The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue: Wins Medal in 2010 Next Generation Book Awards!

The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue- turning your upside down world right side! Wins Medal in the 2010 Next Generation INDIE Book Awards,for Motivational Book Excellence!

The Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptionalindependently published books in 60 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com) in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency.

This year, The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue-turning your upside down world right side up! Is proud to be a winner in the best of Motivational Books Category in this National Elite Book Award.

Among thousands of entries, The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue has been selected by this prestigious group of literary judges, including C. Hope Clark Founder and Editor of FundsforWriters.com,  Charlotte Cook, founder and President of KOMENAR publishing, and Richard Cook, partner of Sunrise at Berkeley, among others.

The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue is available on Amazon.com, KINDLE, Barnes & Noble.com, and all bookstores through Ingram Distributors.

Deb Scott. Author, is a motivation and lifestyle consultant. The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue-turning your upside down world right side up! is her first book.

For more information visit http://www.greenskyandbluegrass.com

What are People Saying about the New Award Winning Book – The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue~

What are people saying about “The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue!”~

“Deb Scott’s “The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue” provides a quirky, upbeat path to transforming your life. Whether you’re a creative spirit or a businessperson, “The Sky is Green” offers insights into happiness from which all can benefit.”
~ Fern Reiss, director, The International Association of Writers, Speakers, and Experts,
http://www.associationofwriters.com/

AMAZON.COM ~ A Gem of a Book! 5 Stars

“Do you have problems in your life? Does it feel like your world is upside down? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then you will definitely want to read, The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue. Author and motivational consultant, Deb Scott, is no stranger to hardship. With extraordinary openess, she shares things that have helped her overcome her difficulties and have turned her upside down world right side up.

The tone of the book is very conversational. The reader almost feels as if he or she is sitting down with Deb, having a cup of coffee, and talking with her. The book is full of stories and quotes and analogies from everyday life that beautifully illustrate her points. She offers helpful advice that includes praying, 12 step programs (not just for alcoholics), tips for finding and determining if you have a “good” therapist, volunteering, and valuable resources (online and media) that can be used to help readers find blue skies and green grass. Another helpful tool that Ms. Scott includes is written exercises. Found throughout the book, these exercises are intended to help readers do some critical thinking and self-evaluation so that they can find themselves on the path to happiness.

The Sky is Green and The Grass is Blue is positive encouragement for people who feel that life is pulling them down. If your sky is green , and your grass is blue, then read this book. You won’t be disappointed!”

Sherry Ellis/ Amazon.com

“If you want to meet the most powerful and amazing person you will ever know, let Deborah Scott introduce you to YOU! Within the pages of this book Deborah offers her first hand advice to gently and effectively guide you, including easy exercises which can assist you, in turning your challenges into celebrations.”
~ Sumner M. Davenport; Results Coach, Bounce-Back Expert;
Best Selling Author; The “G” spot, The ecstasy of life through GRATITUDE.

http://sumnerdavenport.com/

BARNES & NOBLE.COM ~ All 5 Star Ratings!

Research
Usefulness
Organization
Accuracy
Clarity
Authoritative
Comprehensive
Innovative
Compelling
Relevant
For All General Readers / Barnes & Noble.com
“The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue is the perfect gift for anyone in your life who is suffering and looking for resources to create happiness. Deb Scott takes readers on an inspiring journey through many self-help tools available today, including some surprising ideas on where you can find the most happiness.”
~ Lisa Tener; Book Writing Coach, Speaker, Published Author;
http://www.lisatener.com/
ALL BOOKS REVIEW International ~ Highly Recommended! :)

“You don’t know, what you don’t know !”
“Simple? Yes. Easy to accept? No ! Deb Scott’s premise that “You don’t know, what you don’t know,” is the basis for transforming negatives into positives. It is the foundation for her book.
The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue teaches readers to reverse their thinking; to turn all of life’s negativity into a positive, happy life. Starting at the beginning she convinces readers that help is just a step away. First and foremost you must open your mind and open your heart. Prayer is encouraged.
The author suggests that “going it alone” does not work. The book recommends several well-qualified organizations, at no cost to the member, that can help. The next step would be professional therapists and coaches and media tools, all practically listed and suggested. Numerous stories and anecdotes are included to make her point and provide entertainment.
Well organized, humorous, entertaining and yet, very in depth sensible advice, this book will be a great help to many people in conquering their fears and their past.”
Highly Recommended
by Reviewer: Shirley Roe
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A Review by Dr. Patrick A. O’Dougherty, out of the F. Scott Fitzgerald community of St. Paul, MN

“Brilliant!”

“Encouragement. Deb Scott should be encouraged. I come from a family of counselors. My mother, Patricia O’Dougherty, was a social worker on the charging team in Minneapolis. She worked with the women’s prison, alcoholics, and the Indian mothers. My father, James O’Dougherty, was an attorney who specialized in counseling. I have a counselor who specializes in counseling writers. I, first, sought counseling because I did not want to fall through the cracks in life. I am evaluating Deb Scott’s book not as a professional but as a consumer. Motivation. Motivation is one of the hardest topics to write about because it is very difficult to judge motivation. Actions speak louder than words. Writing a motivational book is quite an ambitious undertaking. Deb Scott maintains motivation should lead to action. This book review is an action, a defining point an outcome from reading the book. The strength of Deb Scott’s book is it is filled with prayers and profundities. It has exercises and a plan, focus and positive advice. It has religious themes without being preachy or proselytizing. I went to Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Dwayne Dwyer replicated the miracles of St. Francis of Assisi on the stage with the audience. I don’t think my high school physics teacher at Washburn, Mr. Requeway, could do this. Deb Scott is a replicable miracle. The kingdom of God is within. It is within you. It is within Deb Scott. Ironically, I made a teaching film which uses a similar exercise to the one Deb Scott does. My exercise is to spell your name with dots between the letters and then turn the letters of your name into a poem with another person’s name and then connect the dots and poems. Service. Get out of yourself is another profound piece of advice from Deb Scott. Surround yourself with motivational tapes, meditation and positive reinforcement. Advice I have found useful is to make a roadmap of your life and chart it. Gratitude. Count your blessings. Deb Scott’s advice, profundities and ironies are grace notes for new prescriptions in your life. I hope this review makes you feel new. Your book renewed my interest in your field. You want to change people’s thinking and lead them to do good. It is difficult to judge motivation. So, I won’t judge Deb Scott, rather accept. Brilliant!”

Dr. Patrick A. O’Dougherty, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Winner of the Prestigious International Library of Poetry’s Editor’s Choice Award ; Namara Alumni Carlson Heritage Wall Author at the University of Minnesota; F. Scott Fitzgerald Community, More Here…

SELF-HELP DAILY: Winner Top 100 Inspirational Blogs!

“Wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone!”

There were so many things I loved about this book – from the author’s infectious positive and fun-to-read style to the catchy title – a title that starts the reader off on a journey to discover what the author has in mind..
I’d categorize this book under the following categories:
Spiritual
Self Help
Self Improvement
Inspirational
Motivational
Recovery
A Book that Makes You Glad to Be Alive!
That last category? Just made it up – Just for this book.
When I finish reading a book, I ask myself what my initial opinion of the book is. After the standard, “Like it, love it, or eh -so-so,” I always have a few summarizing thoughts about the book, the author, or the way the book left me feeling. After reading The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue: Turning your upside down world right side up!, I thought, and subsequently wrote down, the following:
“This book was like a walk through an inspirational and spiritual garden. There were so many lovely thoughts, quotes, stories, and illustrations along the way – just like beautiful flowers along a garden’s path. I kept stopping to pick one and could see one just ahead – from the first page of the book to the last.”
I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone and everyone. I promise that you’ll find plenty of beautiful flowers to cut and enjoy along the garden’s path. Buy The Sky is Green and the Grass is Blue: Turning your upside down world right side up! on Amazon today.

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“I’ve had the joy and honor of getting to know Deb Scott through my radio show. Her energy is uplifting and her spirit inspiring. I learn something new about life, transformation and motivation every time we speak. I highly recommend her book, The Sky Is Green and the Grass is Blue and her coaching services to all. She is a master of sharing vivid stories that transform life.”

Tamara Kleinberg- Founder: Imaginibbles

“Useful, Uplifting, Practical!”

This book is very inspirational and yet practical. It is full of clear help on how to combat persistent negative thinking and includes a motivational narrative about the help of 12-Step programs, prayer, professional guidance and volunteering. The motivation supplied by the text is augmented by helpful exercises. …especially useful and uplifting.”
The Recovery Guide Network

WOUNDED~TO~WONDERFUL

Wounded to Wonderful – what a brilliant catch phrase for daily living!

Like a left and right leg, we need both to stay upright and move forward in any direction.

Want to really go somewhere in your life? Don’t waste time trying to figure out if the left leg is bad, and the right leg wrong, or is it the right leg is wrong, and the left leg is right?

Beauty in a Broken Heart

Accept you need both, and surrender to the fact each is completely different for a reason, and both of their differences are working to help you achieve a bigger common goal which will make you happy. Now there is some right side up true blue sky thinking!

When Nancy Wait and I discussed her idea for the flow of her radio show, we brainstormed creative, fun, powerful ways you could gain imagrey and practical application to duplicate a consistent equation towards all things good for you.

Like the legs which take you to any physical desire, what are the spiritual vehicles which cooperate to bring you towards the dreams you seek?

Surrender + Hope = Knowing Self

Why does “Knowing Self” balance the equation? Because only in Knowing Self can one know anyone, or anything else.

Every person has a wound, this is an apparent bad we all share in common. It’s what allows you to read the story of someone you never met, and feel as if you have known them forever. The wound exposes your/my/our deep vulnerability.

So how can a wound be transformed into wonderful?

This question begs you to define exactly what “wonderful” means to YOU? Is it that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when opening a birthday gift? The attainment of a goal you have ached to acheive? Or is it finding the good lesson which makes good great, bad into good, or sadness into overwhelming joy?

Consider seeking to learn the good lesson in any given event, will automatically transform the event into something positive, regardless of what you may feel in the now moment. Consider you’re not finished yet. Consider the pressure of the circumstances you most detest, are helping you become your brightest happy best!

Discover the brilliance in the Diamond of the Amazing YOU!

For more detail on the radio show with Nancy Wait - Artists & AscensionCLICK HERE.

Mind Vitamins Here!

Mind vitamin therapy is a powerful way for you to effectively spring board any positive transformation you seek to achieve.

I call this effort “Successful Sabotage” because you are setting yourself up for great success by surrounding yourself in positive energy media tools, like this radio interview with Dream Vision 7 Creator, Deborah Beauvais.

Boston Revolution 1510 AM

Listen to this show right now in the background while your checking emails, or download it to your mp3 to recycle while your walking the dogs, going to work tomorrow morning, or having your morning cup of coffee.

Deborah Beauvais is a Reconnective Healing Therapist at and can be contacted at Empowered Connections, her website, worshop, or seminar. Committed to passionately assist your dreams toward all things loving great, you won’t be disappointed.

Truly a priveledge, this show offers you free ideas with practical applications you can implement immediately.

Listen now to our archived show here, under Deb Scott – and be sure to also check out the many multi-mind vitamin antibiotics of magnificent guests, Deborah brings to us every Saturday afternoon; 1:00 pm; Boston Revolution Radio; 1510 am.

Dedicated to helping you turn any green upside down sky, into true blue!

Resisting Resistance

Why do we always seem to resist the very thing we want most? What is up with that?

You Can Do It!

Resistance manifests itself in many ugly ways, none of them helpful towards creating a full life you can love.

Let’s look at three top ways resistance can manifest itself, and how to transform these obstacles into stepping stones.

1. Procrastination-

This is huge. We often resist our own greatness by procrastinating. It always seems the top of the refrigerator needs to dusted, the windows washed, or the car cleaned, right when you plan on attacking one of your top priorities. This sabotage against success keeps you hostage, blocking your most creative self from engaging the world.,

2. Addictions-

Addictions can also be a form of resistance in that they suffocate your true self with a person, place, or thing, instead of keeping the focus on what you really want. Recognizing this addiction is only counterfeit happiness, is key.

3. Busyness-

Ever said, “I just don’t have time for that?” This is really not true, because we all make time for the things we want to do, not necessarily what we need to do. Staying busy in a drama king/queen life, only masks what you authentically desire to be busy with. So how do you transform these forms of resistance into platforms which spring board you into valuable action/results? Here is a winning equation to write down, and post where you can see it regularly.

Awareness + Acceptance = Action

You must first be aware you are resisting something of your own free will. Once you are aware you are doing this to yourself, you can accept it is happening, and you want to stop the behavior. Once you accept it is your choice to resist, you understand it is also your choice to stop revisiting. This can lead to a new action. A new action which results in getting your desire accomplished.

Laughter is a great medicine of the mind without side effects.

When you catch yourself resisting, laugh at yourself and admit, “There I go again!” When you bring resistance out in the open, you remove any power it has over you.

Resistance can be a positive road sign to motivate you to a higher level of creative expression, success, and a transformation.  A sure seal your best self is on it’s way.  Name it and claim it!

Don't Give Up 5 Minutes Before The Miracle!

The Power Of A Mother’s Love

Throughout the pages of The Power of a Mother’s Love you will meet twenty-two women who share their personal stories and essays in the first of our Women’s Wisdom Series of inspirational eBooks.

Now Available

Inspiring stories of hope, joy, love and transformation to make your heart smile and your soul giggle.  The perfect gift!

Deb Scott is priveleged to have been selected as one of the Contributing Authors for this amazing ebook, sharing the story of her mom, and best friend, Rachel.

MENTOR MAGIC

“How could having a mentor be Magical to me?”

"Mentors Are For ALL Ages!"

We all want success, happiness, and prosperity in our personal and professional lives. We want, we want, we want. Yet, we often feel like there is no way to achieve the dream. As if we have tried every experiment under the sun, without the glimpse of triumph.

Do you really believe you have attempted every possible equation in this big bold world of billions?

As we get older, I think we often forget the wisdom of our childhood years. The inescapable thirst to know everything about anything, and the innocent acceptance that we can’t get their on our own power. We need help to reach the countertop, explanations of words too big for our minds to comprehend, and protection from getting in our own harms way. Shameless assistance constantly requested is a tireless enjoyment in the eyes of a child. “How else can I learn?”

Mentors are guides for adult living.

Traveling any unknown jungle can be a fear filled journey without a local guide and his machetti clearing the overgrown path in front of you. Why would you plan any trip without the assistance of a qualified expert familiar with the Touraine?

Who Can YOU Mentor Today?

Don’t waste time reinventing the wheel! Stubborn people deplete precious energy in a rocking chair of pride. Successful people humbly detach from a situation, and spend time finding assistance from a person who knows how to fly a plane to quickly and efficiently get where they want to go!

A mentor will shorten your learning curve, and increase your mathematical odds for outstanding success.

Your mentors experience, strength, and discernment, has perhaps taken years to accumulate through trial and error. This knowledge is priceless. How can you measure the value of time? How much time did it take your mentor to reap the reward sown in his/her life experience? This is now being handed on to you.

Spend time today writing down your top three goals, and researching people who have attained these goals gloriously. How did they talk? What questions did they ask? What books did they read? Where did they spend their time in the friends or company you could potentially meet?

Learn what you can from a mentor more wise than yourself. People perish from lack of knowledge, and the courage to ask the right questions. The more you give, the more you receive. Magic never looked so easy to believe.

 
 
 

We Need YOU!

 

Energy Talk Radio

Life Without Limitations!

Lots of positive mind vitamins in this radio show interview with  Markandya.

With over 1 million listeners, Energy Talk Radio donates 30% of all their proceedes to charity.

“Walking your talk” has never been so fun… Listen Now Here.

PRAYER: Powerful Real Answers You Enjoy Regularly!

PRAYER: Powerful Real Answers You Enjoy Regularly!

So many people tell me, “Well Deb, I’ve tried everything else to solve this problem, I guess I should try to pray now.”

This is exactly the upside down thinking I’m talking about getting rid of!

Prayer From The Heart ;)

 

Prayer should not be the last resort, it should be the very first thing you do before anything else!

Ok – so you don’t understand how prayer works.

Well, you don’t understand how your television works, but you still channel surf on that. You don’t understand how your computer works, but you’re on the Internet right now, and not boycotting using that. And, you can’t build a car, but you have no problem getting into yours so you can arrive at your desired destination.  Am I right?

Do you see how hypocritical we can be when it comes to prayer? [Read more...]