Real, everyday stories that will touch your heart and transform your life.

When you are Being Here in the current moment…magic happens. Years of resentments dissolve, true love blossoms where it’s least expected, and ordinary moments become extraordinary. Award-winning authors Ariel and Shya Kane, along with folks from their international community, share inspiring true stories about life, death and everything in between. These heartwarming personal tales will allow you to enjoy the magic of Being Here…Too.

A sequel to Being Here, Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment, this book illustrates how life can be easy and will support you if you let it. Your day-to-day experience of living can literally transform so that accomplishments come naturally and things you have strived to change dissolve all on their own.

Topics include:

• The Magic of Being Boldly You
• Family and Forgiveness
• Parenting, Teaching, and Transformation
• Birth, Death, and the Physical Challenges In Between
• Dating, Relating, and Finding The One
• Being in the Moment and Achieving Your Goals

From Brooklyn and Kansas City to Zurich and Hong Kong, join storytellers from around the world and spark Instantaneous Transformation in your own life.

Dedication
Foreword
Preface

PART ONE: THE MAGIC OF BEING BOLDLY YOU

1. Andy’s Perfect Ears
2. Being Completely, Unapologetically Me!
3. The Tourist
4. Three Big “Screw It” Moments That Led Me to Enlightenment
5. The Tuna Sandwich
6. Fear Not, Just Dance
7. When Did My Life Get Better Than My Dreams?
8. I Don’t Have Much Time Left

PART TWO: FAMILY AND FORGIVENESS

9. Life Is In the Blintzes
10. A Moment In Time
11. Coming Home

PART THREE: PARENTING, TEACHING, AND TRANSFORMATION

12. Being Well-Grounded
13. Aunt Caily: A Tribute to Mothers, Even Those Who Aren’t
14. A Transformational Teaching Moment
15. Meet the Artist
16. Listening with My Eyes as well as My Ears
17. A Magical Examination

PART FOUR: BIRTH, DEATH, AND THE PHYSICAL CHALLENGES IN BETWEEN

18. Panic Is Not an Option
19. Seize the Moment, Life Is Full of Surprises
20. Frolicking with Frittatas
21. Childbirth, Labor, and Deliver-ease
22. There Is No Magic Pill...Or Is There? 
23. Allyson’s Last Journey

PART FIVE: DATING, RELATING, AND FINDING THE ONE 

24. Opening the Door to Dating
25. One Day My Prince Will Come – So Why Isn’t He Here Yet?! 
26. Something’s Missing
27. A New Way of Seeing
28. Meeting Mr. Nice
29. My Dating Training Run 

PART SIX: BEING IN THE MOMENT AND ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS

30. Relaxation in Motion
31. Worry or Study – Choose One
32. The Search for a Better Me
33. Grandma’s Purse
34. Just What I Want
35. I Can’t Do That!
36. Waking Up from the Dream