Focus Wheel By Abraham-Hicks
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Before I learned of the focus wheel I used to teach in others what I called the step-up beliefs. What I meant by that was choosing a thought that was just one step-up from where the negative belief was. My theory of teaching this was to create a thought in my clients that they could easily accept. For example, ” I am fat” to ” I am thin” was not to believable. However, I look good in that outfit was. Looks like I missed the boat copy writing that one huh:) Here is a video and free download of Abraham-Hicks Focus Wheel:
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Happy as You Want to Be
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Almost everyone have heard the hit single ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ by Bobby McFerrin. The song has a very catchy way of conveying its message of being happy to everyone. Bobby Mcferiin’s simple message surely made a lot of people by telling them not to worry.
Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life.
One of the better things ever said is – ‘The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change’, and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.
Social networks or relationships are essential to happiness. People are different, accept people for who or what they are, avoid clashes, constant arguments, and let go of all kinds of resentments. If arguments seem unavoidable still try and make an effort to understand the situation and you might just get along with well with
Happiness is actually found in everyone, increasing it is a way to make a life more wonderful and also more healthy.
To be happy is relatively easy, just decide to be a happy person. Abraham Lincoln observed that most people for most of the time can choose how happy or stressed, how relaxed or troubled, how bright or dull their outlook to be. The choice is simple really, choose to be happy.
There are several ways by which you can do this.
Being grateful is a great attitude. We have so much to be thankful for. Thank the taxi driver for bringing you home safely, thank the cook for a wonderful dinner and thank the guy who cleans your windows. Also thank the mailman for bringing you your mails, thank the policeman for making your place safe and thank God for being alive.
News is stressful. Get less of it. Some people just can’t start their day without their daily dose of news. Try and think about it, 99% of the news we hear or read is bad news. Starting the day with bad news does not seem to be a sensible thing to do.
Manage your time. Time is invaluable and too important to waste. Time management can be viewed as a list of rules that involves scheduling, setting goals, planning, creating lists of things to do and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time management skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to make the results you desire.
Laugh and laugh heartily everyday. Heard a good joke? Tell your friends or family about it. As they also say -’Laughter is the best medicine’.
Express your feelings, affections, friendship and passion to people around you. They will most likely reciprocate your actions. Try not to keep pent up anger of frustrations, this is bad for your health. Instead find ways of expressing them in a way that will not cause more injury or hurt to anyone.
Working hard brings tremendous personal satisfaction. It gives a feeling of being competent in finishing our tasks. Accomplishments are necessary for all of us, they give us a sense of value. Work on things that you feel worthy of your time.
Learning is a joyful exercise. Try and learn something new everyday. Learning also makes us expand and broaden our horizons. And could also give us more opportunities in the future.
Run, jog, walk and do other things that your body was made for. Feel alive.
Avoid exposure to negative elements like loud noises, toxins and hazardous places.
These are the few simple things you can do everyday to be happy.
And always remember the quote from Abraham Lincoln, he says that, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
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What is the Proper Way to Breathe?
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Years ago I suffered from severe panic attacks, they were debilitating and seemed to get worse no matter how much I practiced deep breathing. I was working with a massage therapist at the time and during one of our sessions she told me why I could not calm myself.
While being trained in hypnosis, I learned the technique of proper breathing. I realized how essential it is for individuals to breathe properly. Whether it is for anxiety, hypnosis, meditation, relaxation, or better health it is important to breathe properly.
So what is the correct way to breathe?
While inhaling your stomach should go out and on exhale you stomach should go in. That was one of my biggest problems at the time of my panic attacks. When you breathe improperly, you will notice your stomach going in on inhale. It shows that you are using the chest more and getting shallow breathes.
A good way to practice proper breathing is to place a book on your stomach. Is the book going up on inhale and down on exhale? If not, then you are not breathing properly.
Another way to observe proper breathing is to watch an infant while they sleep. If you notice their breathing and their stomach movements, you will see that their stomach goes out on inhale and in on exhale.
Breathing is so important for relaxation and better health. Learning the proper way to breathe has made a difference in my clients’ lives, as well as my own. By just changing simple breathing techniques you may find that you can fix numerous issues you might be having.
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“A Piece of Blarney Stone” 10 Ways To Empower Your Communication
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The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually part of the Blarney Castle in Ireland where it was believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift of gab. Yeah, it seems strange in this day and age, but who are we to question tradition?
There is so much to know about conversation that anyone, even I, could ever realize. You can go though watching talk shows; radio programs; clubs dedicated to public speaking; ordinary conversations; certain rules still apply when it comes to interaction through words. It may sound tedious, I know, but even though it’s your mouth that’s doing the work, your brain works twice as hard to churn out a lot of things you know. So what better way to start learning to be an effective communication is to know the very person closest to you: yourself.
1. What you know.
Education is all about learning the basics, but to be an effective speaker is to practice what you’ve learned. My stint as guest at every Toastmasters’ meeting I go to taught me that we all have our limitations, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn to keep up and share what we know.
2. Listening.
It’s just as important as asking questions. Sometimes listening to the sound of our own voice can teach us to be a little bit confident with ourselves and to say the things we believe in with conviction.
3. Humility
We all make mistakes, and sometimes we tend to slur our words, stutter, and probably mispronounce certain words even though we know what it means, but rarely use it only to impress listeners. So in a group, don’t be afraid to ask if you’re saying the right word properly and if they’re unsure about it then make a joke out of it. I promise you it’ll make everyone laugh and you can get away with it as well.
4. Eye Contact
There’s a lot to say when it comes to directing your attention to your audience with an eye-catching gaze. It’s important that you keep your focus when talking to a large group in a meeting or a gathering, even though he or she may be gorgeous.
5. Kidding around
A little bit of humor can do wonders to lift the tension, or worse boredom when making your speech. That way, you’ll get the attention of the majority of the crowd and they’ll feel that you’re just as approachable, and as human to those who listen.
6. Be like the rest of them
Interaction is all about mingling with other people. You’ll get a lot of ideas, as well as knowing what people make them as they are.
7. Me, Myself, and I
Admit it, there are times you sing to yourself in the shower. I know I do! Listening to the sound of your own voice while you practice your speech in front of a mirror can help correct the stress areas of your pitch. And while you’re at it you can spruce up as well.
8. With a smile
A smile says it all much like eye contact. There’s no point on grimacing or frowning in a meeting or a gathering, unless it’s a wake. You can better express what you’re saying when you smile.
9. A Role Model
There must be at least one or two people in your life you have listened to when they’re at a public gathering or maybe at church. Sure they read their lines, but taking a mental note of how they emphasize what they say can help you once you take center stage.
10. Preparation
Make the best out of preparation rather than just scribbling notes and often in a hurried panic. Some people like to write things down on index cards, while other resort to being a little more silly as they look at their notes written on the palm of their hand (not for clammy hands, please). Just be comfortable with what you know since you enjoy your work.
And that about wraps it up. These suggestions are rather amateurish in edgewise, but I’ve learned to empower myself when it comes to public or private speaking and it never hurts to be with people to listen how they make conversations and meetings far more enjoyable as well as educational.
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Sometimes Your Brain Doesn’t Work :)
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When you want to attract things in your life, you have to direct your thoughts in the direction of what those desires are.
At times it may feel as if your brain is not up to par, you could perhaps be tired, or just thoughtless. This can be a dangerous thing if you are trying to attract the right things in your life.
Indifference to things is worse then hate, sadness, or any negative emotion. You are in a state of not caring and wandering thoughts. How are you going to attract the things you want if you couldn’t care less about anything? You won’t!
There are some ways to generate what you want into your life even in times where your feelings are gone. These require effort in positive manner to achieve your thoughts for creation.
This task of changing you mind from indifference to positively active should not be considered a chore. It has to be a welcome acceptance of self-improvement and excitement. The task itself is simple if you do not view it as something you “have” to do.
In order to shift your mind from indifference to positive thoughts you must evoke emotion. In the beginning it does not matter whether it is positive or negative emotion, as long as you are feeling something.
We prefer positive emotion, however if you evoke negative emotions, you may always acknowledge the fact that they are not what you want and shift them over to what you do want.
To evoke these emotions pick a memory or a future goal, how does it make you feel and if so how? Once you find one that evokes strong emotion focus on the thought and the feeling associated with it.
If it is positive stick with it, hold on to it and think about it. This is the quickest way to bring your mind back into alignment with what you want.
If it is a negative emotion or thought, pick what is negative about it and shift it to the positive and focus on that.
By evoking any emotion at all you can pull yourself out of indifference and into a thought pattern that can bring about your wildest desires.
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Spirituality VS Religion
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I love this article and the site that accompanies it, I thought I would share it with you…………..
Spirituality VS Religion
Do you think that spirituality and religion are synonymous? I used to think that they were, but as I learned more, I discovered there are major differences. I found out that you can be spiritual and religious, spiritual and not religious, or religious and not spiritual. That may seem confusing. I will explain.
To being with, there are only two basic emotions, love and fear. The loved based emotions include compassion, forgiveness, caring, kindness, and unconditional love, which is true love because there are no conditions. Whereas fear based emotions include control, guilt, anger, abuse, and passive and active aggression.
It is also helpful to understand that we have four basic parts, mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Our human personalities are composed of our mental, emotional, and physical parts. They make us unique. Our spiritual part is our higher-self, our all-good, all-knowing, unconditional loving part. It is also known as our God-self. We can connect with our spiritual truths through our intuition.
Therefore, spirituality comes from our spiritual part. When we commit to being honest, kind, caring, loving and accepting of others and ourselves, we are acting from our spiritual part. We have integrity, create win-win solutions, and do what we can to make a positive difference, see everyone as equals and deserving of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
For example, I know of a policeman who stopped a truck driver for drunken driving. He knew that if he arrested the middle aged-man, he would lose his job and not be able to support his family. Instead, he drove him home and talked to him about his problem. He also counseled his family. I call him a “spiritual cop.” He cared enough to help the man and not just punish him.
Spiritual people support everyone having equal rights. They act considerate and responsible. They believe in the power of positive thinking and take responsibility for their lives. Spirituality means living from love rather than fear.
Where does God or a higher power come into all of this? If they do believe in a divine being that looks like a light or person, it will be a loving one that supports, protects, and provides for them. They feel supported to be their unique selves. Spiritual people accept that God is all-loving, and all-powerful, and wants them to be happy, healthy, abundant and successful. They often speak directly to God, instead of having a person relay God’s messages to them. Or, they are spiritual and religious because they have loving spiritual leaders and books that support them living from love and acceptance.
Spiritual people do not have any dogma or rules except Karma, (you reap what you sow) what you do to others will be done back to you. For example, if you are cruel to other people, you will probably experience people being mean back. Your kindness will be rewarded with a return of kindness.
On the other hand, religion has a dogma and a human being interpreting their God’s messages. As we all know, human beings have fears and they can alter the information, consciously or unconsciously. Religious books were translated by man throughout the ages. The information can be loving or fear based. It is my belief that if it is loving and supportive, then it is spiritual. However, if it is preaching guilt, control, superiority, judgment of others who are different, and believing only their truth is right, it is not spiritual. If it is teaching that you are sinful and here to suffer and struggle, it is not spiritual.
I do not believe that God tries to control us. God honors our free will, and wants us to be happy as any healthy parent would. “Joy and laughter are signs of God’s presence.” I believe that God gave us the proverb, “Do unto others as you want others to do unto you.” Honor and accept everyone, and allow them to live their lives as they choose. Spiritual people live and let live. They see everyone as equals and support freedom and liberty for all. They live from love!
copyright 2009 by Helene Rothschild, MS, MA, LMFT, Licensed Marriage, Family Therapist, intuitive counselor, and author of,”All You Need Is HART! Create Love, Joy and Abundance ~NOW!” She offers telephone sessions, a relationship check-up report/questionnaire, books, e-books, CDs, Mp3 audios, plus a free newsletter, “Healing Your Body” Mp3 and “Truths Set You Free” e-booklet. http://www.angeloncall.net , 1-888-639-6390.
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Best Happiness Quotes to Remember
Posted by Joanne Aika Castillo | Filed under Inspirational, Personal Development
Happiness is indeed the most sought after emotion for every person. We always look for ways to achieve happiness by associating it with financial stability, successful careers, and a long and happy marriage. People constantly try to find happiness and more often than not feel that they failed in doing so.
But is it really something we need to look for? Is happiness something we need to work hard for? How can we achieve happiness? Time and time again we hear motivational speakers say happiness is not the end point but a journey. It is the feeling of enjoying and being contented in every stage of life that we go through. If that’s the case then people are probably chasing unhappiness instead of happiness. It seems like there’s a need for us to exercise contentment instead of constantly seeking for happiness.
Here is a collection of five best happiness quotes to read and remember everyday. These quotes on happiness and contentment can help enlighten some common misconceptions of what we think happiness is. There is no doubt that you might have heard most of these quotes from other people, but that is exactly what quotes are for. Quotations on happiness serve as convenient reminders of how to become a happy and contented person. So sit back and enjoy the wisdom of these happiness quotes.
1. If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy
- This quote couldn’t be more clear and direct. It emphasizes that happiness is a choice. Although you might have heard these words countless times before, it doesn’t change the fact that happiness is a state of being. It is within our control You can be happy if you want to.
2. Happiness isn’t always doing what you want to do; its doing what you don’t want to do, and being glad you did it. – Jessie Evens Smith
- This is what we call contentment. Being contented is an essential part of being happy. More often than not we are focused on the things we don’t have and not the things that we already have. This goes the same to wanting to become another person rather than fully accepting ourselves despite our flaws. Once we have learned to appreciate our talents and blessings, that’s the time we begin to enjoy who we are and what we do.
3. The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved ” loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo
- This quote by Victor Hugo is a sweet reminder that the people we love and who love us are essential to our happiness. The feeling of love and support is the greatest blessing that we should all be thankful for. We are social beings and it is our nature to find happiness not only within ourselves but with people who care for us. This happiness quote is one we should always keep in mind.
4. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. – George Burns
The image conjured by this happiness quote is the comforting assurance that we always have family and friends who are there for us. Sometimes when you feel weary in the face of problems and difficulties, just the thought that your family is always behind you no matter what is enough to put a smile on your face. Happiness is tantamount to family and friends.
5. The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. -Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
- This quote appropriately summarizes how happiness is a decision to be made and not an end goal that we consciously seek for everyday.
This is just the start of your choice to be happy. I hope these happiness quotes have served their purpose. Just try to keep in mind what struck you the most and don’t forget to count your blessings every so often.
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Your Choice On How You Feel
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Many people when faced with adversity or negative circumstances often times believe that they are just unlucky, being punished, or some other fallacy.
Those beliefs are what make people’s situations worse. It is their choice to suffer, it is their choice on how they are going to choose to deal with any given circumstance.
People do not like to hear these things, and why would they? Accountability is not always comfortable. However, no matter what the reality of any given circumstance is, it is always your choice on how you are going to view it.
There are only two choices in a situation, the victim, the negative aspect, or the survivor, the positive aspect. Even in the worst of situations any individual is given the freedom to choose which aspect he or she will use.
I have heard people say in response to this… “Well, what about acts of another against another of violence, how do those people make a choice?” The harsh but enlightening reality is that when it is all said and done those people can make a choice on how they are going to view the person that hurt them and the situation.
If individuals chose the negative view of another or of a situation then only that individual will suffer the consequences.
People need to really think about what hate and negative views do to another and then perhaps they would stop. For example if a person is hurt by another, does hating the person that hurt them doing any good? The reality is the person who hurt the individual probably does not care about what they think or they would not have hurt them in the first place.
If there are ill side effects of an occurrence or situation, they may come out subconsciously, but it is still the choice of the person experiencing these things on how they are going to deal with these ill effects, consciously.
There are two choices, hate that person and live with the constant negativity of hate in your life. Or acknowledge the occurrence as bad, but live in the now and realize all of the positive aspects of your life even if it is the simple fact that you are still alive.
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Beyond Self Limitation – How To Get Out Of Your Own Way
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It’s a curious feature of human life that there are occasions when we clearly know the best thing to do and then we go and do something completely different! It can seem that part of us wants one thing and another part stops it.
This is obvious in the case of a person who wants to be slimmer yet reaches for another cream cake. But often it’s far less obvious. We are all subject to self-limitations that slip in under the radar.
What happens is we hear an internal voice giving us ‘advice’. It’s like having a narrator in your head. Whatever the ‘advice’, the voice is so familiar that we take it simply as part of our normal thinking.
In the case of the cream cake, the voice might whisper “go on, just one more won’t hurt you”. More limiting still is when the voice makes critical comments like “you’re not good enough” or “don’t be stupid”.
When we hear this, it’s often enough to stop us in our tracks. We take the voice seriously; its power is in the unquestioned agreement we give it.
To neutralise these self-limitations, you can expose them for what they are by personifying them as a ‘gremlin’. This is a neat metaphor from the book ‘Taming Your Gremlin’ by Rick Carson. I’ll introduce you to a gremlin of my own but first here are the key steps to expose one:
1. Notice the voice’s catch phrase.
2. Give it a descriptive name. For example: Donny Don’t-Blow-Your-Own-Trumpet; Miss Always-Right; Dr Fail Again.
3. Imagine the voice belonging to a cartoon-like character. This is the gremlin and you can picture it anyway you want – see what features it has and how it is dressed.
4. Notice the context when the gremlin ‘appears’.
5. Gremlins usually have a positive intention for you – what could it be?
The most insidious gremlins are those that seem the most reasonable. Recently I’ve become aware of a gremlin I often hear saying “C’mon, be realistic” (similar to Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army: “Do you think that’s wise?”). I’ve called him Johnny B. Realistic. He is short and stubby, wears a check jacket and pointed shoes.
Johnny raises his head when I’m thinking about the future I wish to create. His positive intention seems to be to keep me from being disappointed but the actual effect is to get me to lower my sights and set just modest goals.
By exposing him, he doesn’t go away. But his power over me dissolves and I’m free to set big audacious goals. Michelangelo expressed it this way:
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark”
So now you can have some fun with your gremlin(s) rather than being held back
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“What Really Makes You Tick?” 10 questions you should ask to yourself: a preparation to self-improvement
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We’re all pelted with problems. Honestly it shouldn’t even bother or even hinder us to becoming all we ought to be. Aspirations as kids should continue to live within us, even though it would be short-lived or as long as we could hold on to the dream. They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks… or can they?
1. What do I really want?
The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day.
Find something that you are good at can help realize that small step towards improvement. Diligence is the key to know that it is worth it.
2. Should I really change?
Today’s generation has taken another level of redefining ‘self’, or at least that’s what the kids are saying. Having an army of teenage nieces and nephews has taught me that there are far worse things that they could have had than acne or maybe even promiscuity. So how does that fit into your lifestyle?
If history has taught us one thing, it’s the life that we have gone through. Try to see if partying Seventies style wouldn’t appeal to the younger generation, but dancing is part of partying. Watch them applaud after showing them how to really dance than break their bones in break-dancing.
3. What’s the bright side in all of this?
With so much is happening around us there seem to be no room for even considering that light at the end of the tunnel. We can still see it as something positive without undergoing so much scrutiny. And if it’s a train at the end of the tunnel, take it for a ride and see what makes the world go round!
4. Am I comfortable with what I’m doing?
There’s always the easy way and the right way when it comes to deciding what goes with which shoes, or purse, shirt and whatnot. It doesn’t take a genius to see yourself as someone unique, or else we’ll all be equally the same in everything we do. Variety brings in very interesting and exciting questions to be experimented.
5. Have I done enough for myself?
Have you, or is there something more you want to do? Discontentment in every aspect can be dangerous in large doses, but in small amounts you’ll be able to see and do stuff you could never imagine doing.
6. Am I happy at where I am today?
It’s an unfair question so let it be an answer! You love being a good and loving mom or dad to your kids, then take it up a notch! Your kids will love you forever. The same goes with everyday life!
7. Am I appealing to the opposite sex?
So maybe I don’t have an answer to that, but that doesn’t mean I can’t try it, though. Whether you shape-up, change the way you wear your clothes or hair, or even your attitude towards people, you should always remember it will always be for your own benefit.
8. How much could I have?
I suppose in this case there is no such things on having things too much or too little, but it’s more on how badly you really need it. I’d like to have lots of money, no denying that, but the question is that how much are you willing to work for it?
9. What motivates me?
What motivates you? It’s an answer you have to find out for yourself. There are so many things that can make everyone happy, but to choose one of the may be the hardest part. It’s not like you can’t have one serving of your favorite food in a buffet and that’s it. Just try it piece by piece.
10. What Really Makes You Tick?
So? What really makes you tick? You can be just about anything you always wanted to be, but to realize that attaining something that may seem very difficult is already giving up before you even start that journey. Always remember, that self-improvement is not just about the physical or philosophical change you have to undergo, but it’s something that you really want.
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