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- Do You Want to Stop Jumping To Conclusions? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonThere is much evidence these days of people rushing into things without taking sufficient time to think. The consequences are usually not too detrimental, although sometimes the effect is less than pleasing. I know myself that I have a rather short fuse when I encounter answering systems ...
Views: 6532(1 vote) - How Travel Builds Confidence - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonThere's more than one way in which travel contributes to building confidence. The most obvious is that you have to step outside your normal day to day routines and familiar places and people to travel at all. Following on from that is the fact that travel opens your eyes to new things. ...
Views: 6338 - Stop Stalking Your Ex - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonPlease stop stalking your ex; it won't do you any good! Exes come in many forms; girlfriends or boyfriends, husbands or wives, bosses or colleagues, therapists..or even figments of one's imaginary world. Stalking is stalking, no matter who you are obsessing about or how you are going about your ...
Views: 6190 - Learning How to Fantasize - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonWhat would your life be like if you did not have the ability to create fantasies? What if Obama never allowed himself to imagine what it might be like to be President? Or if Bolt couldn't imagine beating a world record? Or if Tiger never dreamt of shooting consecutive (significantly) sub-par ...
Views: 5886(2 votes) - How To Stop Thinking About Him or Her - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonDreams can be extremely enlightening, so long as you attend to the emotional messages which they convey. A friend was recounting a dream the other day which told a familiar tale; she dreamed that she had bumped into her boyfriend who she had recently split up from, and he looked like a tanned ...
Views: 5824(6 votes) - Running Away From Reality - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonHow does one run away from reality? You might say that you can turn a blind eye or deaf ear and simply neither see nor hear what is going on. Alternatively you might perhaps see what is happening but not allow yourself to feel any emotional response to the situation. You could see something ...
Views: 5432(1 vote) - How To Stop Getting Angry On The Golf Course - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonI was chatting with someone today who is a great golfer but admits to suffering a certain degree of anger issues when the game isn’t going his way. The last time he played he was one under after 10 holes, which in must amateur golfers books is pretty damn good. But the wheel came off on the ...
Views: 5119 - Good Relationships Make You a Better Person - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonHuman beings do not exist in an individual vacuum any more than the other species of animal or bird who live on this planet. We are social in nature and our basic and primary instinct of survival tells us that we need a mate in order to fulfill that very task. And as a matter of day to day ...
Views: 4690(4 votes) - Help Your Sexual Confidence To Soar With Hypnosis - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonSexual confidence is important to us. There's nothing worse than worrying about either your sexual prowess or a part of your body not keeping up with your libidinal desires. It's personal. For you to achieve sexual satisfaction your mental libido and your physical libido need to be on the ...
Views: 3747 - Figure Out What You Want And Learn How To Ask For It - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonMany people never succeed in this seemingly simple task. Our minds misdirect us. We frequently think we know what we want only to discover that upon achieving or receiving it that we are still not as happy as we would wish to be. At other times we know what we would like but are too afraid to ...
Views: 3705 - Patience Is A Key Part Of Playing Great Golf - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonBeing patient on the golf course allows you to wait in position until luck swings your way. Being patient ensures you do not give in. Rather you dig deep and step up to the eve- present challenge that golf presents. Watching Tiger in the last couple of rounds at Memorial confirmed yet ...
Views: 3613 - How To Have Driving Confidence On Unfamiliar Roads - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonWith an increasing number of vehicles traversing the highways of the world a higher degree of driving confidence is required to enable one to step out of their usual comfort zone. To drive on an unfamiliar road can be very daunting to many a driver. Roads and road systems can be very different ...
Views: 3493(1 vote) - Being Stalked On Facebook - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonBeing stalked on facebook is not a pleasant experience. I wonder in actual fact how many people have been stalked on facebook? When one thinks about stalking the first scenario which pops to mind is one of a man obsessively following a woman with some sort of physically abusive intent. But ...
Views: 3439(1 vote) - Stand Up For Yourself And Never Put Yourself Down - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonWhether you can or you cannot do something usually depends upon your chosen patterns of thought. If you put yourself down you will find that your own thoughts are what get in the way of your happiness and success. When you put yourself down you set in motion a cycle of negative effect. ...
Views: 3303 - How To Overcome Fear of Lifts - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonA fear of lifts may take many forms. Sometimes this fear can be felt as a vague unease, whilst at other times these tingles of anxiety can morph into a full blown panic attack. Anxiety over anything does indeed tend to escalate over time; what begins as a vague feeling of discomfort turns into ...
Views: 3301 - How To Overcome Agoraphobia - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonOne of the most debilitating things of all must be to suffer from agoraphobia. To not be able to go out and walk around freely, or to just pop to the shop to buy a pint of milk or simply cross a street makes life very, very difficult. People who suffer from agoraphobia are affected in varying ...
Views: 3187(3 votes) - Greed and Success: The Two Cannot Coexist - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonGreed may initially bring you a certain amount of success, but in the long run it will generally stand in your way. Why is this? Surely in a world where you are encouraged to "look after you own" and claw your way to the top greed should be an asset? Survival of the fittest is a concept ...
Views: 3155(11 votes) - Overcoming Insecurity Makes Your Relationships Better - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonOvercoming insecurity is a challenge which many of us face. We can see the benefits of having high self esteem and high self worth quite clearly. We know that to build confidence and be comfortable in every way makes life a whole lot easier. Not only that, as you overcome insecurities and ...
Views: 3045 - How To Improve Your Imagination - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonHaving a good imagination is vital to making progress. Without a view of what you wish to achieve, or where you wish to be, how would you know what to do or where to start? Even the simplest of things requires you to imagine your goal so as to enable you to be successful. If you were to ...
Views: 3009 - Stop Punishing Yourself - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonSome people are really hard on themselves. This is fine so long as the outcome is productive. In most cases, however, the effect of being tough on oneself is rather more negative, in that it may lower ones confidence and de-motivate at the same time. A select few respond well to unduly tough ...
Views: 2952(1 vote) - How To Get Your Mojo Back - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonIt's not good to feel that you have lost your mojo. Your enthusiasm has gone, there's no excitement, no sparkle. It's hard to get going and everything seems to drag. The feeling of motivation is just a distant memory. You can lose your mojo for work, your relationship or for life in ...
Views: 2927 - How Much Effort Do You Put Into Making Your Relationship Work? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonSomewhere hidden amongst my emails this week, I received this motivational message, the contents of which kept popping back into my mind. Your Effort Is A Portrait of Yourself Why is your effort such a true portrait of yourself? And have you thought about how very much your level of ...
Views: 2728(2 votes) - How to Attract Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonI wonder whether you noticed an article by the columnist David Brooks in the New York Times entitled the "Sandra Bullock Trade". It certainly caught my eye as it focuses upon the interactions between personal and professional success with levels of happiness. Over the last few decades much ...
Views: 2721(1 vote) - Fighting off Negativity - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonAll of my friends know that I really loathe negativity. It is just so terribly destructive. I think for me what adds insult to injury about negativity is that it is in fact unnecessary. The only positive thing that negativity does is to demonstrate the importance of having a positive ...
Views: 2705(2 votes) - How To Chat Up Girls Successfully - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonSome chat up lines work, whilst others do not. Some flirtatious approaches work for some people but have disastrous effects upon others. If you watched the movie "Bad Teacher" you would have seen several examples of both. A lot can be said for perseverance in that if you keep trying you ...
Views: 2700 - Why Having Good Friends is So Important - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonIf you watched the movie "Bride Wars" you will have seen a great depiction of the importance of having good girl friends. Those two girls had been friends since they were knee high to a grass-hopper and total devastation was caused when they had a fall out. They had no-one else who they could ...
Views: 2670(1 vote) - Letting Go Of Emotional Baggage - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonSometimes we experience emotional overload and find it difficult to cope. It's impossible to completely wipe your memory clean but what you can do is change your emotional reaction to your memories and circumstances. Emotional baggage can reach a great weight or even enter the category of ...
Views: 2522(1 vote) - Making Long Distance Relationships Work - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonMaking long distance relationships work. A certain mind set is required by those who wish to make a long distance relationship work. Both parties to the relationship have to be equally committed, and they have to be both trusting and trust worthy. Without these ingredients, doubts and fears ...
Views: 2512(3 votes) - Don't Let Blushing Control Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonBlushing is one of the most frustrating things which you can suffer from because it is something which is very difficult to hide. We girls can apply two and three coats of makeup in the vain hope that it will cover up the rush of red which spreads across our faces and wear roll next sweaters ...
Views: 2467 - Are You Imprisoned By Walls of Jealousy? - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonJealousy is a cruel emotion; cruelest of all to those who experience it, but also cruel to those whom it is directed at. I was totally shocked yesterday when I accidentally came across an on-line forum which was supposed to be a networking opportunity for those who work in a particular niche ...
Views: 2383 - Are You Struggling Against "Victim Mentality"? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonIt is extremely difficult to deal with people who have a predisposition to assume that the World is against them. It is however, even more difficult for the person who has to live with this belief. We all of us, perhaps, understand how this feels to a certain degree. Everyone has ...
Views: 2292 - How to Overcome Self Sabotage and Acquire Dating Confidence - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonSuccessful dating is all about confidence; confidence in how you look but more importantly confidence in who you are. You have to feel that you are "worth it" and that you have "value". If you do not have this sense of inner confidence or inner belief, your own emotions will sabotage your ...
Views: 2275 - How Do You React to Being Told Off? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonSome things stick in your mind as if they happened only yesterday, whilst others simply fade into insignificance. Inevitably those which stick are the ones which triggered the strongest emotional reaction. One of the learning curves of growing up is that of dealing with criticism. Parents ...
Views: 2209 - Your Emotions Are Your "Truth-o-meter" - by Submitted on May 13, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonThere are many ways in which one may be deceitful and every single person will have succumbed to its shadowy presence to one degree or another. In a strange and mysterious way we are usually more deceitful to ourselves than we are to others. We have the ability to kid ourselves into thinking ...
Views: 2182(2 votes) - Good Relationships Are Built Around Trust - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonIf you feel mistrustful and suspicious your relationship will be tainted and you will potentially drive your partner away. You need to come to terms with your feelings and deal with them appropriately. Mistrust in any relationship is a recipe for discomfort or potentially disaster. If ...
Views: 2121 - How To Stop Putting off The Inevitable - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonEverybody procrastinates from time to time, more so when you either don't want to do something or if you don't know how to set about doing it. But we do also know that procrastination predetermines failure and so it is extremely important to make a serious effort to overcome ...
Views: 2072 - Build Confidence and Stop Looking for Guarantees in Life - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonBuild Confidence. Gain mental strength. We know this is what we need to be both happy and successful. Nevertheless, we all look for guarantees from time to time. We would like to be reassured of such things as definitely passing exams or a relationship definitely working out well, and so ...
Views: 2070 - Build Confidence Through Clear Focus - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonBuild Confidence. Seeing is believing; or is it? How clear is your vision? Is your reality based upon what you see or what you know? I frequently find myself marveling at how easily one automatically jumps to conclusions based upon prior self-belief, ideas and expectations, sometimes to the ...
Views: 2068 - Cure Insomnia Naturally With Hypnosis - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonListening to a hypnosis download may prove to be your elusive key to a guaranteed good nights sleep. Myriad medical research supports this fact. There is little worse than going to be feeling tired, if not exhausted, but then finding that sleep eludes you. As you toss and turn you start to ...
Views: 2034(1 vote) - Having Fun Motivates Exercise - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonHave you seen this video on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJMOI5_FKwg? This so easily demonstrates that motivation to exercise does not come from merely thinking that you should exercise. When exercise is made into something which is fun, you automatically exercise without even ...
Views: 1993(1 vote) - Confidence Is Everything - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonI believe that almost all of the troubles in the world today are rooted in confidence issues. A lack of confidence has the ability to reach out in many different directions and impact the world around us in very negative ways. In contrast, a feeling of high self-esteem and confidence allows ...
Views: 1985 - How To Relieve The Stress Of Moving House - by Submitted on May 21, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonMoving house is always a stressful situation to find oneself in. It becomes even more stressful if the home that you are about to leave is one that you have built or lived in for many years. To part with your family home can feel like cutting away a large chunk of your past. The act of ...
Views: 1971 - The Role of Emotion in Making a Great Speech - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonYou want to make a great speech. Who doesn’t? But most people worry about the possibility of negative emotions wreaking havoc with their perfectly planned speech. They spend days or weeks writing out their speech, ensuring that it says exactly what they want to convey; they practice their ...
Views: 1947 - Help Break Bad Habits With Hypnosis - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2013 from Roseanna LeatonWhat is more to the point, would you like to create good habits instead of the bad habits that you are fed up with? Habits come in many shapes and sizes. Good habits are great, whereas bad habits can cause discomfort and frustration. When thinking about habits it is important to ...
Views: 1885(1 vote) - How To Overcome Fear of Swimming - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonThere are very few people who do not like watching the natural movements of the ocean. It is a vista which is always moving and ever changing, presenting to the viewer an amazing cacophony of colors. Blues, greens, turquoise and grey all mix and blend together in this wonderful body of endless ...
Views: 1875(3 votes) - Help To Predict Your Future - by Submitted on May 24, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonOur imagination and choice of focus inevitably shapes the future that we experience. Whatever we focus upon tends to become the reality that we experience. Although there are many things that are out of our own control where we choose to look and how we see things are what define our own ...
Views: 1806 - Getting Over Being Overly Critical of Oneself - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Roseanna LeatonDo you feel as I you don't measure up to other people's expectations? Do you constantly feel that you should have done this, that or the other? Do you get to the end of the day and feel that yet again you haven't quite done all of the things you set out to do? If so, you are not alone; many ...
Views: 1796 - How Do You Deal With Conflict? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Roseanna LeatonIt is interesting to note different people's reactions when dealing with situations involving conflict. Some people act tenaciously like a Jack Russell, yapping and barking loudly and refusing to back down; going on the offensive seems to be inbred in their nature. Other's respond more like a ...
Views: 1757(1 vote) - Flirting Guide - You Got Her Number, Now What? - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonWorrying seems to come naturally to many of us, and we get uptight about the most unlikely things. How to impress a potential mate is one of those things, with the focus of anxiety ranging from where to go to what to do to fears about an inadequate sexual performance. "What if I don't ...
Views: 1752(3 votes) - Weight Loss Is Easy When You approach it From the Source and Not the Symptom - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonI cannot help thinking that we are focusing upon the wrong thing when we spend so much time paying attention to being overweight, how to lose weight, which diet is best and so on. Surely our focus should be instead upon how we can as a nation become healthier? As you think in a healthy and ...
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