Friday, January 7, 2011

Cross Dresser’s Wives January Newsletter 2011

Topic For The Month – Eudaimonia (yu-day-moan-ee-ya)


Strolling through my favorite bookstore, I chanced upon a surprisingly inspirational and thought provoking book by Ethel Diamond:  Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah - Lessons For The Living And Other Philosophical Musings. I opened up a page from the middle of the book and, as synchronicity would have it, I was on the first page of the chapter specifically about Oprah.


According to Diamond, the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) held that “...the good life and happiness were inextricably bound together.” Yes, I could easily hear Oprah agreeing with those wise words. Aristotle, like Oprah, shared the ethos that happiness and the good life come from living a successful life. “It is a total experience that involves conducting your activities and your relationships in the best possible ways.” Oprah has done hundreds of shows based on this topic.


Aristotle, a teacher of Alexander the Great and student of Plato, the founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world, acknowledges that there are many challenges to obtaining happiness, success, and the good life. He maintains that the most difficult challenges come not from our enemies but “…the hardest victory is the victory over self.” Once this is achieved, a wonderful feeling of bliss will arise. Aristotle had a name for this state of bliss: eudaimonia. Oprah buttresses that belief system and so should we.


The only power we do have is over ourselves. Change is needed in most of our lives. It has to come from us. The victory will be blissful…let us all reach the level of Eudaimonia in 2011!!!

Have a happy, healthy, eudaimonic New Year!!!


With love, respect, gratitude and blessings,

The Founder

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In April 2010, we began one-on-one Consultation Services with The Founder. She holds a BA in Women Studies, an M.A. in Social Sciences, and has worked with over one thousand cross dressers’ wives. She is not a licensed therapist; she is a former cross dresser’s wife.


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BOOK UPDATE


Dear Authors,


The book has a new title. We are meeting with powerful publicists. The stars are aligning. Spring 2011 is the date. Get ready.



With blessings and gratitude,

The Founder


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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE


“Let the will to believe empower you.”

(Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah - Lessons For Living And Other Philosophic Musings by Ethel Diamond, pg. 102.)

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