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- Tragedy into Happy Triumph! - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Deb ScottTransform Tragedy into Happy Triumph! Okay, we have all had tragedies in our lives. What the heck do we do with them? How can my tragedies be transformed in my life to help me be happy? I have so many, I wrote a motivational book about them! Have you experienced any of these ...
Views: 1095(2 votes) - The Golf Psychology of Letting Everyone Else Complain while You Win - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Andrew FoggHow often do you hear your playing partners and other people at the golf course complaining about things beyond their control? Maybe you do it a bit yourself. I know I have from time to time, especially in the past. You know the sort of thing I mean. More importantly, have you ever thought about ...
Views: 1126(1 vote) - Visualise your Target for Better Unconscious Golf - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Andrew FoggAs a golf psychologist, I'm regularly asked by clients about what they should be thinking about in their golf mind when they're actually swinging the club or stroking a putt. Many of them will have some sort of pre-shot routine that prepares them to some degree for the shot they're about to ...
Views: 874(2 votes) - Your PMS? Not for long with this new approach! Ten Steps to Master and Heal your PMS! - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Pauline HouleIn our modern society, we more and more see bullet point articles. We want to cure everything with the ‘miracle pill’ and the new gadget. At times we are blessed with such discoveries; other times, one more guru is born with the latest miracle cure. When it comes to PMS, I have ...
Views: 953 - An Inner Compass - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Laurel Clark“Be still and know that I AM God,” counsels the Bible. Whether we are religious or not, this is wise counsel most needed in our age of ADD and multi-tasking. Many people do not cause their minds to be still until they experience some shocking event that arrests their attention. This is ...
Views: 1370(3 votes) - Employed for Life & Never Out of Work - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Krystal KuehnThank God every morning when you get up that you have something which must be done, whether you like it or not. Work breeds a hundred virtues that idleness never knows. ~Charles Kingsley Work keeps our minds occupied. It forces us to set and meet goals that lead to a sense of ...
Views: 1271(9 votes) - The Power of Words (Inspiring Article & Audio) - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Danish AhmedHear a Special Audio Message about The Power of Words, right now. Click the "Play" button on the following web page. http://PlayAudioMessage.com/play.asp?m=83204&f=WFVHMV&ps=14&c=33CCFF&pm=2&h=29 Or, you can read the story here... The Power of Words "The Power of Words" was the ...
Views: 2329(24 votes) - The Number One Rule for Success - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from ray borjaWhat makes some men more successful than others is that those who've achieved extraordinary results in their lives have done so because they had an immutable belief in themselves. They knew that if they are to make their dreams a reality and accomplish their goals, they have to believe that they ...
Views: 2605(1 vote) - The Piano Teacher Knows All? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Pattie PillingThis is always the season, when the kids go back to school where moms have to do a lot of juggling in the family schedule. Does this have stress management written all over it? I should say so! Stress management is particularly useful and needed at this time of the year. Stress management is ...
Views: 843(2 votes) - Can You Manage Chronic Pain By Pretending It Is Okay? - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Lisa CopenIf you have ever wanted to dream about having a life that is different than the one you are currently living, you are not alone. And if you need any additional help in imagining a life different than the one you have, just go find a 6-year-old. My son seems to start every sentence with "Mom, ...
Views: 1805(1 vote) - Developing the Foundation of Your Dreams - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marc LernerMy Dad built houses and I worked for him as I grew up. I learned a valuable lesson watching someone’s dreams manifest; you have to build on a strong foundation for the dream to become a reality. We too often have a goal and forget that how we relate to that goal is an essential ingredient. How ...
Views: 1213(1 vote) - Imagine a Better Life - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Judi MoreoWhen you were a child, did you ever imagine yourself to be something else….like a princess, a cowboy, an astronaut, a doctor, or some other character. I did. I would transform myself into a particular character for a period of time and have a wonderful adventure. My favorite was to ...
Views: 5491(3 votes) - Meeting the Challenge of Change - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Judith AlbrightJust like the main character in the 1960s Broadway production of Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, we may long for something better in our lives, but never realize that what we really wanted was right in front of us all along. Too often, it is not until someone or something we cherish is gone ...
Views: 1908(2 votes) - If there are "good" Chills, how can there be "bad or scary" Chill(s) ? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2011 from Don WadingtonHave you had "good" chill(s)? When do you get "them"? Have you had "scary" chill(s) and when did you get them? How about "cold" chill(s)? Do these different chill(s) feel the same if you feel them ? Is the term(s) chill(s) used for 3 (maybe more) meanings? The answer is YES. The ...
Views: 3304(3 votes) - From Slavery to Freedom - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Victoria Lorient-FaibishWhat is change? How do we achieve this illusive concept? How do we master going beyond what we have been taught to do repeatedly either because we saw it or because it was drilled in to us on pain of who knows what? The thing I ask most readily when a client enters my office is “What is it that ...
Views: 1397(6 votes) - 5 Joyous Habits - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Pat ArmitsteadFive Joyous Habits Human beings are moral animals. According to Dr Martin Seligman we each exhibit six virtues common across cultures and traditions. They are wisdom and knowledge, courage, love and humanity, justice, temperance, spirituality and transcendence. These virtues encapsulate ...
Views: 2049(2 votes) - My Grandmother: A Model for Positive Psychology - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantMy grandmom was a model for positive psychology and she taught me a valuable lesson: it’s easier catching bees with honey than with vinegar. I was given the name “Mary” because of her and her devotion to The Blessed Mother. My mother, father, brother, sister and I lived upstairs in her roomy ...
Views: 2108(4 votes) - When You Find What You Want Inside You, You Will Find What You Want Outside You - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Rosemary HeenanOne of Alan Cohen’s daily messages was this: Take time this week to look within. When you find what you want inside you, you will find what you want outside. - Alan Cohen What a great way to look at reviewing where you are right now and where you’d like to be by the end of the ...
Views: 1010(3 votes) - Stress Management Techniques - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Rick WilleyThere are many stress management techniques and ways to manage stress. Before we get into that let's quickly discuss some causes of stress before we learn these stress management techniques Most of these are those little four letter words like: work, kids, (Though they are also very much a ...
Views: 809(5 votes) - Nurturing Perspective - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from G. StewartSometimes there are days that for one reason or another every trivial activity seems to have a burdensome feeling attached. Wondering why, I shrug and think or rather know that it probably has more to do with my attitude. But of course in the moment that helps me not. I remembered a story ...
Views: 1516(4 votes) - Change Your Focus, Change Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Christie ClipperEver hold on to a situation you cannot change because you were too scared of change? Sometimes the path of least resistance is the longest road to change. So long we may never get there. When we hold on to the past, to anger, to fear, to the unchangeable, we slowly lose a piece of ourselves ...
Views: 1483(10 votes) - *** Today Is A Beautiful Day, The Preciousness of Each Moment - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Christine BreeseIf you have fallen into the routine of life, or find it to be a chore, you have fallen asleep to the preciousness that every moment in life is. It is a great phenomena that we are all living in this physical reality, with a body, an identity, and we have people who we love and are connected ...
Views: 3546(12 votes) - Do We Dare to Dream or Follow Our Dreams? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from paul cloughAs we grow up we, well most of us, seem to turn into adults with adult outlooks. What I mean by this is that we tend to put up with what we have and settle for something less than we could have ~ if only we dared to dream. What stops us, or someone you know well from stepping through our self ...
Views: 1481(9 votes) - Incorporating Change into Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Isabel KirkChange! Such a loaded word. What comes to your mind when you think of the word change? Stop for a minute and try to answer that question. What types of feelings does it bring up in you? Hope, excitement, joy, or on the other hand, fear, anxiety, loss, or to make things more complicated, a ...
Views: 1940(5 votes) - Positive Affirmations or Negative Affirmations - You Choose! - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Royane RealOne of the most powerful tools we can use to change our beliefs and our behaviors is the tool known as affirmations. Affirmations are simple, short, strong messages that we send to ourselves, by repeating them out loud or silently. Affirmations can also be written. There’s a good reason ...
Views: 2306(5 votes) - Windy Golfers and Windy Golf Psychology Blown Away at the PGA Championship - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2009 from Andrew FoggSo, were you blown away by the golf at the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine this weekend? With 8 hours of TV coverage on Saturday and again on Sunday, I was just riveted to the screen and amazed by both the spectacle and the windy golf conditions. The TV commentators also contributed to the ...
Views: 1082(1 vote) - Ten Things to Stop Beating Yourself Up Over - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from William Cottringer“He who doesn't accept the conditions of life sells his soul.” ~Charles Baudelaire. There are ten no-cause things I have found some people needlessly beat themselves up over. It just makes more sense to accept reality as it is with these particular things and move on to greener pastures worth ...
Views: 4746(3 votes) - Success - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Michelle GottliebWhat makes you a success? Is it the size of your house? The type of car that you drive? Is it the success that your children have? Is it how long you have been married? Is it the amount in your bank account? There are no right or wrong answers. There are answers that society encourages us to ...
Views: 1069(2 votes) - Don't Fake it, Feel It - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from shayne hammondDon't fake it, FEEL IT. Success in any situation in life is only a feeling away. "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for GOD is LOVE." 1 John 4:8 Access the FEELING of LOVE and you have accessed the POWER of GOD. Often when faced with negative circumstances we think the circumstance ...
Views: 1016(1 vote) - 7 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Body Image and Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2010 from Catherine Cardinal1. Learn to set reasonable goals. Whether it’s about your exercise routine or diet, don’t set the bar too high or you may find yourself resisting and then failing. Remember that a healthy, balanced life is a journey of steps. Give yourself permission to win by keeping a steady workable ...
Views: 1486(7 votes) - Regrets: Reliving the Past with a Twist - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from James LeGrandIn all of our lives, there have been circumstances where things turned out differently than we thought they should have when looking back. Regret is when we feel sorrowful for those results and wish that something different resulted. Regret is born from our non-acceptance of what has happened. ...
Views: 1895(1 vote) - To Improve Your Relationships, Learn to Like Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2009 from Royane RealCan you really say that you like yourself? Or that you love yourself? For many of us, this is a hard thing to do. We are so critical of ourselves. When we don't have good self esteem, many areas of our life will suffer. We will find it hard to make good relationships and friendships. ...
Views: 2076(4 votes) - Calming Your Inner Critic Will Help You Improve Your Self-Esteem: Learn How - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Isabel KirkI just came back from a professional workshop about calming your inner critic and I couldn’t wait to share this interesting topic with you. Where to begin? Well the structure of the human personality is very interesting and complex. Fascinating and confusing, lovely and irritating, logical ...
Views: 1597(1 vote) - When the Past is Good for You! - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Sherry AnsharaWhen the Past is Good for You! Why it so much easier to remember those past awful experiences you have had? Maybe these situations were from childhood, or traumas experienced in those challenging teenage years. Perhaps they were from circumstances from those early stages of young adulthood ...
Views: 1471(1 vote) - Believe In Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from dherbs dherbsThat's right! BELIEVE IN YOURESLF! Believe in yourself and your God-given abilities. No matter who or what you may be up against at present, believe in yourself and that you have what it takes to be triumphant in the end. Believe that you are worthy of God/Universe's assistance in ...
Views: 1957(2 votes) - Perspectives verses Perceptions - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2009 from Sherry AnsharaPERSPECTIVES VERSES PERCEPTIONS Perception is the reception and deception of your conception! Good grief, what does that mean? It means that when you have a perception about your Self, some else, or some situation, you can deceive your Self because you don’t always have the facts. The ...
Views: 1629(1 vote) - Can People Move Beyond Behaving Badly? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Mark Holland“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson The way you treat other people is a reflection of your own attitude. You cannot expect to sustain a positive attitude by acting negatively toward others. Even if your ...
Views: 1919(9 votes) - A Positive End! - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2009 from Vincent Sandee (Swami Ekabuddhyananda)I want to show how our life can be so much different if just before a silence we end up positive in our talk. The last note of our talk is like the last note of a song, it stays longer and it has more impact on our mind. The end of a sentence brings you somewhere. It could take you somewhere you ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - The Unity Model of Marriage: How to Achieve the Conjoint Self - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Leon JamesSexy vs. Unsexy Conversational Style of Husbands Consider why a wife needs girl friends to talk to, to go out shopping, to go to lunch, call each other on the phone, send birthday cards and give gifts, keep each other in the loop about happenings, etc. Husbands and boyfriends have to acquire ...
Views: 1362(2 votes) - Radical Self Acceptance - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Regina MurphyThought field therapy saved my life. Energy Psychology, the field of Psychology that encompasses all meridian based emotional tapping techniques such as Thought Field Therapy, Emotional Freedom The Phrase “process emotions “ was beyond the realm of my comprehension until five years ago ...
Views: 2051(1 vote) - Why/How Am I in This Situation? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Dr. Cindy BrownThere are many changes happening in our world lately. This can seem challenging and bring about fear and negative thoughts and actions for many people. Reacting to changing situations around us is common and normal for most of us during these times, however it is not always productive in the ...
Views: 906(1 vote) - The Real Power of Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Aboubakar PefouraWhat is the power of positive thinking? Is there any scientific basis for believing that thinking positively is actually beneficial? That really depends on which scientists you ask. Quantum physicists are more likely to say “yes”. Of course, it’s only a theory, but many people have seen it ...
Views: 1086(1 vote) - Negative Thinking: The Appendix Of Your Mind - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Renita KalhornAt my recent lecture at the Mid-Manhattan Library on developing resilience and recovery muscles, one of the members in the audience noted that she always seemed to gloss over the positive things that happened in her life and home in on the negative. Others nodded their heads in vigorous ...
Views: 1185(2 votes) - Time to Unpack Your Luggage - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Shayn CutinoThe summer months usually bring the opportunity for a vacation to an exciting, or perhaps simply relaxing, destination. Have you made the annual visit to your parents who live on the other side of the country? Is there a particular beach house that you rent with your family every year with the ...
Views: 2199(1 vote) - Improve Your Conversation Confidence - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Royane RealDo you suffer from a lack of conversation confidence? When you make conversation with other people, is your mind constantly saying a lot of very harsh things to you about your conversation ability? Does your mind criticize every thing you say? Do you put yourself down for being shy or ...
Views: 1506(1 vote) - You’re More Resilient Than You Think - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from M.J. Ryan“I can’t handle this,” Susan cried, contemplating her daughter’s dwindling college fund. I know how she feels. When I think of the changes I’ve had to deal with in my life—having to lie flat in bed for a year due to back pain, going through a devastating breakup, dealing with the financial ...
Views: 1459 - Cancer as a Disease of the Mind - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from David ElliotCancer, as we all know, is a disease of the body, but it is also a disease of the mind. Cancer survivor David Elliot discusses how this ‘mental disorder’ manifests and what can be done to lift the curse of a terminal prognosis. In the body cancer manifests as a collection of cells that are ...
Views: 3353(11 votes) - College Bound Blues for Parents - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantIt's August, let's talk about your child leaving for college. Yes, I know it brings up many feelings. One minute you're laughing with them at a Blue Light Special, the next minute you're dissolving into tears. The thing about being a parent is that when we finally master one stage of ...
Views: 2219(14 votes) - Choking at Sunningdale without Golf Psychology and Self Hypnosis - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Andrew FoggSo who made it to Sunningdale to watch the Senior Open Championship last weekend? I know that one of the latest subscribers to my newsletter did and he tells me that he and his wife really enjoyed it? For me it was well worth the visit, especially as it's only 10 miles down the road from me the ...
Views: 1015(1 vote) - The Identity of Imperfection - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from James KrehbielWhen Alex was a kid, he recalls his father chastising him for not washing the car properly. Alex volunteered his services as a five-year-old child, but his dad showed little appreciation. On the contrary, when he "missed a spot," his father would berate him by calling him stupid. He was a ...
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