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- Secrets Kids Know - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2007 from Allen Klein"By learning to act more like a child, human beings can revolutionize their lives and become for the first time, perhaps, the kinds of creatures their heritage has prepared them to be—youthful all the days of their lives." —Ashley Montagu Waiting for my plane one morning, I was not aware ...
Views: 883(1 vote) - Aim for the Future ... but don't get ulcers waiting for it to happen! - by It is always good to aim for a vision, to pursue a goal, and make your dreams come true. However, there's a difference between chasing your dreams and anticipating the outcome of the dreams. The main idea behind dreaming and pursuing your goals is to provide a sense of direction with positive ...
Views: 3583 - Getting Out of the Rut ... Initiating and Managing Change - by Have you ever accomplished something, then wondered where to go next? Or, perhaps you've accomplished something and just continued down that same path because it worked. Many people become stuck in this way because of the "security of sameness." You can get stuck from problems as well as ...
Views: 3046 - Depression Lived - by Today I sit at my computer desperately fishig for input of hope and inspiration, and practical ideas to further battle this "Thorn in My Side" called depression.
I read some very good articles written my people who, to my surprise, were and are going through the same feelings I am and want to ...
Views: 716 - The Slim-Me Weight Control Program - by The Fundamentals of Weight Control
Do you ever wonder why it is so difficult to lose weight? You count calories, measure food, eat smaller portions, and you end up gaining weight instead of losing it. Don't get discouraged. You're just another victim of dieting! Almost everybody has experienced ...
Views: 1791 - Laugh It Off: Losing Weight with Laughter - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2007 from Allen Klein"You know it's time to cut down on calories when you step on the scale and the readout says, One at a time, please!" - Anonymous Many of us tend to gain a few extra pounds from time to time, especially around the holiday season. Then we make a resolution to diet but that often doesn't work. ...
Views: 763 - Mind /body fitness - by Chapter 1 Traditional Mind/body
1.1 Being Attentive Reduces Stress
Most Americans do not take the debilitating effects of stress seriously. You know that it is important to quit smoking and exercise, but do you take the time to regularly relax? When you finally take the time to relax, do you ...
Views: 2528(2 votes) - Is cheap cigarette the cause of flight attendant’s sinus? - by Cheap cigarettes
Here’s an unbelievable, but true news story making the rounds of websites on cigarette. Ever wonder what causes sinus? An American Airlines flight attendant thinks it is secondhand tobacco smoke.
Cheap Cigarettes and common cold
Secondhand cheap cigarette smoke! Geez, be ...
Views: 1155 - Facts about tobacco - by Tobacco used to make cigarettes is a tall, leafy annual plant, originally grown in South and Central America, but now cultivated throughout the world, including southern Ontario. There are many species of tobacco; Nicotiana tabacum (or common tobacco) is used to produce cigarettes.
Nicotine, a ...
Views: 652 - FORGIVENESS - by Listening to a talk show recently I sympathized with a reformed hijacker, who, having been caught and sentenced, served his time, was granted parole and has now seen “the errors of his way? To atone for this terrible deed he has gone to see the victim, asked for his forgiveness, hugged and ...
Views: 643 - A Lesson to Myself - by All around me people are forging ahead with life, working marrying, having children - their children marrying, having children ..........
"Are there lessons to be learned? Are there tangible rewards?"
I don’t have the answers but I do know I’m not where I want to be, not a chance! By now,I ...
Views: 880 - Is Your Relationship A 10? - by Do you and your partner in business or at home have the same arguments over and over? Do you wish they’d just pay attention at least once in a while? Why do you have to keep getting yelled at or keep yelling at them over the same things again and again? Why can’t they just understand you? ...
Views: 591 - People Don't Know You Are Ugly 'Til You Tell 'Em - by People don't know you are ugly, 'til you tell 'em.
Question: What is ugly, really?
Answer: It's what you project.
Did you know that?
Well, think about it for a minute. Someone new comes up to you and you turn away with thoughts like, *They won't like me. Someone will tell them about me, ...
Views: 651 - Cats Always Go To The One With The Nasal Spray - by Are you allergic? If so, doesn't it seem like cats always go to the one with the nasal spray? When you say to yourself, I hope so-and-so, cat doesn't come near me, guess what? Here comes the cat. Why?
Because your brain glosses right over the *not* in your sentence and heads for the real meat, ...
Views: 665 - Do You Have A Hard Time Learning? - by Do you have a hard time learning? It can be easy, once you realize that learning is just a relationship.
The minute you connect the unknown with the known, you have a relationship.
Is someone trying to teach you something? Do they say put Tab A in Slot A. Good. You know what Tab A is, and ...
Views: 795 - Does Growing Old Scare You? - by Does growing old scare you? So much that you hate even talking about growing old?
Do you have a vision of nursing homes and loss of control and being dependent on your children when they should be enjoying their lives, not taking care of you?
Well, here's a question: What are your role ...
Views: 646(1 vote) - Can You Live Totally In The Moment? - by Do you know what that means?
It means erase all of your personal history, so nothing will get in your way of living for the moment.
You can't remember that so-and-so used to call you a dummy -- and therefore your are.
You can't remember that your teacher told you you couldn't write or ...
Views: 599 - Do You Know You How To Model? - by Did you know that if you model someone else's physiology -- their body language -- you'll experience new ways to think, feel, and act?
You already experience different physiologies all day long. For instance, if you are angry, you stand a certain way. If you are concentrating on something, ...
Views: 560 - Do You Get Nervous? - by Do you get nervous? How does that feel in your body?
Does it feel like bubbly little gases in your stomach?
Can you visualize those bubbly little gases?
TIP: Your brain needs to see what it is that is causing your nervous reaction in your body. When it can see it, it can do something about ...
Views: 961 - Do You Forget Easily? - by Is it evening and you realize you can’t remember what you’ve done all day?
If you are at work and you can’t remember if you did something, why not visualize an 8-10 hour calendar?
In the first hour square, maybe you’ll see a report you did framed in heavy gold, meaning you did good.
The ...
Views: 2862 - 6 Steps To Making A BIG Change - by Do you want to make a change, but you don’t know how? Do you want to make a change, but you’ve made changes before and they haven’t *stuck?* Do you want to make a change, but you don’t see it worth expending the effort?
Check out these six steps and see if this will work for you.
One: Decide ...
Views: 1477 - Destroy Limiting Decisions - by Did you make a limiting decision as you were growing up? Maybe one that said you couldn’t do something that basically everyone else could do, but you decided you were too short, too tall, too rich, too poor, too fat, too skinny, too cute, too ugly, etc.
Well, you’ve grown up and you’ve ...
Views: 2172 - Can You Take A Compliment? - by Many people confuse being self-effacing with politeness. When complimented, instead of saying a simple thank you, they disparage the compliment. Someone says, "That's a nice dress you're wearing." And the reply often is, "Oh, this old thing? I don't know why I put it on." This is possibly ...
Views: 1991(1 vote) - Deactivating Old Triggers - by Triggers. What are they?
A trigger is anything that brings forth a memory or emotional feeling. I'm going to show you how to replace old, negative feelings with good feelings. In other words, you will be deactivating your old triggers.
Now this is going to take some concentration. You may ...
Views: 1030 - Do You Have A Problem? - by Here is a visualization technique that might help you solve it.
For three days, take fifteen minutes a day, three times a day, to relax.
*** TIP *** If you can’t do it three times a day, do it twice, if you can’t do it twice, do it once. If you can’t do it for fifteen minutes, do it for ten. ...
Views: 620 - Look At Your Success Picture 1000 Times A Day - by When a person looks at something a thousand times -- OK, maybe not 1000 times a day but at least several times an hour all day -- don’t you think it would be implanted in his brain? Don’t you think he/she would always have that as a reference? And I mean ALWAYS.
What if you wanted to be a ...
Views: 743 - Have You Ever Run Energy? - by Have you ever run energy? Do you know what *running energy* means? (I know that this may be something foreign to many of you at first, but then that’s how you learn, right?)
If you haven’t run energy before, you probably have questions. Your questions might be: What is *energy* specifically? ...
Views: 1934 - Would You Like To Get Into *The Zone?* - by Do you know what *The Zone* is? The Zone is a place where you are in control, you are on top of the situation, you are succeeding effortlessly. Can you remember a specific time and place like that: at work, in sports, at home, or whenever?
Remember it fully. Step into that experience, and as ...
Views: 590 - I Do Not Want That To Happen - by The experts say that your unconscious doesn’t pay attention to the negating factor, the NOT in sentences like the title of this article. Knowing that, do any of these following scenarios pertain to you and your thoughts?
Someone you know has fallen on some bad times, and their business goes ...
Views: 697 - Shatter! - by You can use this technique for many bad habits, but today we will concentrate on the bad habit of biting your fingernails. Ready? Make a picture in your mind of YOU biting your fingernails. NO, WAIT, change that! You know why? Because I don’t want you to *shatter* anyone, much less yourself, and ...
Views: 636 - Let's Start Thinking Differently So We Can Start Feeling Differently - by When a person thinks positive thoughts he is not just thinking positive thoughts, he is changing the chemicals in his body.
How is this true? Your mind affects every cell in your body. If you want to get well, you had better start thinking well thoughts. What do I mean?
Well, how do you ...
Views: 2049 - Do You Have Disempowering Feelings? - by Disempowering feelings. Do you have them?
If so, why not *scramble* them so they can't affect you anymore? Of course, if you find that you did want them at a later date, you can UNscramble them!
Here’s how to scramble them:
See the scenario of you reacting with those disempowering ...
Views: 620 - Make My Day - by When you approach a business to ask about something that you’ve asked about before, do you say “I spoke with that elderly lady over there.”?
Can she hear you? If so, why not make her day? Why not say “I spoke with that nice lady over there.”?
When you need to describe someone, do you go for ...
Views: 536 - Buts Are Nice - by No, you can’t have a raise.
No, you can’t go to the show tonight.
No, you can’t have an extra $5.00.
No, you can’t have a new dress.
BUT . . .
And there should always be one . . .
You CAN have, be, do something else.
Why make *no* what it has meant to generations of people?
Point in ...
Views: 1287 - The Mask I Wear - by The more I wear the mask, the more I am it. I may start out unsure of myself, but the more I wear the mask of surety, the more I am sure.
What mask are you wearing?
Is it a mask named *Success*? Look at the mask and what do you see? What are you succeeding in when you wear it? Who are your ...
Views: 541 - Would You Like To Have A Shield? - by Remember reading about England’s wars? Where the men who fought used a shield for protection? That shield was thick, a barrier that kept them from being physically harmed.
Wouldn’t it be neat if you had a shield today for things that hurt you on the INSIDE, a barrier that kept you from being ...
Views: 627 - What Is Your Base? - by Do you have a base? A place within you that says, "Yes, I will do this." Or "No, I won't do this." Your base is called many things. Your morals, your way of standing true to yourself, your conscience, your belief system, etc. For today, we'll just call it your base. It's the place where you know ...
Views: 571 - Do You Get Emotional? - by Do you talk too much, laugh too loudly, swear too quickly? Is it an emotion that is unsatisfactory to you?
This might be a tough question, but what do you think you are trying to accomplish when you do this?
Maybe you are trying to get attention, but you are just going about it in the wrong ...
Views: 747 - Do The Thing You Fear - by Easily said, isn't it? But not so easily done?
What if you knew that when you give into fear, that action will set up a path in your brain to be fearful next time, so that next time it's easier to be afraid? That would give you incentive to be more courageous, wouldn't it?
Even more, what if ...
Views: 644 - Change Your Writing, Change Your Life - by Do you want to make a change? You can, and very easily too.
Did you know that your penmanship tells a lot about you? If you are flamboyant, your writing will be flamboyant also. If you draw within yourself, your writing will be small, self-contained.
Therefore, it stands to reason, if you ...
Views: 733 - Put Your Bad Feelings In A Garbage Disposal - by Has anyone ever said, “Your hair looks terrible.” And did it spoil your day?
Has anyone ever said, “Have you gained some weight lately? You’re looking bigger.”? So, of course, you headed for the first donut shop *to show them you didn’t care.*
Has anyone ever said to you at work, “You don’t ...
Views: 754 - Cats Always Go To The One With The Nasal Spray - by Are you allergic? If so, doesn’t it seem like cats always go to the one with the nasal spray? When you say to yourself, I hope so-and-so’s cat doesn’t come near me, guess what? Here comes the cat. Why?
Because your brain glosses right over the *not* in your sentence and heads for the real ...
Views: 570 - You Can't Sing If You're Dead - by My e-zine, Tame Your Brain!, is dedicated to showing people how to live their lives successfully. However, I felt that death should be dealt with, too. We have an opportunity to make one last contribution. Let’s make sure we make it our best.
Are you going to die . . . soon?
Hm. That’s a ...
Views: 744 - This Is My Play, I Am The Director - by For the last (you fill in the blank) ___ years, you have let others produce, direct and do everything but star in your play. You starred, but only as you were directed, from your parents, your teachers, your friends. Some good, some not so good.
From now on, wouldn’t you like to do the ...
Views: 504 - Do You Have A Hard Time Learning - by Do you have a hard time learning? You shouldn't, once you realize that learning is just a relationship.
The minute you connect the unknown with the known, you have a relationship.
Is someone trying to teach you something? Do they say put Tab A in Slot A. Good. You know what Tab A is, and you ...
Views: 717 - Negative Thinking. Do You Do That And You Don't Even Know It? - by Do you have the problem of thinking negatively, instead of positively?
Worse, what if you really don’t get it, don’t think of negative thinking as a problem? Read on.
Is this you?
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You don’t like it when people say *it* will be OK, and you KNOW *it* won’t be? You think to ...
Views: 1714(2 votes) - Do You Have A Hard Time Trusting People? - by Do you want to trust them? Do you know how to trust them? How can you trust that you know how to trust them?
Really, it’s very simple. It is like a *recipe*, so pay close attention.
You’ve trusted someone before, and it was wrong, correct? Remember that specific time. Can you remember how it ...
Views: 624 - Relax Or You’re Going To End Up Like All My Dead Friends - by Are you taking one step forward and two steps back in finances, relationships, or some other area of your life?
Is something stopping you from succeeding?
You know what? It may be just your thoughts. Why not try this exercise?
Draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper. On the left, ...
Views: 586 - Shatter! - by You can use this technique for many bad habits, but today we will concentrate on the bad habit of biting your fingernails. OK? Ready? Make a picture in your mind of YOU biting your fingernails. NO, WAIT, change that! You know why? Because I don't want you to *shatter* anyone, much less yourself, ...
Views: 594 - Have You Ever Run Energy? - by Have you ever run energy? Do you know what *running energy* means? (I know that this may be something foreign to many of you at first, but then that’s how you learn, right?)
If you haven’t run energy before, you probably have questions. Your questions might be: What is *energy* specifically? ...
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