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- Visualization And Weight Loss – Does It Really Work? - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Mark PatrickThe surprising fact is that many conditions can be improved by visualization and weight loss is one of them. It works like this: you keep a vision in your mind of how you want your body to look, and subconsciously you will begin acting in a way that will go in that direction. You become much ...
Views: 3312(3 votes) - Right vs Wrong Decisions - How Do You Know? - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Kimberley CohenThere really aren’t right or wrong decisions. There is the choice you make, what transpires when you make it, and what you do from there. When you make a decision and it doesn’t turn out the way you had hoped, it doesn’t mean it was the "wrong" one, or if you would have chosen differently, ...
Views: 3299(1 vote) - Sleep Better Tonight: Ten Common-Sense Tips - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Jonathan HuieAre you concerned that you may not sleep well tonight? Getting a good night sleep is important to your health, but falling asleep easily and sleeping well are complex and can be interrupted by a wide range of factors. Insomnia can be a symptom or a result of a serious medical condition. For ...
Views: 3274(4 votes) - Book Summary - Activating Your Ambition: A Guide to Coaching the Best Out of Yourself and Others - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Mike HawkinsIt has long been said that you can do anything you put your mind to. Yet, in this ground breaking book, Mike Hawkins reveals the flaw in this traditional thinking. While believing you can do something is critical, it is insufficient on its own. Based on over twenty-five years of practical ...
Views: 3270(3 votes) - Seven Steps to Thinking Better: Your Brain Power Boost - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Charles EduardosThese seven steps might help you in your quest to keep your brain working at optimum. 1. Engage in a Regular Exercise Regimen. Do simple exercises like a simple walk or jog. It may not be as intense as a full-blown work-out. You just have to keep your body physically fit and active. Simple ...
Views: 3269(1 vote) - Why Thinking Like A Child is Better Than Thinking Like A Grown-up - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghWhy I Like Kids Better Than Grown-Ups I have a confession to make. For years, I really had little use for kids. I used to have a near magical ability to entertain kids and engage them in a way that other adults just didn’t get. I didn’t enjoy doing it. It was like an elaborate act and it ...
Views: 3267(2 votes) - 7 Tips to a Fresh Start - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Kimberley CohenEach minute is a brand new start. Why wait until tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year to start fresh? In any given moment we can check in and see how we’re doing. Are we rushed, stressed, sad, happy, anxious, content, breathing, etc? The question is whether we’re too occupied ...
Views: 3236(1 vote) - Behavioral Therapy For Autism: An Overview - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongBehavioral therapy for autism is becoming popular due to its reported high rate of success. Using this therapy, your child quickly learns that his previous inappropriate behavior will be ignored and not encouraged. He finds that only appropriate behavior is rewarded and will be motivated to do ...
Views: 3212 - Stop Blaming Others: Own Your Stuff - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Dr Laura UmferAccountability: Own Your Stuff Over the years it seems that more and more people want to blame others for their mistakes. Pouring coffee you know is hot on yourself and suing the restaurant, suing the people who own the sidewalk you slipped on. Really? If there was something slippery on the ...
Views: 3195(1 vote) - Considering a Lifestyle Change? Don’t Even Think About it! - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockRemember that all-in-one 48 piece exercise gym that you bought a few years ago? You even figured out how put it together, and actually worked out for a month or two! Then the sessions got further and further apart, and finally you had to disassemble the infernal contraption and move it into ...
Views: 3175 - How to Deal with Lying in Children and Teens - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from James LehmanWhen you catch your child in a lie, it’s natural to feel betrayed, hurt, angry and frustrated. But here’s the truth: lying is normal. It's wrong, but it's normal. In fact, we all do it to some degree. Consider how adults use lies in their daily lives: When we’re stopped for speeding, we ...
Views: 3175(2 votes) - Young Kids Acting Out in School: The Top 3 Issues Parents Worry about Most - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2010 from James LehmanIf you’re the parent of a young child who acts out at school, you’ve probably asked yourself, “If my child is out of control now, how will I be able to deal with him when he’s ten—or a teenager?” Once a toddler or kindergartner becomes known as a child who “plays too rough” or “always has to ...
Views: 3170(15 votes) - A Day in the Mind of Your Defiant Child - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from James LehmanIf you’re the parent of a defiant child, you’ve probably wondered what makes him so angry at life—and angry at you. With the school year approaching, are you gearing up for another difficult year with your child, just hoping that he’ll make it through—and that you’ll be able to manage without ...
Views: 3169(4 votes) - The Art of Managing Worry: It is all in the state of Mind - by Submitted on May 31, 2010 from Daniel RoseMost individual’s worries about what life would be for them: “what would I be?”, “how much would I have?”, “where will I be?” “Who will I be with”? These are the W’s and the H of life that makes a person anxious and worried all the time, yet worry serves a very positive purpose in our life. It ...
Views: 3166(5 votes) - Language Development for Better Speech - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2013 from Ashley TanHow would you decide whether your child's language development is on track? As communication is the basis of success in life and at work, emphasis should be given early on to assess the level of your child's control over his or her strength in managing language. This is especially true for ...
Views: 3147(1 vote) - SPIRIT MESSAGES, MEDIUM AND ONLINE PSYCHIC READING - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2012 from Ariel LinfordSpirit Messages are channeled messages, inspired messages, dream messages, automatic writing messages, spirit guide messages, messages from the beyond, or what we simply call, 'Spirit Messages'. Channeled messages are the specific thoughts, feelings, recommendations and advice from 'Spirit', ...
Views: 3139 - The First Quarter Moon Phase ~ Taking Action with Activities Directed Toward the Future - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Patricia Lantz"Freed from the shell, the sprouting plant decides it's future by sinking it's moisture-seeking rootlets down into the earth. Spreading them out, it stakes out it's territory and wholeheartedly climbs toward the air and the sky, affirming, “Here I will Be.” The Lunar Cycles ~ Philip Levine At ...
Views: 3125(1 vote) - Top 5 Signs You're Addicted to Stress - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteEvents in and of themselves do not create stress. It is the meaning you give to these events that causes the stressful reaction. What you have something mean about you or your possibilities is what spins you into a cycle of reactive stress - or a calm deliberate thought process that leads to a ...
Views: 3119(2 votes) - Cosmic Consciousness - The New Brain - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Judith PenningtonRecently I walked into my chiropractor's office and asked how he was doing. "Lots of challenges," he laughed, "so lots of growth and progress." I loved his positive perspective: It's all progress, no matter what! Perspective often disappears into the mental fragmentation described by Edgar ...
Views: 3108 - How REBT Can Help You Stop Your Negative Self Talk - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Amanda PreshoNegative Self Talk We have all had times where we have had an extremely bad day and that bad day turns in to a bad week. Experiences like this make us start to doubt ourselves and the negative self talk begins. Negative self talk is the negative things that you tell yourself. Things like ...
Views: 3098 - Why Doesn't My Life Work - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Jackie LapinHow often have you heard someone say “Why doesn’t my life work?” Or “Nothing Ever goes right for me.” Or thought to yourself: “What’s wrong with my life?” It’s so easy to think that you are a victim of diabolical forces that have conspired to hand you a fistful of misery. But Quantum Physics is ...
Views: 3071(2 votes) - Anatomy of a Relapse - by Submitted on May 12, 2012 from Todd BranstonA random poll among newly sober clients, recovery counselors, and people who have achieved years of clean time would probably produce a varying consensus about the most pressing need for successful recovery. Most respondents, however, would likely agree that relapse is often an indicator of ...
Views: 3065(1 vote) - It Wouldn't Be Make Believe... - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Mark Edgar StephensSometimes you may be tempted to ‘give up’ on living your dreams, desires, and passions. Romantic relationships seem relegated to fairy tales. Familial relationships become a game of ‘trying not to offend’ or ‘let’s just get through this’. Relationship to self becomes a mantra stating, “That’s ...
Views: 3060 - How to Lose Weight (Reduce Fat) by Changing Your Mind - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2010 from Liz (Zebe) PearsallSo many people are concerned with weight loss (fat reduction)—and yet, feel totally helpless with the idea of losing weight (reducing fat). Deep inside the subconscious, an endless, frustrating cycle has taken hold. However, there is a different way to understand what is happening within the ...
Views: 3056(3 votes) - Telephone Therapy for Stress, Agoraphobia, and Hoarding - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2012 from Leila McKay, MA, LPC.Working with a therapist by telephone allows clients to do therapy in the environment where they feel the most comfortable: their homes, backyards, or offices. Clients usually find working on the phone gives them a deeper freedom of expressing themselves. Initially, some clients are concerned ...
Views: 3050 - Squash Your Anxiety Attacks and Get Your Happiness Back Now - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Kathy SmithPanic and anxiety attacks are serious. With an anxiety and panic disorder, you might have anxiety attacks which happen regularly. General anxiety attacks usually are the things that medical professionals call an anxiety disorder. Such attacks the most extreme illustration of an anxiety kind of ...
Views: 3048(2 votes) - Brain Wave Entrainment Can Change How You Really Are - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Wanina PetlockThe expression of who we are, our personality, is housed in our mind, our life data processor. As we experience life, our brain changes as it learns and adapts to what is happening to us, and how we feel about it. If it didn't do this, we wouldn't survive. Brain matter is malleable or ...
Views: 3040(1 vote) - Nursing Homes and the Emotional Abuse of the Elderly - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from William HayesNursing Homes and the Emotional Abuse of the Elderly Nursing homes are not all sipping lemonade and playing backgammon. There are a lot of serious medical and emotional issues to deal with in order to run a successful home. Nurses and administrators have the task of being mindful at all times ...
Views: 3037 - Sigil Magick - Creating Change Using Symbolic Representations of Intent - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2012 from francesco costabileThis article will present an interesting approach towards bringing about positive changes in one's life, using a combination of sigil-magick, brain entrainment, and the fundamentals of hypnosis. Sigils are a symbolic representation of a specific desire, created from an initial statement of ...
Views: 3034 - Brainwave Entrainment: Why It Really Works - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Wanina PetlockDo you want to know why I think it works? I believe it works because there is physical evidence, if the brain is stimulated in a repetitive, rhythmic manner, that it will physically change, growing new blood vessels and neural pathways, and you can see all of this on a brain scan. New brain ...
Views: 3018(1 vote) - Stop Face Picking By Getting Rid Of Your Need To Be Perfect - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2012 from Sophia BrooksTo stop face picking the first thing that you need to address is your issues with perfectionism when trying to stop picking. When You think to stop face picking you think of picking acne or compulsive pimple popping. Sometimes you start face picking at stuff that is not noticeable or is not ...
Views: 3005(2 votes) - Attraction - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCEvery one automatically attracts to himself just what he is, and you may set it down that wherever you are, however intolerable the situation may be, it is just where you belong. There is no power in the Universe but yourself that can get you out of it. Some one may help you on the road to ...
Views: 2999(2 votes) - Hypnosis Without Trance - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2013 from Antonio PerezWhen people first hear about waking Hypnosis they are kind of thrown for a tailspin. People usually think of Hypnosis as something where you are sleeping and you are totally unconscious. This is not the case. With waking Hypnosis you can get all of the same Hypnotic phenomenon while a ...
Views: 2969(1 vote) - Emotions as Weather - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Tina TessinaAlthough most people in the country wouldn’t agree, we in Southern California have been having extreme weather conditions for us: rain and mudslides. You could almost say we’re so used to mild conditions that we become afraid of what others would call “real” ...
Views: 2961(2 votes) - What If My Children Start Showing Signs Of Narcissistic Behaviour? - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Amy AdamIt can be very distressing for partners of narcissistic individuals when they realise that their children are also exhibiting narcissistic tendencies. Narcissistic spouses and partners are very good at controlling their environment and people within it.Therefore if you choose to stay with ...
Views: 2959(1 vote) - Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Lakeisha McKnightStudies and surveys conducted by professionals have revealed data on adolescents who have had sex and variables that delay the onset of coitus for both males and females. In 2005, 47% of high students had sexual intercourse and 14% of high school students had had four or more sex partners during ...
Views: 2935(2 votes) - Cognitive Training and Therapy Can Clear the Roadblocks to Success - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2010 from Anne Sentellhttp://www.selfgrowth.com/user/294177/edit/content_expert_pageMillions of intelligent and gifted children are working far below their potential each year. We all want to insure our children’s gifts, talents, and abilities are developed to full potential, in this world of fierce competition. Children often go through school unprepared to meet the ...
Views: 2931(1 vote) - 6 Steps to Keeping it All in Perspective: How to Not Take Yourself So Seriously - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Jenn KayeHave you ever been so caught up in your own problems that you didn’t even notice what was actually taking place around you? Or been so wrapped in responsibility and self-judgment that you failed to recognize the beauty and wonderful events actually occurring in your life? Have you ever taken ...
Views: 2929 - What is Personal Truth? - by Submitted on May 06, 2013 from Samantha G MartinWe hear about truth, are asked to tell the truth and heck I am even telling you that your truth shall set you free. But what is truth? Is there truth in our media? Well if our news is pretty much the same thing on every channel in in most papers you can be reasonably sure it is vetted ...
Views: 2926 - Releasing the Tiger - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from Jackie HofmannDid you know that it has been only recently that the human race has been dealing with a pandemic called stress??? Our reaction is referred to as the fight or flight response. It is an instinctive reaction to what originally might have been an attack by a wild animal (saber tooth tiger for ...
Views: 2924(4 votes) - How to Make Conscious Decisions - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Hal WechslerHow to Make Big Decisions Consciously – Instead of on Auto-Pilot It is an insult to tell anyone living that they make their most important decisions non-consciously. Homo sapiens pride ourselves on behaviors using logic and reason, math and science, right? Neuroscientists until 2008 ...
Views: 2923(12 votes) - Psychology Versus Common Sense: Who Wins? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from Laura Roman LopezAll too often, I have heard people say, "Psychology is all common sense." (Usually they don't know much about psychology). The suggestion is that Psychology is just re-inventing what folk wisdom already knows. But here is the problem: For every piece of folk wisdom, there is typically a ...
Views: 2923 - Mindfullness and Mental Illness - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2011 from Debra MeehlMindfulness and Mental Illness ~Debra Meehl,DD,MSW and Lucinda Venn Johnstone,MS,LPC In 2003 when my (Debra’s) husband Mark was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I was determined to find a therapy that worked. I knew that if I could find something that we could use together, ...
Views: 2915(1 vote) - Recreate Your Belief System - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from Suzanne WiebeWhat is a belief system? Most people do not understand what a belief system is. They understand that some are defined by religion, culture, peers, and education. Many people understand it as part of their ‘core’. Everyone and Everything has a belief system; People, Governments, Civil Groups, ...
Views: 2910(1 vote) - How To Attract Happiness and Contentment In Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Joanna VaiouWe all know that most of the people desire to be happy and healthy in body and mind. That is absolutely true. What most of the people do not understand is how to produce happiness in their life instead of letting despair lead them to the garden of misery and depression. Here are some ...
Views: 2903(5 votes) - Self Pity (The Emotional Parasite) - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2013 from Sherrie Vitello"Why does this happen to me? Nothing ever goes right!" We all have at some point in our lives had this emotion of "self pity." It is emotionally draining. Like a parasite feeding on our emotions. Its a human or natural emotion brought on by sadness, things not working out the way we'd like ...
Views: 2896(2 votes) - 5 Ways To Give Up Improper Habits - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2007 from Angie LewisI use the word “improper” because I hate using the word “bad”. Bad sounds evil or terrible, and some habits just aren’t that bad; they might be annoying but they are not bad. What improper habits do you have? We all have improper habits that we exhibit occasionally, ...
Views: 2886 - The Elephant in the room….or, at least it should be! - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Ellen WhitehurstLet’s let the elephant stay in the room today since it’s ‘Elephant Appreciation Day,’ especially after reading what Feng Shui has to say about this prosperity attracting pachyderm. According to this philosophy, the elephant is considered a precious animal that symbolizes fertility, strength and ...
Views: 2885 - Brainwave Entrainment and Anxiety - by Submitted on May 28, 2013 from Jason StephensonRelieving Anxiety with Brainwave Entrainment Many of us have heard of brainwave entrainment and we are also familiar with anxiety. You may be wondering how the two are related. According to clinical studies, brainwave entrainment seems to help reduce the symptoms of anxiety. It is also known ...
Views: 2882(2 votes) - Is It Possible To Reprogram Your Brain With NLP? - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2013 from Bill NieporteIs it possible to reprogram you brain with NLP? Can reprogramming the brain change our behavior? In our last blog post, we explored a brief history of NLP (neuro linguistic programming). NLP started as a research product conducted by John Grinder and Richard Bandler in the 1960s and ...
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