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- Holiday Stress And Self-Healing - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from Misa HopkinsHave you started yet? You know, have you started the process of telling yourself that this holiday season you can handle more than you really can? I used to be so good at doing that. I thought I was the holiday super woman so I’d be running around doing all kinds of activities, eating all kinds ...
Views: 1535 - Your Life Path and Self-Healing Are Entwined - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Misa HopkinsFor many years I thought my real spiritual work would begin once I was fully healed. What I didn’t understand was that my self-healing was my spiritual path. It wasn’t that I needed to get better and then I would have the energy to devote to my spiritual awakening. It was the other way ...
Views: 1520(2 votes) - Creativity Opens Doorways to Your Self-Healing Intuition - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Misa HopkinsCreativity is a stimulant to intuition. Creative people often describe the source of their creativity as inspiration. Highly intuitive individuals will often describe their source of insight as inspiration. Stimulating your creativity is one way to develop your inspiration and intuitive ...
Views: 1485 - Is It Harmful to Speak About Negative Thoughts? Does that give them more power? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Misa HopkinsThe way you speak about your negative thoughts is where speaking about them can actually give those thoughts power. Consider entering into this imaginary scenario with me. See if you can imagine your negative thoughts as a person in the room with you. You can give them a personality, a name, ...
Views: 1482 - What Can You Do to Speed Up Healing? - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Misa HopkinsIf you are really ill or in pain, you want to get out of it just as fast as you can. You might find yourself inclined to do just about anything to get quick relief. As you probably know, relief from discomfort or pain is not necessarily the same as healing. You can be experiencing temporary ...
Views: 1473 - Healing When Your Senses Are Failing You - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Misa HopkinsOne of my readers asked how she could regain her hearing. Since many of us loose acuity of one or more of our senses throughout our lives, her question could be significant for many of us to consider. Physically, how one regains hearing is as specific as how one lost it. There are dozens of ...
Views: 1458 - How Healing Objectives Could Help You - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Misa HopkinsI know this might sound really strange if you have never set a healing objective, but like all things we create, clarity of intention makes a difference in healing too. Of course, creating intentions that truly motivate you is where healing objectives can help you make and see ...
Views: 1454(1 vote) - What Can I Do to Get More Sleep at Night? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Misa HopkinsInsomnia challenges so many of us. I remember nights lying in bed thinking about everything I thought just had to be done, sacrificing my health and my rest to my busy mind. Resting is a natural state, but isn’t it interesting how many of us at some time in our lives have found it to be a ...
Views: 1442(1 vote) - Holidays, Family Dynamics and Self-Healing - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2009 from Misa HopkinsDuring this holiday season, if you spend more time with your family, you may find your buttons getting pushed. Here is the thing about healing. Those buttons—those are the very places where you store pent up feelings and ignore unmet core needs that lead to or contribute to illnesses. This ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - What Can I Do to Experience More Energy Overall? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Misa HopkinsAs I’m writing a response to this question today, I am feeling tired. I’m not entirely sure whether I’ve taxed my body with what I’m currently healing or the planetary alignment is tugging on my energy. Fortunately, I’m feeling emotionally stable, though many years ago, emotional upheaval was ...
Views: 1434(1 vote) - Have You Ever Wondered If This Might Be Inhibiting Your Healing? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2010 from Misa HopkinsIt took me a lot of years to figure this one out. I grew up in a family that practiced cynicism like a religion. Nothing was exempt from our familial cynical eye. Anything that wasn’t part of our family’s dogma was suspect and therefore, frequently ridiculed during the family meal or late night ...
Views: 1421 - Healing Focus for 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2012 from Misa HopkinsHow should you focus your attention for healing this year? Each year has a unique energy of its own. In order to bring the most to your healing intentions, you probably want to align with the natural and cosmic energies of the year. This year is about alignment. If you are particularly ...
Views: 1382(1 vote) - What Can You Do About Depression When You Are Healing? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Misa HopkinsDepression underlies many physical conditions, either because it was part of the cause of the illness or because you are feeling the pressure of your physical limits. While my book, The Root of All Healing wasn’t intended to be a book about alleviating depression, as I began to answer this ...
Views: 1376 - You Just Thought You Were Healing...and then... - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Misa HopkinsDo you ever feel like you are finally getting some relief from some symptoms when they start back up again? Have you ever found yourself following your treatment perfectly only to have the symptoms sneak in and out? One day you are feeling better than ever and the next day you are feeling your ...
Views: 1362 - What Works Well for You in Your Self-Healing? - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Misa HopkinsRight now is the perfect time to consider what works well for you in your self-healing. As you reflect upon last year, perhaps you will want to take some time to think about what has brought you the greatest healing. If you do this, I suggest becoming a real observer of your reality. ...
Views: 1357 - How Do I Heal My Stress? - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2011 from Misa HopkinsThis wonderful question came from several of our readers, and this one really struck home with me. I was once the queen of stress! Perhaps some of you feel that way, like you are or have been kings or queens of stress in your own life. When you have come to a pinnacle in which you are quite ...
Views: 1354 - Use Your Emotions to Help You Heal - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from Misa HopkinsEmotions tell stories about what is really going on. You’ve just got to be willing to sit with the uncomfortable ones long enough and with enough self-honesty to discover what they are telling you about what you need for your healing. This is going to make a lot more sense if I share a ...
Views: 1348(3 votes) - Moving Through Resistance to Healing - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Misa HopkinsYou want to heal so much. You are making positive changes in your life. You have decided to be completely committed to your health, but nothing is changing. You are up against some kind of resistance, but you don’t even know how to define it. You just know it is there. What’s happening? This ...
Views: 1327 - From Bliss in Meditation to Anger in Life - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Misa HopkinsHave you had the experience of leaving a luscious other-worldly experience only to come back to this reality feeling cranky? I’ve caught myself more than once thinking to myself, “That’s real spiritual, Misa! Open your heart wide in compassion during your meditation and then, in this world, ...
Views: 1285(3 votes) - Health Challenges Aren't Meant to Limit Us - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from Misa HopkinsHave you seen the movie, The Snow Walker? I know I don’t usually recommend films, but this one that I watched for the first time the other night, is worth telling you about if you are seriously dedicated to your self-healing. Now, I’m not going to give away the plot, but I am going to tell ...
Views: 1255 - Experiencing Healing Peace This Holiday Season - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2012 from Misa HopkinsDo you ever feel as though you have entered rat-race season starting about the end of November? We can become so caught in up in what we think we should be doing for the holidays that we lose track of how we really want to be feeling. We send holiday cards that wish each other peace and we ...
Views: 1239 - Health and the Power of Right Now - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Misa HopkinsHave you ever considered making a change you knew would probably positively and significantly improve your health, and then chose not to do it? I know I have. Those are moments that became regrets. Those are the illnesses I suffered longer than necessary because I was ignoring the discomfort, ...
Views: 1204 - When Loved Ones Don't Like Your Approach to Healing - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Misa HopkinsHave you experienced this? Someone that loves you doesn’t agree with how you want to go about approaching your healing. Or maybe you are on the other side of this experience. Maybe you are the one that is really uncomfortable with your loved one’s choices. I meet people and hear stories about ...
Views: 1200 - The Healing Freedom of Truth - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Misa HopkinsA teacher once said to me, “Most people are lying to themselves most of the time.” “Yah, right,” I thought as I blew off the concept as nonsense. However, that kind of statement has a way of sticking with you, and I couldn’t get it out of my thoughts. “How often am I lying to myself?” I ...
Views: 1145 - To the Brave Women of Hollywood: Thank you. - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2020 from Misa HopkinsTo the women of Hollywood - women like Alyssa Milano, Gabrielle Union, Ashley Judd, Lady Gaga, Queen Latifah, Kesha, Mo’Nique, Mira Sorvino, Teri Hatcher and many others: We didn’t realize how much we needed you to speak up and share your stories of sexual abuse, trauma and harassment. But now ...
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