotional intelligence, and to create a world-wide community of awakened people.  Thank you, Ronit!”  --  Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder, Omega Institute; author of ‘Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help us Grow’

“Unique iPhone Application uses mindfulness to help people get in touch with their higher selves.” --Caroline Myss website

“If you're looking for simple ways to improve your mental and physical health, I say give Awareness a try before you sign up to look at ink-blots all day.”  --AppScout/PCMag.com site

“iPhone Pocket Psychotherapist Soothes Soul” –ABCNews.com

“New Awareness application…helps you track your moods and change them for the better.”  --NewsOK/Associated Press

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