Victor and Carol birthed Open Heart Press in 1995 to publish Victor’s book, Web Without a Weaver: How the Internet is Shaping Our Future. They meditated on whether or not it would be best for them to try to get the book published in the traditional way by sending the manuscript to different publishers hoping to have it accepted. Through their meditations they got a clear vision that they were to publish it themselves. So they started researching what it would take to make that happen. They formed Open Heart Press and republished their Lighten Up audio tape a professional recording of Carol & Victor’s popular workshop that gives an easy, nurturing 5-minute-a-day process to bring you into a state of unconditional love of yourself. Carol believes that loving ourselves is the most transformative thing we can do for ourselves, for our loved ones and for the planet. Many people have called her process the missing piece of the puzzle. To date, this tape has sold over 25,000 copies without a marketing campaign—strictly by word of mouth.
Once Victor had completed his manuscript, they hired a designer friend, Kathleen Savage, to produce the cover art and Carol designed inside of the book. Now, all they had to do was raise the money to have it printed. They didn’t have to wait long. A benefactor showed up almost immediately and offered to pay for the printing in exchange for Carol’s editing services on a book he was publishing. It was a great trade.
The book won praise from evolutionary biologist, Dr. Elizabet Sahtouris, who says of Victor, “I really love that he wrote the book I hoped someone would write about the Internet. The Internet from the start has interested me as the biggest and most impressive self-organizing system in human history, forming with lightning speed to save us on the brink of disaster, and he says it all so eloquently, elegantly and readably. I am most impressed!” If you are interested in the history of the Internet and how is changing our world, this is a book you will want to read!
The reproduction of the Lighten Up Audio Tape was soon followed by the Free Yourself from Fear Audio Tape, another one of Carol and Victor’s workshops. This simple, down-to-earth technique inspired by A Course in Miracles enables you to release yourself from the grip of fear, grief, anger or any “negative” emotion.
Soon after the publication of these tapes, Carol published her Lighten Up Inspirations Workbook and Journal. This special book, designed to take only ONE MINUTE A DAY, provides you with a full year of inspirational guidance while you learn to love, empower and heal yourself through the daily use of the Lighten Up process.