by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Visualizations Visualizations are one way to really implant an Optimistic mind set into your brain. They are particularly helpful when you are presented with a situation that is troublesome. If you have to speak in public, attend a dinner party, travel in an...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Writing and Journaling Writing down your thoughts has a tremendous impact on how you learn. Many studies have shown over and over again that people who write down what they learn have a greater chance of remembering the new teachings. There are several writing...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Counseling Yourself One of the BEST ways to shift your beliefs to more balanced and Optimistic beliefs is to write down a conversation to a discussion that you may have with your best friend. I call this DIALOGING. You will be taking both sides of the discussion. One...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Your Inner Child Talking to Your Inner Child is another way to reprogram your brain to generate optimistic thoughts about yourself. It is generally believed that we have low self esteem and thus generate negative thinking because of circumstances that have happened...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Mirror Work and Exercises Stand in front of a mirror and look at yourself in the eye. Do you look away? Do you immediately start judging yourself? Do you feel self-conscious about paying attention to yourself? Many of us do all these things. This is your...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Types of Exercises, Stuff To Read
Gratitude Being Grateful is a great way to look at your life in a positive manner. Everyone has many things to be grateful for. When you find yourself feeling down you are focusing on the negative. You are generating negative thoughts which are causing you to feel...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Stuff To Read
What Causes Our Emotions? What are Emotions? Emotions are a state of mind created by thoughts that are active at this very moment. As we live our lives and observe what is around us and our mind does the following automatically: Interprets what it sees, hears, smells...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Stuff To Read
Emotions Trigger Actions / Re-actions Active beliefs cause your emotions. Your emotions trigger the actions you take and the re-actions that your body initiates. Sometimes your actions are deliberate and conscious and sometimes they are unconscious. All your...
by John | Feb 2, 2018 | Stuff To Read
Identify Negative Thinking As you observe your thoughts you will notice negative ones popping up. When you see them you can then address them and question them for their accuracy and truth. Sometimes you may not even be aware of your negative thoughts especially if...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | Beginners, 10 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Muscle Tension Relaxation Meditation – 10 Minutes Many times we go around our day with stress and this plays out in our bodies. We hold this stress in our muscles and they tense up. Scanning our body for tension and then consciously releasing this tension...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 15 Minute, Increase Focus, Increase Awareness, Reduce Anxiety, Letting Go, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Muscle Tension Relaxation Meditation – 15 Minutes Many times we go around our day with stress and this plays out in our bodies. We hold this stress in our muscles and they tense up. Scanning our body for tension and then consciously releasing this tension...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 20 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Muscle Tension Relaxation Meditation – 20 Minutes Many times we go around our day with stress and this plays out in our bodies. We hold this stress in our muscles and they tense up. Scanning our body for tension and then consciously releasing this tension...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 10 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Releasing Perfectionism – 10 Minutes This mantra meditation is designed to help us release the negative judgments we have about ourselves. Many times we see ourselves as not good enough because we have an extremely high standard we think we must live up to. ...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 20 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Releasing Perfectionism – 20 Minutes This mantra meditation is designed to help us release the negative judgments we have about ourselves. Many times we see ourselves as not good enough because we have an extremely high standard we think we must live up to. ...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 15 Minute, Reduce Anxiety, Enhance Mood, Build Compassion, Letting Go, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Releasing Perfectionism – 15 Minutes This mantra meditation is designed to help us release the negative judgments we have about ourselves. Many times we see ourselves as not good enough because we have an extremely high standard we think we must live up to. ...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 20 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Loving Kindness #2 Meditation – 20 Minutes This is a meditation based on the traditional loving kindness meditation which allows us to open ourselves up and send good wishes to not only ourselves but others. In this version we practice sending TRUST,...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 15 Minute, Build Trust, Reduce Anxiety, Enhance Mood, Build Compassion, Letting Go, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Loving Kindness #2 Meditation – 15 Minutes This is a meditation based on the traditional loving kindness meditation which allows us to open ourselves up and send good wishes to not only ourselves but others. In this version we practice sending TRUST,...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 10 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Loving Kindness #2 Meditation – 10 Minutes This is a meditation based on the traditional loving kindness meditation which allows us to open ourselves up and send good wishes to not only ourselves but others. In this version we practice sending TRUST,...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | Beginners, 10 Minute, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Loving Kindness Meditation – 10 Minutes This is a traditional meditation allows us to open ourselves up and send good wishes to ourselves first and then to others. We practice this meditation because many times we may not treat ourselves as wholesomely as we...
by John | Feb 1, 2018 | 15 Minute, Build Trust, Reduce Anxiety, Enhance Mood, Build Compassion, Letting Go, Guided Meditations, All Meditations
Loving Kindness Meditation – 15 Minutes This is a traditional meditation allows us to open ourselves up and send good wishes to ourselves first and then to others. We practice this meditation because many times we may not treat ourselves as wholesomely as we...
