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Self-confidence is your assessment of your own self-worth. It plays a large part in determining your happiness through life. So how do you create confidence? Well here's a surprise - you take action! If you don’t currently have much self-confidence, let’s explore the options on how to ...
In the beginning, it is easy to feel excitement about your goal-achieving venture. It is shiny new and filled with the sparkle of new potential. But eventually, something is likely to change your rosy outlook. Perhaps on second glance the task will seem too daunting. You may realize the process ...
Did you know that you can increase your ability to achieve success by consciously choosing the right words? It's true! Let us say you are motivated and excited to create change in your life. You have even gone so far as to put your well-formed goals down in writing. From there, you determined ...
One very powerful way of reaching the still, small voice of our soul is through the practice of mediation. Before you run off, meditation simply means familiarizing ourselves with our mind, with our thoughts and with our emotions. It is learning what happens between thoughts. Meditation means ...
Many people who turn to food also cover up an important tugging in their spirit. They become convinced that there is nothing really wrong - just this thing with the food. If only your body was thinner, then somehow everything else would be joyous and wonderful. Maybe you have tried various ...
Brain fog. Fatigue. Exhaustion. We all have those no energy days when we just want to stay in bed all day. It is common to grow weary now and then. However, do you find that you are tired all of the time? Does your lack of energy have you feeling that you just cannot be bothered to do the things ...
"I don't want to be controlled by food (or alcohol, poverty, unsatisfying relationships, etc.). I just want to feel good. I know there is more to life than this." Although filled with anguish, these are beautiful words. They signify the beginning of new possibilities. Your current life may no ...
Do you keep a jou al? Many people don’t because they would not know what to write or perhaps they don’t see the value of writing down their thoughts. Why bother taking the time to write when life is so complicated already? Maybe it’s time to take another look at just how much you will gain ...
STEPS TO ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMnHaving a Dream . . . a Passion . . . a Vision . . . is like having a reason for living — a reason for being. Our dreams provide a strong sense of purpose and the motivation to great each new day with enthusiasm. The dreams we truly desire for ourselves are how we ...
Become Aware of Stress In Your BodynStress is something we have all experienced. But we generally haven’t stopped to define stress and understand what is really going on. One of the most common definitions of stress is, “a physical, mental, or emotional response to events that causes bodily or ...
Long ago, when your life was new, there was a light that shone brilliantly and freely within you. You carried this creative, loving, joyful spirit with you into this world. This light and power within you was your energetic life force. Time passed. You learned the ways of the world. You ...
Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present situation? Do you want more abundance, inner peace, joy or happiness? Do you want improved health, a lighter body, or an end to a food obsession or ...
Everyone has something in their life that they would like to change. Some really big goals include overcoming addiction, achieving and sustaining weight loss, attaining inner peace, manifesting health, or becoming more successful. We are born to continuously expand our abilities. The beginning ...
Self-acceptance and body love can be tough concepts to grasp and even tougher to incorporate. The degree of difficulty doesn’t seem to matter if you’re thin or very large or somewhere in-between. It takes time and persistence to create a new belief about one’s self and one’s body. Don’t worry so ...
What is Comfort Eating? Almost everyone engages in the act of comfort eating from time to time. It is common to reach for food when we are unhappy in life, feeling stressed, depressed, bored, or disempowered. Eating is an attempt to feel better in your body, have comfort, de-stress, stave off ...
Jou al writing is one of the most powerful tools for self-growth and enriching your life. The benefits are almost too many to mention. For starters, when you write down your words, you can see what you are thinking and work with your thoughts in a new way. Writing can give voice to intense ...
Change does not happen on its own. As much as you might wish your life would suddenly take a turn for the better, no one is going to ride up on a white horse and lead you into the land of happily ever after. That does not mean you cannot live the fantastic life you dream about. Instead, it means ...
"You will either step forward into Growth, or you will step back into Safety."n~ Abraham Maslow ~ As the year quickly moves forward, this could turn out to be just another day, week and month that passes by, or it could be the beginning of something new. Take a look at your life. Overall, how ...
During the course of our lives we experience many transitions. Some of these beginnings and endings are sudden and unexpected, such as an accident, divorce, illness, death, or the loss of a job. Other transitions are a self-imposed process of transformation such as weight loss, marriage, birth ...
Let’s say you’re moving forward in your efforts to achieve your goals. Along the way you will certainly experience many victories. Yet there will also be challenges and failures. To keep yourself going, you are going to need lots of support from within. This support is going to come in the form ...
Like everyone in this world, you are looking to improve your life! No matter how well or how poorly you are doing, there are definitely areas where you desperately want to boost the quality of your life. Maybe you want to end emotional eating, overcome depression, feel relaxed and ...
If you want to overcome your difficulties, achieve your goals, and live a better life, then recognizing your effort and success is the most powerful strategy you can implement. Yet, often we do not own our successes. We minimize our effort, attribute a success to luck, or fail to take credit for ...
Look into the nearest mirror. Are you frustrated . . . unhappy in your life and dissatisfied in your body? Are you unable to achieve long-term weight loss, end emotional or stress eating, build confidence, or overcome depression? How do you talk the person looking back at you? The person ...
Are there moments in time where you seriously consider making some changes surrounding your food habits or your weight? Contemplating change is an important stage to go through on the way to achieving success. Yet it is common to get seriously stuck in contemplation - sometimes for years and ...
"Food is an important part of a balanced diet." Fran Lebowitz The Iranian movie, "The Fish Fall in Love" is a film that speaks of eating and falling in love. It is based on the premise that people fall into two categories; some that eat their food with no passion and the others who eat ...
Passion, what is passion? I recently attended a basketball game. Fantastic seats and a packed house! The lights were glaring, music was playing loudly, mascots were dancing around, and the home team was on a winning roll. Fans were cheering, jumping up and down, screaming, hooting and ...
"I know what I need to do, but I’m scared that I won’t succeed.” Who among us hasn’t been stuck in this scenario before? We know what to do, but we don’t put knowledge into action. The end result is the frustration of staying stuck in the current reality even though change is desired. The ...
I should be eating healthy. I should not eat that. I should have lost more weight by now. I should start exercising. Have you fallen into the habit of trying to motivate your weight loss efforts with "should" statements? You might not see anything out of place with these statements. However, you ...
If you refuse to quit - you will succeed. We have all heard this basic advice that persistence is your key to success and making your dreams come true. It is your ability to remain committed to your goals, dreams, and aspirations despite many obstacles along the way. Persistence involves ...
Healthy weight loss involves more than just cutting calories and exercising more. You want to change your weight, but you also want to create a healthy relationship with your life, food, body, and self. You want a life that is in balance, without constantly be obsessed with calorie counting or ...
“I should be eating healthy.” “ I should not eat that.” “I should have lost more weight by now.” “I should start exercising.” You might not see anything out of place with these statements. It’s a common habit to motivate ourselves to change with this approach. However, should statements generate ...
One of the most astonishing recent psychological discoveries is that we have the potential to become more optimistic. You can turn yourself from a glass half-empty, pessimistic person into someone who can also see the glass half-full perspective. It is possible to widen your perspective, thereby ...
One very powerful way of learning to hear beyond the noisy chatter of your mind is through the practice of meditation. Hold on! Don't run off. Meditation doesn't always mean people sitting in strange cross-legged positions repeating "ohm." There are other easy and effective ...
A whimsical message arrived through my email. “Dear Lord,” it began. “So far today, Lord, I have done all right. I haven’t gossiped, lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent. I am very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I am going to get out of ...
Can we love our bodies? As the years go by, each decade brings new and unexpected changes. We move from adolescence to young adulthood. For some, the transition is into motherhood. Most of us eventually enter into maturity and beyond. Our bodies are affected by stress, environment, sadness, and ...
Keeping weight off permanently involves more than just plugging yourself into the latest diet or weight-loss trend. Successful and lasting change requires creating a new relationship with food itself. As you know, there are no good foods or bad foods. There are however, certain behaviors and ...
It's that time again - the beginning of a three-month indulgence that starts innocently enough with "fun size" chocolate candy bars at Halloween, moves onward to turkey feasts and homemade pies, and culminates with super-sized snacking in front of the TV at your neighbor's Super Bowl party. The ...
Most people would like their lives to be perfect before they allow themselves self-acceptance. For example, we want to change our weight before we accept our bodies. However, the truth is that self-acceptance and body acceptance are pivotal to lasting weight loss success and a lasting sense of ...
As we move closer and closer to our annual ritual of the holiday season, many of us will be visiting our families of origin. Going home to be with parents, siblings, and close relatives can be a time of great joy and family fellowship. But for some, the visit can be a paradox. Joyous feelings ...
If you are struggling with an inability to maintain long-term weight loss, or stuck in behaviors of binge eating, emotional eating, or stress eating, you already know that your weight or eating patterns are about something far deeper than food alone. The pattern of how you eat is a language of ...
A question frequently asked by individuals overcoming an eating challenge is "Why? Why do I struggle with food and weight?" Asking "why" is great starting question. It certainly makes some sense to uncover the reasons behind why an eating challenge or weight challenge emerged. Asking your brain, ...
"I am going to lose 20 pounds!" "I am going to get back in shape!" Sure, everybody has a few ideas of what they would like to accomplish. But do you have REAL goals? That is, a goal that you have defined, written down, and committed your motivation, discipline, and drive into? Do you have a goal ...
Have you ever found yourself stuck in that awful loop of considering weight loss but not taking a step forward? You want to change your life and you keep thinking about it. However, one moment you feel excited about taking some sort of action, but the next moment you feel uncertain. If you have ...
If you are struggling with losing weight, emotional eating, or binge or compulsive eating, getting yourself started on a weight loss program is generally not the problem. There is always a new "ultimate" book, program, or diet plan to get you excited and moving in the right direction. At first, ...
"I am going to lose 20 pounds!" "I am going to get back in shape!" Sure, everybody has a few ideas of what they would like to accomplish. But do you have REAL goals? That is, a goal that you have defined, written down, and committed your motivation, discipline, and drive into? Do you have a goal ...
Are you unhappy or depressed? Do you find yourself complaining about your life? Excellent! The fact that you are discontented and feeling pain are powerful indicators that you are ready to create change in your life. One of the first steps to creating your better life is getting clear on what it ...
“You will either step forward into Growth, or you will step back into Safety.”n~ Abraham Maslow ~ As the year quickly moves forward, this could turn out to be just another day, week and month that passes by, or it could be the beginning of something new. Take a look at your life. Overall, how ...
You start out with big plans to change your life. Your energy is high and you can see yourself ready to move forward on your desires, goals, and dreams. For the first few days or weeks, things are going smoothly, and then one day your energy is a little less focused. Maybe you reached an ...
A whimsical message arrived through my email. "Dear Lord," it began. "So far today, Lord, I have done all right. I haven't gossiped, lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over-indulgent. I am very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I am going to get out of ...
Another year is about to close it’s doors, and a new year will open before us. For most, this past year was undoubtedly filled with many challenges. No matter how you faced these obstacles, whether you succeeded or failed in overcoming them, they also came with the wisdom of valuable life ...