Where Is God? Scientific Proof That God Exists

Numerous Biblical citations about the importance of the meaning of dreams couldn't convince the world that God speaks through dreams. The barbarous civilizations that ruled the world created the absurd modern civilization, which is atheistic and materialistic, and works based on violence, immorality, indifference, and greed.

The current civilization despises religion, philosophy, art, and metaphysical phenomena, proclaiming that we don't need a creator. Everything can be scientifically explained.

There is nothing else besides the material reality. Everything else is false. If something is not material and it cannot be scientifically proved based on the rules of the scientific community of our historical time, it is pure illusion. We cannot believe in anything that won't be realistically proved according to our scientific rules.

However, our historical time is characterized by corruptions, hypocrisy, and lies. There is a fierce competition in all fields, including the scientific field. Therefore, the rules of the scientific community of our historical time are not only based on the knowledge accumulated by humanity over the years, and on a real intention to find out the truth. These rules are based on personal interests.

As a matter of fact, nobody cares about finding out the truth in our world. Everyone basically cares about their own position.

Thus, the criteria used by our scientists in order to verify if a certain discovery must be accepted and recognized as valid by the world are narrow-minded and absurd. These rules are not based on a sincere intention to discover the truth. They have many other intentions. These rules are limitations that prevent the world from believing in truths that are against the interests of the world leaders.

On the other hand, many scientific discoveries in many different fields have already proved that we need a creator, for many reasons. Nothing could simply have appeared by chance on our young planet in only four billion years and a half. This is like believing that we can construct a building in just a few seconds.

The first scientific explanations discovered by our scientists are insufficient, besides being based on erroneous concepts. They seemed to explain everything, but they were wrong. New scientific discoveries showed us that our old scientific discoveries were based on false impressions and we are far from the truth.

We must begin from the beginning, and look at our problems from different angles. Today's scientific discoveries are as primitive as the discoveries of the Middle Ages.

After continuing Carl Jung's research into the unknown region of the human psyche through dream interpretation I could uncover the camouflage of the hypocritical world and see the entire truth about the human nature. I could also discover the meaning of the human life. This happened because I obeyed the divine guidance in dreams.

Dream interpretation seems to be a subjective practice, which depends on the intuition of the dream interpreter. Nobody believes that we can objectively translate the meaning of dreams. However, this is a false impression caused by various distortions of the ignorant and hypocritical world. My work proves to the world that only Carl Jung could discover the real meaning of dreams.

Jung proved that our dreams are produced by the unconscious mind. While all other methods of dream interpretation (scientific or not) are based on suppositions, his method is based on true research, without secondary intentions.

Fortunately, a few scientists in our world could escape the global tendency to distort the truth. However, they are among too many impostors. The impostors are so many that we tend to believe that there are no exceptions to this rule.

Carl Jung managed to discover the symbolic meaning of the dream images after looking for the meaning of important images for various civilizations. These important images appeared not only in dreams, as well as in artistic, religious, and philosophical manifestations.

Jung was a true genius not properly recognized by the superficial and senseless population of our crazy world. He could understand the psychology of the unconscious mind and cure mental illnesses based on the unconscious guidance.

My work completes his work, giving to the world the confidence that Jung couldn't give us from the beginning because he was a pioneer.

Carl Jung's method of dream interpretation is too complicated, obscure, and incomplete. I had to clarify everything, so that average people could easily learn his method and find solutions to their problems. Otherwise, his brilliant discoveries would get lost in the chaos of the absurd world instead of saving humanity from suffering.

Jung was afraid to completely trust the unconscious mind, even though he considered the unconscious mind a good counselor for the human being. I proved to the world that we can absolutely trust the unconscious mind because it works based on wisdom and sanctity.

The unconscious mind is God's mind. God works like a natural doctor because we need psychotherapy. All dreams have the basic purpose to protect our fragile mental stability.

You can find God by translating the meaning of your dreams according to the scientific method of dream interpretation. This is a scientific discovery already proved based on the scientific rules of our historical time.

However, this was not enough. Only because Carl Jung and I could scientifically prove that we can understand God's words when we translate the meaning of dreams based on the scientific method of dream interpretation, this doesn't mean that the world paid attention to this fact.

Numerous very important scientific discoveries don't change anything in our world because nobody cares about understanding their value. Therefore, if a scientific discovery will really make a difference of not, depends on numerous factors.

You can simply verify by yourself that the divine unconscious mind that produces your dreams is wise and saintly by translating the meaning of dreams according to Carl Jung's method of dream interpretation, based on my clarifications and simplifications. You'll have a direct conversation with God through dream messages.

You will surely verify the sanctity of the unconscious mind because you'll understand that you are a terrible sinner. Perhaps you already know that you are a sinner, but you don't think that this is something that should be considered so 'terrible'.

Your opinion about yourself is not based on real knowledge. You tend to forgive your own mistakes, and concentrate your attention on your qualities. You ignore the content of the wild side of your conscience, and you also ignore how deficient your conscience really is, because it works based on only one psychological function. You are not as intelligent as you may imagine.

You also follow the irresponsible mindset of the indifferent world. You believe that you are basically a good person, besides having a few defects. You don't think you should care about your mistakes. Nobody is perfect.

However, God pays attention to your mistakes because He knows how absurd you are, and He works like a doctor. The way God characterizes you is based on the entire truth as it is, and the truth is that you really are a terrible sinner, even if you believe that you are a good person.

If you cannot understand how terrible your mistakes and sins really are, this is because you are indifferent to what is bad.

Nobody is perfect because nobody tries to be perfect. Nobody cares about attaining perfection.

However, God demands perfection from you, the same way He demands perfection from everyone else. God wants to see you having the behavior of a saint.

Is this a surprise for you?

Perhaps it is, since even the members of the church believe with apathy that 'God forgives our sins because He knows that we are imperfect'. God is revolted with those who supposedly represent Him on Earth because they have distorted His lessons.

God doesn't forgive terrible sinners without seeing that they have regretted and changed their attitude. God cannot close His eyes before our sins because He must protect us from craziness and terror.

We are under-developed primates. The biggest part of our brain belongs to our wild conscience, which has satanic characteristics. We live exactly because we have to transform our wild nature into human nature.

Our planet was specially created by God in order to work like psychotherapy. All religions of the world were created by the same God in order to work like psychotherapy. All our dreams also work like psychotherapy. We need all the help we can have in order to stop being violent, and discover the power of wisdom and goodness.

You'll verify that the divine unconscious mind constantly criticizes your behavior, showing you all your mistakes in your dreams. You have to admit that you are making mistakes, instead of giving excuses or showing anger.

You have to recognize your mistakes, so that you may stop making them. If you don't understand that you are doing things that work against you, you will keep making the same mistakes forever. You have to learn how to do only what is positive for you and your community if you want to find peace and sound mental health.

In the beginning you'll dislike being criticized by the unconscious mind. You'll find out that you make too many mistakes.

This happens because you are not using the biggest part of your brain, which belongs to your wild conscience. You have to develop your intelligence and your sensitivity through consciousness. When you'll start seeing the positive results of the divine psychotherapy in your behavior and life, you'll surely be grateful for the guidance you had.

Christina Sponias continued Carl Jung's research into the human psyche, discovering the cure for all mental illnesses, and simplifying the scientific method of dream interpretation that teaches you how to exactly translate the meaning of your dreams, so that you can find health, wisdom and happiness.

Learn more at: scientificdreaminterpretation.com. Click Here to download a Free Sample of the eBook Dream Interpretation as a Science (86 pages!). Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

God's Words in Dreams, How to Be a Hero and Find Peace

Even though you are an absurd human being who lives constantly influenced or controlled by your anti-conscience (your wild, primitive conscience) you must have a wise attitude if you want to find peace.

Even though you are totally indifferent to what may happen to people you don't even know, the truth is that you have the moral obligation to help these people. If you want to find peace, you must eliminate terror on Earth and help all human beings have the chance to live happily.

You are responsible for the entire world; not only for yourself and your family.

However, you are insignificant. You don't have the power to eliminate terror on Earth. You need help.

This is why the divine unconscious mind produces your dreams. All dreams contain precious messages that help you evolve, and save the world with your brilliant example.

You'll learn how to put an end to terror on Earth with your extraordinary personality and your memorable work.

The unconscious mind is God's mind. God demands a lot from you. God is your savior, but He demands perfection from you, even though you are so imperfect and so indifferent to your imperfections.

Since God exists and speaks in dreams, you must learn a few of His words. I have translated numerous dreams for many people, besides my own. I could also continue Carl Jung's research, what means that I can tell you the results of my observations, even if you have never translated one of your dreams according to the scientific method.

Here are a few of God's words in dreams. These are common messages sent to many dreamers:

"Please, help me save humanity from poverty. Please, help me put an end to violence. Please, help me put an end to all horrors. I need your cooperation. I cannot eliminate terror alone.

Please, help me rest instead of having to save human beings from craziness and terror. I'm tired. I cannot bear this hell.

Nobody pays attention to my lessons. Nobody cares about my existence. Nobody respects my laws.

My laws are the laws of goodness and justice. My laws are your moral principals.

You are a big sinner too. I'm afraid you'll never help me because you are too selfish. Nobody helps me the way I need. I feel alone."

This was only an example of what God may tell you in a dream, after saving you from craziness and terror, and giving you sound mental health and wisdom. You'll learn many truths you ignore, and surely feel sorry for your savior.

The divine unconscious mind suffers very much because of the existence of terror on Earth. You have the moral obligation to care about this matter and do something to change this situation.

Now that I already gave you many lessons about the content of the human brain and psyche and how you can find sound mental health through dream translation, I'm showing you other aspects of your reality.

The responsibility you have because you are a human being is more important than what you may possibly imagine. God wants to see you becoming a hero.

You can be a hero and save the world if you'll obey the unconscious wisdom; you'll learn how to be wise yourself. You can be the hero humanity needs because you have this capacity. You are not using the biggest part of your brain because it belongs to your anti-conscience. When you'll transform your anti-conscience into human content you'll use all of the brain power that goes wasted now.

Even if you are ignorant, silly, shy, insecure, and you have numerous psychological problems, the divine unconscious mind can transform you into a strong and self-confident hero who will forever be admired by humanity, with deep gratitude and respect. You only have to be obedient.

God knows what is good or bad. He will give you many lessons in dreams. You must pay attention to His lessons and follow His guidance.

God is your doctor and spiritual guide. You must cooperate with your doctor, so that you may transform your anti-conscience into human content the fastest possible.

The fact that you have to become a wise human being will surely be better for you when you'll attain this goal. However, this will also be better for the world. God needs your example and your work. You have to be a hero and help Him put an end to terror and violence on Earth. God cannot put an end to terror alone, the same way that you cannot find peace alone. You need His help, and He needs your work.

Christina Sponias continued Carl Jung's research into the human psyche, discovering the cure for all mental illnesses, and simplifying the scientific method of dream interpretation that teaches you how to exactly translate the meaning of your dreams, so that you can find health, wisdom and happiness.

Learn more at: scientificdreaminterpretation.com. Click Here to download a Free Sample of the eBook Dream Interpretation as a Science (86 pages!). Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

The Dream Incubation Experiment

My purpose in researching, writing about and investigating dreams is to help you to become aware of and appreciate the power of your dreams, and to provide you with information on how to use those dreams in a variety of useful ways. I want to inspire you to move from perhaps being an unconscious dreamer to where you're using your dreams for intentional foresight that will lead to personal, psychological and spiritual growth and evolution.

The solution to perplexing and sometimes frustrating problems, as well as everyday solutions to mundane issues, can reliably be resolved in the dreaming mind. Historical records bear witness to humanity's attempts to seek (and receive) guidance, wisdom and solutions through their dreams.

The ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese, Indigenous cultures, and many, many more have dedicated sacred sites, writings and resources to the study and incubation of healing, problem solving, creative and guidance dreams. Even in modern times, dreams have helped solve problems in science, politics, literature, religion and almost every other industry, segment or part of society, as well as with everyday concerns such as health, finance, relationships and so forth.

Inventions as varied as Elias Howe's sewing machine needle-where he dreamt the solution to the problem with the needle to be the placement of the hole at the pointed end-- and J. B. Parkinson's computer-controlled antiaircraft gun, were conceived in dreams. Scholar Herman Hilprecht reported that he dreamt that an Assyrian priest revealed the accurate translation of the stone of Nebuchadnezzar.

Problem Solving

The most common use of dream incubation is to request a solution to a current or continuing problem in your work or home life. These may be along the lines of whether to ask for a raise or make a career change; whether to have a baby or marry your current beau; If now is the right time to take the plunge and buy that little house, or move to another part of the country.

Several research studies have examined different aspects of problem solving and dreams. Wile, in 1934, addressed the incubation issue when he measured how long it took children to self-induce a dream on a desired topic. In 1974, Dement tested 500 undergraduate students by giving them three "brain-teaser" problems to solve while they slept. Morton Schatzman, in the 1980s repeated the Dement experiment, giving brain-teasers to huge numbers of people in England via the mass media.

Dr. Deirdre Barrett, of the Harvard Medical School, Behavioral Medicine Program, conducted a study of dream incubation for problem solving. However, unlike the researchers before her, she explored how subjects would do if they could solve problems of their own choice, rather than predetermined puzzles or problems.

One of the more interesting results of the Barrett study revealed that a solution was usually arrived at by the start of the dream. It didn't appear that the problem was being struggled with throughout the experience. However, in some instances, the solution was presented through subtle hints which built toward more obvious ones until the conscious mind finally "got the message."

Inventive and Scientific Solutions

Inventors, by nature are dreamers; sometimes in a very literal sense. Nikola Tesla, famous inventor of the high-voltage transformer (Tesla coil), for example, often perceived his inventions in dreams and in dream-like mental visions. Tesla reported that he "saw" his inventions as if they were real on the screen of his mind's eye. He claimed that the power of his imagery was such that he could do "experiments in his mind."

Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz was the great chemist who revolutionized the study of chemistry with the discovery of the Benzene molecule. In a dream he was shown an image of a snake biting its own tail and realized that the molecule was a "closed chain."

In 1922, Niels Bohr received the Nobel Prize in physics due to a dream that enlightened him. He was trying to figure out what the structure of an atom was. One evening he fell asleep and in his dreams he saw the nucleus of the atom, with the electrons spinning around it, just like our solar system with the sun and planets. He knew immediately that this was the solution to his problem. Further testing and experiments proved it to be true.

Creative Solutions

Dreams can provide creative insights and solutions as well as practical and mundane ones.

Mary Shelley, who in the company of her famous husband Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and others had been reading aloud a collection of ghost stories, became part of a plan, suggested by Lord Byron, that they all write ghost stories of their own.

According to Mary Shelley's journal of April 1817, after listening to a long conversation between Byron and Shelley on the speculation that, "Perhaps a corpse would be reanimated," she retired to her bed well where, stimulated by the evening's conversation, was unable to sleep. When finally she did fall into blissful slumber her "imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vividness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie," she wrote, and thus Frankenstein was born.

Robert Louis Stevenson was influenced by his dreams. He wrote an essay in which he called his dream helpers "the Brownies. Whenever he was stuck for a character, plot or story he'd make a request of his "Brownies" and in the morning he'd have what he needed.

Edgar Allen Poe's personal favourite work was The Lady Ligeia. He was particularly captivated by her eyes, which had met his in a dream. Her eyes were "far larger than the ordinary eyes of our race. They were even fuller than the fullest of the gazelle eyes of the tribe of the valley of the Nourjahad."

Healing Solutions

Like Edgar Cayce, though perhaps not to the same degree, we can all request health related information, advice and even diagnoses. In 2004, I was suffering with terrible headaches daily. I had visited the doctor but, after a cursory examination, he informed me that there was "nothing wrong." Frustrated with his evaluation and flippant attitude, I decided to diagnose the problem myself... with the help of my dreaming mind. The dream I received that night told me that my diet and my anger with a situation in my life at that time were the cause. A change in eating habits and attitude alleviated the headaches.

The Power Of The Mind

Anyone who's experienced a creative breakthrough or insight through their dreams knows that the dreaming mind has a power we don't experience while awake. This power is unfettered by time, space, or self-imposed limitations. It reaches into the endless, boundless and eternal universe of unmanifest potential, where unlimited ideas, inspirations and imaginings lay in wait.

When you incubate or request, a resolution, solution or guidance dream, your sub/unconscious and superconscious mind work in unison to bring you the best solution for you at the present time. In some instances you may have been thinking about a particularly troubling problem for days, weeks or even months, but hadn't been able to resolve the issue. Then, out of the blue, you have a dream that makes everything crystal clear. At other times, you might not have consciously been focused on any particular problem, but you have a dream that provides you with a big "fix" for your life in general. It may be that the issue was smouldering in the back of your mind for quite a while and your dreaming mind finally brought it to the forefront for you to deal with.

Incubation Method

There are tons of resources on how to incubate or request a specific dream. What I'm sharing here is my own personal method. Feel free to adjust it to your liking.

The most important part of dream incubation is setting an intention. The more clearly your intention is articulated, thought or written, the more likely it is that you'll dream the answer to your question, problem or issue.

Clearly define the issue in your conscious mind first. What do you want your dreams to work on? Are you seeking the answer to a technical question or a career decision? Are you inquiring into a health or physical concern? Are you debating a relationship issue? By clearly understanding the problem or concern, you'll better understand the solution given.

If you usually keep a dream journal, write out your question or query on a new page. If you don't have a dream journal, any piece of paper will do. If you can draw an image, add a photograph, sketch the problem, add the additional information.

Once you settle into bed for the night, start thinking about the issue you want your dreams to work on. Repeat the question or statement you wrote out, over and over while you drift off to sleep.

That's all there is to it. You may not get an answer, solution or response the first time you try dream incubation. If this is the case, don't be disheartened. If you keep with it, you will get the answers you need. The most common reason new dreamworkers feel that their efforts yield no results is that they don't recognize that the dream or dreams they receive relate to the problem at hand (or each other). However, what I've found is that once I begin investigating the dream story, I'm surprised to discover how much they do in fact relate to my concerns and that they do indeed offer practical and sound solutions.

Like any new skill, dream incubation takes a little bit of practice and some patients. Once you begin using your dreams to explore and resolve issues, problems and concerns, you'll discover how invaluable the information they offer really is and you'll wonder why you didn't start requesting guidance sooner.

The Experiment

The point of this entire article is to provide the background and reason for an experiment I'm conducting, and to invite you to take part in the research. From October 31, 2012 to December 31, 2012 I'll be requesting information from my dreams on a variety of topics. I will also be attempting to incubate information for others as well.

Every day (or once I receive an answer/response to a dream query) I'll post the pre-dream request or question on the blog at: http://terrygillisdreamanalyst.ca/blog/. I'll then post the dream I receive. If you would like to participate, either by incubating your own questions/queries or by requesting that I incubate an issue for you, post your question or incubation and dream on the blog.

At the end of the eight weeks, I'll write up a report and article on the experiment and our results.

For more information or details on The Dream Incubation Experiment click here.

Terry Gillis is a dream investigator, researcher and author and would like to invite you to participate in her ongoing research and become a part of the growing dream community by posting your dreams on her blog. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Is Healthcare a Luxury?

Healthcare is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council states, "Health care costs are exploding. Many people are bringing in less income every month and seeing their premiums go up at the same time. It's affecting the bottom line and businesses. It's also affecting the fiscal well-being of our country."

We all want a good health care system that's affordable and as long as I can remember our government has been trying to come up with a solution with not much luck. Some of us want it to be up to the individual, while others think it's a government problem. Our health care system has many aspects to it that we aren't looking at and for the most part don't want to. To tell you the truth they are looking for a solution that will never happen. In the west we are trying to kill the disease no matter what it is, a common cold, the flu, or cancer.

Kill! Kill! kill!

It will never work in a 100,000 years. We will never be able to fix a system that is built on the wrong premise. Our government, the drug companies and the large corporations are in business to make money and that's what they are doing.

It's not healthcare, it's sickness care. They are not educating us about health. They're hiding as much as they can and not focusing on health. I believe when they say they want to cure a disease like cancer they are speaking metaphorically.

In Spanish there is an expression (Con de los dientes para fuerat) 'they speak from the teeth out.' We all have heard the saying that food is our medicine. We eat every day, at least most of us do. In the United States McDonald's, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Wendy's Taco Bell, and all those chicken places are not there for your health.

They serve cheap unhealthy food that people are eating on a daily basis. Food is medicine and if you're eating unhealthy, sooner or later you are going to be unhealthy. You either have to pay more by only buying organic food, taking soda, meat and most restaurants out of your life or you have to pay with sickness and an early death.

People ask me all the time, 'isn't our government protecting us from unhealthy food?' Hell No! We now have heavily poisoned chemicals on most food grown in the USA and it could even be worse in other countries. Our food is being genetically engineered. GEO for short this is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques affecting the DNA of the food.

At this time we have no idea what this will do to our health. For the most part this is banned in Europe and the rest of the world. If you want to have good health care it is up to you.

You have to take responsibility for your own health. Eat a healthy diet; drink a lot of clean water, exercise every day, educate yourself and if you can grow your own organic garden. Think about your health not about your belly -if you think about your cravings like pies, chocolate brownies, cake, fried foods, hamburgers and fried chicken you're going to end up with some form of dis-ease and then complain about the poor health care you are getting or they are not giving you.

Grow a garden, eat food that grow in your area, eat organic as much as possible, stay out of fast food places and stop complaining. You are in charge of your own health or you're out of control.

They are not going to fix it; they don't want to fix it. If you want the best health care start reading labels, ask questions and stop buy junk food. If no one buys it- it will go away. Demand healthy food. I know if you bought a new sports car you wouldn't put the cheapest gas in it, would you?

You'd buy the best yet you put more poor fuel into your mouth daily.

I wish you the best in your Health Wealth and Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi. energymedicineflorida.com. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

How to Protect Yourself From Unknown Dangers

Even though today our world gives more importance to science, believing that it is the only discipline that can really show us the truth about our reality, the importance of art, religion, and philosophy cannot be disregarded if we want to have a global vision of our reality.

The divine unconscious mind shows you in your dreams the future development of your reality, so that you may understand how to achieve your goals based on the truth, and not based on your imagination. You learn how to be a serious scientist and a devoted artist who keeps looking for perfection in your work.

You stop being a narrow-minded and one-sided creature who makes many mistakes without understanding the meaning of your actions. After having a global vision of your reality you'll understand how to behave in order to achieve success in life.

You'll become sensitive. You'll pay attention to all the details that compose your reality.

Your dreams will help you understand why you behave the way you do, and how you can always control your behavior in all circumstances, even if you'll be exposed to many dangers and face very difficult situations. Your dreams will also help you avoid all dangers. The divine unconscious mind is your natural protector.

Your dreams will show you unknown dangers that you cannot see, and ways to protect yourself that you cannot find alone. Your dreams will give you many explanations about all matters.

You'll verify that your reality is complex and you must always try to have a global vision about your reality, and never concentrate your attention only on the interesting points for you. This global vision will help you understand the real importance of your actions.

You will find protection from all dangers if you'll be a good student and patient and obey the divine guidance in dreams. The unconscious mind helps you become a prudent person. You learn how to prepare the necessary conditions for your permanent protection from all dangers.

You'll verify that everything that happens to you depends on your attitude. This means that your wise attitude always protects you from outside dangers. The outside dangers cannot cause you any damage if you know how to protect yourself from what is bad.

The unconscious mind gives you clear lessons in dreams. You only have to be an obedient student and patient in order to triumph over life's challenges. You'll acquire sound mental health that lasts forever and attain spiritual perfection.

Christina Sponias continued Carl Jung's research into the human psyche, discovering the cure for all mental illnesses, and simplifying the scientific method of dream interpretation that teaches you how to exactly translate the meaning of your dreams, so that you can find health, wisdom and happiness.

Learn more at: scientificdreaminterpretation.com. Click Here to download a Free Sample of the eBook Dream Interpretation as a Science (86 pages!). Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Sleep Is Necessary to Life

The importance of sleep cannot be overstated. According to a recent report, 70 million Americans are having trouble getting a good night's sleep. Research from Harvard Medical School's Division of Sleep Medicine has shown the critical importance of sleep in fortifying the body and keeping the mind clear. Modern science has also shown how necessary a good night of sleep is for maintaining healthy brain functions such as memory and learning skills.

Why So Many of Us Sleep Deprived

The reasons are not surprising. For many women, stress is the main reason for lack of sleep. When you're mentally stressed at night, the body increases its production of cortisol, the stress hormone that acts like a shot of adrenaline preventing restful sleep.

For others, it's the culture we live in with so many temptations to stay up late surfing the internet, texting friends, playing video games, checking emails, watching Netflix, etc.

Many Americans are also over-worked with longer hours and night shifts which leads to an over-indulgence in caffeine from coffee, soda, energy drinks and sugar.

The Important Benefits of Sleep

There are so many reasons to get enough sleep. Studies have linked sleep deprivation to a higher risk of stroke and insomniacs are more likely to suffer a heart attack than those individuals who sleep well at night.

Getting enough sleep at night will also make your mind sharper, your skin healthier and your body slimmer. You will even be nicer and may improve your marriage since lack of sleep can make us irritable and cranky.

Learn How to Sleep Again

Remember when you could fall asleep and stay asleep, waking up feeling rested and refreshed, ready to take on the day? When left untreated, trouble falling asleep can lead to chronic tension, anxiety and even weight gain.

If you are ready to check yourself into sleep rehab or need a sleep intervention, then consider the following sensible tips to help you reclaim your rest and get the type of deep sleep that will rejuvenate your mind and your body.

Tips to Sleeping Better at Night

- Turn off all electronics one hour before bedtime.

- Take time to unwind with a warm bath or good book.

- Set the thermostat to a cooler temperature at night to promote sleep.

- Ease up on the amount of caffeine you drink, especially after 3 PM.

- Maintain a consistent sleep-wake schedule including the weekends.

- Consider a sleep mask to block out all light that can disrupt your sleep.

There is no one single solution to improve sleep that works for everyone. Try doing a few things differently at night to find out what works for you. It will be worth the effort because sleep is a basic necessity just like eating and can have a significant impact on every aspect of your overall health and well being. Sweet dreams!

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Like No Time Has Passed

One of the major factors for health and longevity is social connection.

Because we are social animals, having connections with other people is crucial to our emotional well-being, but it also positively affects our physical health.

One of the best things you can do for your health is to build and maintain strong social networks.

Interestingly, the online social networking that has taken the world by storm the past few years doesn't have the same positive correlation to health as face-to-face connections.

This was brought into clear focus for me last week, when a friend from college and her family vacationed at a beach near my home. We made arrangements to spend the morning together, visiting and soaking up the sun's rays.

As my husband I drove to where she was staying, I thought about some of the experiences and escapades we have shared over the years, some as far back as 29 years ago!

And as we got closer to her place, I wondered what we'd talk about all morning. Waxing nostalgic is fun for awhile, but I hoped that we still had enough in common to fill a morning.

Our lives have taken different paths: she is a skilled and compassionate nurse with a beautiful 10-year-old boy, while my life took a less traditional trajectory, after living overseas, working in complementary therapy, and watching over our 11-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kizzy.

Would our history be enough to sustain our friendship now?

I needn't have worried. When we started talking, it was as if no time had passed at all. She is still the person I rely on to tell it to me straight, whatever the situation, and I count on her common-sense, compassionate approach to life to help guide me when I get lost.

And I can count on her to eat chocolate with me, any time, day or night!

It occurred to me on the way home that this is the essence of social connection that is so important to our well-being. Human beings are not "wired" to be connected via a computer screen. We are at our best when we are face-to-face with others, holding space, and really being present for one another.

It doesn't matter how much time has gone by - it's staying connected in the present moment that makes us whole.

That's a great prescription for health and wellness. That, and the occasional chocolate bar with an old friend.

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Sleep Is a Big Part of a Healthy Lifestyle

I am sure that is no secret as you all know I'm the Green Juice Coach + Healthy Lifestylist, but eating healthy isn't the only step in making sure your body is as radiant and gorgeous as it can be. Other habits and behaviors can put great stress on your body and lead to you not feeling your best; let's face it, you DESERVE to be healthy and feel AWESOME everyday!

Getting enough rest is one of the most important aspects of a healthy lifestyle, right along with getting the right wholesome foods! Really good sleep and resting your body helps with so many different aspects of your body that you may not even know, so check these out:

Metabolism: If you're not sleeping enough you may actually gain weight! When we sleep, our bodies go through various processes that process and store the carbohydrates we've eaten and also release hormones that affect our appetite.

Mood: This one may be obvious, we've all noticed ourselves or others get a little grumpy when we're/they're tired.

Disease: Your immune system may be seriously affected when you don't allow your body the correct amount of sleep. It's also been suggested that keeping your body rested may help you fight cancer - one of my doctors is a huge supporter of this idea. Yep, we need melatonin and we only get this when we sleep... in the dark!

Heart Healthy: Increased stress, hypertension and irregular heartbeat are all connected to serious sleep deprivation.

Safety: If you're tired during the day, especially extremely tired, you're putting yourself at risk for falling asleep while completing various tasks - including things like driving.

Learning: While you're sleeping, your brain processes the new information you learned. Without sleep, you're at greater risk for memory loss!

So, here are a few tips for making sure you get enough sleep through the night:

- Limit your caffeine (preferably, get rid of it all together)! If you're still taking caffeine sometimes, make sure you don't have any 3 - 5 hours before bedtime!

- Avoid daytime naps. If you need a nap, try to make it less than one hour and keep it before 3 P.M. If you feel the urge to nap, consider reading a book or popping in your favorite movie to keep you awake. Stimulate your mind!

- Try to keep a schedule of when you go to bed each night, and when you wake up.

- Minimize all the light and sound so that you can put your mind at ease at bedtime - get a cute little eye mask!

- Consider taking the supplement melatonin - check with your health professional to see how this may support you in your health journey.

- If you are hungry in the evening, simply enjoy a light snack before bed - never a meal!

- Don't put yourself through strenuous exercise prior to sleep - strive to be done with your exercise routine about 4 hours before bedtime.

Always strive for 7 to 8 hours per night, although sometimes people may need as little as 5 or as much as 10. Listen to your body and follow its orders - sometimes you will have to change your schedule around a bit to accommodate what it requires!

So, without a doubt, you definitely need your sleep! While eating organic raw and living foods will give your body a jump start into being the best that it can be, you're going to hold back the benefits if you deprive your body of the sleep it needs. It is all part of the self-care package to give your body what it craves. Make restful sleep a priority and not a luxury!

Tina Pruitt is passionate about living life out loud and sharing with others the wildly outstanding benefits of green juicing for vibrant, healthy living and shares her healthy, green living techniques and insights via her blog and ezine at The Healthy Lifestylist.
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Detrimental Effects of Stress, How Does Stress Affect Physical Health?

Stress is often an overused term, but for good reason. The body's response to perceived stressors can be life altering. For those who do not have a strong system to manage those responses, stress can rule behavior. It sets up a situation where one chooses the path of least resistance as a way of coping.

Many people lead unhealthy lives, although they consciously know and understand the choices that would be more beneficial and healthy. Much of this irony is due to having a poorly managed stress response. When under stress, and faced with the heightened anxiety it brings, people will not choose to do things they deem unpleasant, uncomfortable or challenging. Familiar behaviors are easier to fall back on than trying to implement a new way of doing things. Healthy living choices become, just another "thing" to do, on an all ready overfull list.

Sadly, this kind of poor stress management, fuels the obesity epidemic. The hectic pace at which people choose to live, combined with poor to no stress management techniques, can bring on a "just keeping my head above the water," mentality. When barely staying afloat psychologically, who wants to weigh themselves down with new challenging tasks? The answer is no one. Even smart, otherwise perceptive, individuals can fall victim to this insidious problem.

What a person perceives as stressful and how they respond to that, "stress" is very individual. There is a genetic, environmental, and personality component that creates ones stress response. This can be altered by implementing behavioral techniques designed to help you recognize and neutralize your common stress triggers.

Today, feeling overloaded, anxious and disconnected are common side effects of fast-paced living, but they do not have to be. Small alterations in how you choose to respond in trigger situations can reduce, if not eliminate those nagging feelings that send many people to the doctor in search of "what's wrong with me?"

The answer found at many doctor visits is the dreaded, "Perhaps you are under too much stress." To which most will say, "That's impossible, I am doing just fine." The problem is that while someone may be managing physically, he or she may be faltering psychologically. This type of "system overload" manifests itself in physical symptoms. It is the body's way of saying, slow down and take better care of me! However, few listen. Instead, they seek medication to allow them to keep going at breakneck speed, while being able to ignore their body's pleas for slowing down.

Not addressing the root cause of these symptoms is simply putting a Band Aid on a gaping wound. It will never heal until you address what is causing the psychological overload in the first place. In most cases, it is the lack of ability to properly predict and handle the stress response. Stress begins with a thought or event that creates an emotional response. This triggers a physiological reaction that begins the fight or flight response. Understanding this process can lead to predictability, and predictability is at the heart of learning to reduce your emotional response to stressors.

Developing awareness during anxious moments and times that you grow irritated, upset, or impatient is important. Observing what happens, without passing judgment, can help to shift your perspective. During those instances, begin to ask yourself, "How did I get here?"

Immediately recognizing and acknowledging the source of your upset (the trigger) activates the thinking part of the brain (the prefrontal cortex), which to this point has only been reacting (a hindbrain function). This simple step allows you to look at the situation from a renewed perspective.

You can then insert mindfulness techniques as you slow your breathing. When you purposefully slow your breathing, and become mindful of your body, your heart rate will naturally begin to return to normal as well. Start by doing a quick body check, a simple awareness exercise, starting at your toes, and working your way up to the neck and shoulders. Bring awareness into each area; feel your toes in your shoes, flex and relax. Then move up to your calves, and so on.

Relax your shoulders and release the tension in your neck as you take a full deep breath, in through your nose and out through your mouth. This type of exercise will interrupt the stress cycle that has begun in the body. It is a type of mental and physical conditioning designed to help establish a more balanced response to similar situations.

When stable, you are much more likely to do the healthy behaviors that you know would be good for you. Recognizing, acknowledging, and altering behavior on a regular basis, can rewire your mental pathways creating a new default pattern. It can help you cultivate more peace of mind and will make living the healthy lifestyle you have been thinking about, not only more obtainable, but also more sustainable.

"Wellness Matters" Article Series by Lisa Schilling RN, BSN, CPT Speaker, Writer, Wellness Coach & Consultant

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How Subliminal Messages Works

Since Ancient Greece, researchers theorised about the existence of subliminal perception. After being the willing hijack victim of Science Fiction, subliminal perception remains very misunderstood. The internet is awash with strange misinformation from seemingly authoritative sources.

During the late 1980s, a lot of clinical research was produced that showed subliminal messaging to be a potential treatment of anxiety related conditions and an effective self-help tool for enhancing natural aptitude.

Unlike Western chemical medicines, researchers could not demonstrate how subliminal messages work. It was only when the subliminal messages were observed in action using MRI technology that a full and credible argument could be made (Kouider, Dehaene, Jobert & Le Bihan, 2007).

Research had demonstrated how subliminal messages are unconsciously received and processed as words within the brain (Malik, Krasney, Aldworth & Ladd, 1996). Research shifted from proving the reality of subliminal perception to seeking methods to enhance its effectiveness.

So how does subliminal messaging work? Let us explore the process using the example of weight loss programming. Here, subliminal messages are designed to change an individual's relationship with food and alter the emotional triggers of excessive calorie intake.

These are disguised to the listener's conscious mind, through either video and/or audio manipulation. The reason for this is to bypass the conscious mind. The conscious mind, to be useful to man, is very critical and inflexible. It enjoys being right and thinking through things rationally and logically.

If it were told "Hey you're healthy now," it will draw on evidence to support or refute the assertion. It may well reply, "You can't just say that. I always eat too much Pizza. Hey, you don't even know me!"

The unconscious mind in contrast is capable of a far broader perception - it sees and hears far more information. It need not be selective of the information it receives as it can process a lot more of it per second. By exploiting loopholes in conscious perception, affirmations are not decoded consciously but freely enter the ever welcoming unconscious mind unhindered. Through repetition, the unconscious mind begins to accept the affirmations and explore new decision sets and new ways of thinking. The unconscious mind draws upon its lateral thinking, flexibility and creativity to interpret the information it is presented with.

But it is here where the misinformation creeps in. Subliminal perception does not trigger a magical process whereby an individual can listen to the programming then automatically shed the pounds. Cognition, like voyages of discovery and home cooking cannot be outsourced. In truth, subliminal perception only refers to the one way communication of information.

Information received through subliminal perception is no more in control of behaviour, than the unconscious world of dreams. The decisions which lead to life changes remain firmly in the territory of the conscious mind and are part of the normal decision making process.

So if subliminal messages do not control behaviour - what's going on? Understanding what is going on requires a little more subtlety. Subliminal programming such as those produced by Subliminal Today are aimed at alter decision sets and reinforcing through affirmation, specific aspects of self-perception.

In order to achieve this, NLP is used to crystallise a complete and meaningful idea by addressing a cluster of related concepts. In our weight loss example, these may be healthy living, natural food, longevity, benefits of feeling healthier and the route to achieving the associated positive emotions.

In essence the messages convince us at unconscious to consider "Hey, I am a healthy person, and capable of making healthy decisions." This idea is held 'front of mind' long enough for the individual begins to make healthier decisions more often. The mind has an opportunity to observe these new tendencies, feel good about the choices made, experience the benefits and consciously choose to alter self-perception. There is no stronger psychological principle than Cogito ergo sum - I think therefore I am.

Kouider, S., Dehaene, S., Jobert, A., & Le Bihan, D. (2007) Cerebral Bases of Subliminal and Supraliminal Priming during Reading. Cerebral Cortex, 17, 2019 - 2029.

Malik R., Krasney M.S., Aldworth, B., & Ladd H.W. (1996). Effects of subliminal symbiotic stimuli on anxiety reduction. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 6, 771-784.

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My Happy Pace

I am currently training for the Run Like Hell 1/2 Marathon in Portland Oregon and the Disney Full Marathon. Today's run was a 9.5 mile run. I had been asked by friends to go out dancing last night. As much as I wanted to, I knew I wouldn't be at my absolute best, or that I wouldn't make the run in the first place if I went out. I stayed home, hydrated, and went to bed early.

At 4:30am the alarm clock went off. I have always been an early riser. Something about getting up before sunlight is so zen to me. I love that my son and husband are sleeping peacefully at this hour so I'm not missing out on precious time with them. I prepared a shake and my coffee and filled my water bottles. I made sure to put Glide on, but found out after the run I missed a few places, yikes! Tip for the ladies- make sure you have an awesome sports bra and make sure to Glide around the band area.

Once I got to the beach I stopped in the gas station to make my traditional bathroom stop. Does anyone else have to pee the second they start to run? It never fails, I always have to pee before a run no matter how much fluid I've had. It must be nerves.

While I ran I listened to a podcast and took in all the inspiration and motivation. One of the speakers spoke about when he does a triathlon he carries a photo with him and dedicates the race to someone. When he crosses the finish line, he crosses twice. Once holding up the photo of the person he dedicated the race to and once for himself. It made me think of people in my life who I would dedicate a race to and the reasons why. It also made me think about my goal of wanting to complete an Iron Man competition someday.

At mile 4 I turned off my iPod and just ran. I looked around at our beautiful beaches and felt so grateful to be running in such a stunning environment. At mile 5 the run started to get tough. I had to walk quite a bit. I had a decent pace the entire run but the periods of walking quickly added up and slowed my pace down significantly. I started to let negative thoughts creep in, but quickly replaced them with positive thoughts. Beating myself up would not make me run any faster. I started to think about how proud I was for turning down a night out to ensure I stuck to my goals. I thought about how so many people don't stick with running long enough to even allow themselves to build this kind of distance. I thought about how this run was helping me reach several different goals. I took time to envision myself reaching those goals. I reflected on when I first got back into running again and how it felt impossible to run 30 minutes. I appreciate the progress I have made.

In the middle of my thoughts I ran into my business partner and client. I stopped and talked to her for a minute. I continued to run and a woman ran up beside me. We started talking about our shoes and I found out she is also from Washington State. She trains all the time for different events but one of them she is training for is the Goofy in Disney. I have done this run before. You run a 1/2 marathon Saturday and a full marathon Sunday. This year I will be doing just the full marathon. It was so nice to run with her and get to know her. She ran ahead and I competed my run.

I love that when you run you have so much time to reflect on many different area's of your life, that you can meet people who are just like you, and that you get healthy in the process.

If you are just starting a running program, a new workout, a nutrition plan, or a new business venture- please hold steady. Don't give up. It is consistent actions overtime that will bring you to your goals. If I would have given up because a 30 minute run was tough, I never would have been running 9.5 miles this morning. When you reach your goals you will set new goals. What you gain in the process is so much more important. You are going to have runs that are super slow and painful. You will have a week or two, or three where business is slow. You will cheat on your nutrition plan when you shouldn't. Someone will be faster, skinnier, stronger, or make more money than you. It's okay. The journey is yours.

Work on YOU. Take consistent actions. Challenge yourself. Get uncomfortable. Do things that scare you. Count your blessings. Do not ever give up on your dreams. Find solutions. We are all a work in progress. Don't focus on other people, your competition, or give thought to what people might think.

Focus on becoming the absolute best version of yourself that you can be and everything else will fall into place.

To your health,

Jessica Summerall

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8 Ways to Stop Procrastinating

We all know procrastination and most of us are guilty of it. Whenever we have something to do, whether it is a house chore or tasks at work, we tend to put it off to a later time. That is because we don't want to leave our comfort zone so we waste our free time doing something less productive. And when the deadline approaches, we panic and we end up with a crappy job. Procrastinating is a bad habit. So how do we stop it? Here are eight ways.

1. Break your tasks into phases. When you need to work on something, especially if it's a big project that requires a lot of time, break it into small phases so you don't get overwhelmed. For example, if your task is to write a book, do it in phases such as 1) Deciding on a topic 2) Research 3) Making an outline 4) Writing 5) Final Editing. This way you can focus on a smaller chunk than the whole one. Once one phase is finished you can now move on to the next.

2. Organize your environment. It's really hard to start getting things done when your environment is not conducive to working. Take a look at your room or workspace and find out if it has too much clutter or if it is filled with things you do not need for working. Organize things properly and get rid of the things that distract you from work, such as TV or other gadgets. Get organized and get things done.

3. Avoid online distractions. Most of the things that we do nowadays require us to go online to get things done. The problem is being online is a double edge sword when it comes to productivity. It is filled with distractions such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. One pop-out notification and it's easy to get immersed and the next thing you know precious time has already been wasted. Get rid of these distractions by logging off from these social networking sites and hide those shortcuts from your desktop. If you don't see it, the less likely you are to be tempted to access it.

4. Be around productive people. If you work around people who just slack off whenever there is a task to be done, then it is most likely that you'll end up slacking off as well. Whenever you have something to finish, it will greatly help if you surround yourself with people who know how to value their work time. Productive people have what you call good work ethics that you'll certainly pick up the more time you spend working around them.

5. Have a buddy help you. Finding the task too big for you? Ask help from a friend to get it done. That way the big task won't discourage you and you'll have fun doing it in the process. So find a buddy who is willing to lend a helping hand to stop you from procrastinating.

6. Manage your time. I mentioned earlier about breaking your tasks into phases. The same thing can apply with regards to managing your time. Let's say you have eight hours to finish the job, split those eight hours into phases that you have already prepared. For example, one hour for deciding on a topic, one hour on research, two hours on making an outline, three hours on writing, and one hour on editing. This way, your time will be easily managed and will stop you from cramming.

7. Re-check your goals. If you find yourself constantly procrastinating then maybe you should re-check your goals and find out if it is aligned to what you are currently doing. If it is not then you must do something about it. You should learn how to adapt and meet things half-way. Even if you don't like the tasks at hand doesn't mean you can't do it.

8. JUST DO IT. The fact that you're deciding whether to do the task now or later is already a form of procrastination. Nothing will happen if you're just sitting there warming your seat. When there's something to be done, get moving and do it right away.

Procrastination is a killer. It kills time and productivity and can ruin your future. Hopefully by following the tips mentioned above, you can get rid of procrastination so you can live a better and more productive life.

"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday."
~Napoleon Hill

Do you procrastinate? If yes, what steps do you take to get rid of procrastination. Share your thoughts by writing a comment below.

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Anything Is Possible: 3 Inspiring Examples of the Amazing Shapeshifting Ability of Our Bodies

Einstein said, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Quantum physics maintains that nothing is solid; everything is energy in motion, giving the appearance of solidity. It's the combined power of our intention, feeling, and imagination that shapes and reshapes our bodies and our lives. I love that reality is so play-doughy and malleable; it reassures me that anything is possible, including healing cancer.

I've been on a cancer journey for over 3 years and I'm a great believer in the healing power of intention. I was lying in my husband Tom's arms recently and we were meditating together, as we do every morning. I felt treasured, held, healed, and whole. I imagined carrying this same feeling to my future selves, visualizing myself morphing through my 60's, 70's, and 80's, seeing myself healthy and happy in my 80's, imagining high-fiving Tom and saying, "We made it to our 80's! And you're still cute," I tell him. "And you still have the body of a 20-year old," he tells me. (We can imagine anything we want :o)

Believing that this is possible makes it more possible. Therefore, to reinforce my belief, I've been gathering some profoundly inspirational examples of the magical, malleable, shape-shifting capability of our amazing bodies. I'd like to share 3 of these examples with you:

1. In Anita Moorjani's memoir, Dying To Be Me, she describes being in the hospital, unconscious, her organs shutting down, dying from the cancer that had spread throughout her body. While unconscious she had a remarkable near-death experience in which she learned many things about the meaning of life and was told she could go back to her body and live a purposeful life. Even though her body was ravaged, she was assured that she would regain total health. She decided to return to her body. In just a few weeks her condition rapidly improved until she was completely cancer-free. She writes, "That made me realize that nothing is solid (or real). We can change anything."

2. Here's another powerful example of our mind-blowing ability to instantly shift the makeup of our bodies. In her book, Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind, renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Candace Pert (you may remember her from the movie What the Bleep) writes about her research on multiple personality disorders, which shows that one personality may have a disease, such as diabetes, while another doesn't. One may be far-sighted while another is near-sighted. Some even have different colored eyes! It's the same body, but the emotions and beliefs of each personality change the molecular makeup of their body within seconds! She writes that instead of being solid, "Our bodies are more like flickering flames. They change with our emotional states."

3. Bestselling author Gregg Braden presented an astonishing video documenting a baseball-sized tumor in a woman's bladder disappearing in minutes. This was done in China by three practitioners who generated the feeling within themselves that the woman was already healed. The woman believed as well. During this focused and deeply felt intention, a sonogram shows the tumor disappearing in less than 3 minutes. The key is to feel and believe it as if it is already so. Just as Jesus promised, "All things whatsoever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall receive them." [Mark 11:24]

Every morning now I do my visualization meditation where I morph forwards in time, seeing myself vibrating in perfect health, love, and happiness; feeling and believing it as if it's already so.

It is never too late to heal our bodies and our lives. Is there an area of your life that is ready for some shape-shifting? Through the power of belief, imagination, and intention, anything is possible!

Janet Jacobsen
Author of the book Oh No, Not Another 'Growth' Opportunity! An Inspirational Cancer Journey With Humor, Heart, and Healing

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Practical Ways to Forgive and Forget

It's easy to be angry and bear grudges against a person who wronged us. We sometimes even get the urge to take revenge or get even. Although it can give you some sort of satisfaction, it can actually do more harm to you. That is because resentment can make a person unhealthy both in mind, body and spirit. But all of these can be avoided if you know how to forgive and forget. Read the tips below on how you can do it.

Pray. When a person harmed us or did something awful, most of the time bad words come out of our mouths. Doing so will only make things worse and fill your heart with anger. Instead, try saying a prayer for that person. Pray that this person finds true happiness so that he or she will stop hurting other people.
Count your blessings. Focus on the things that you can be thankful about instead of the things or persons that make you angry. Hating someone is like putting yourself under someone else's power that takes away your happiness. Avoid that from happening by focusing on your blessings and taking pride in it. At the end of the day, it's the blessings that matters the most. Be thankful.
Learn from experience. If you find it difficult to forgive someone then at least try to learn from the bad experiences between you and that person. Learn as much as you can so that those things won't happen again. Try to learn patience, compassion, faithfulness and open-mindedness. In time these will turn into strengths that can help you forgive.
Stay positive. Just because you're going through a tough time doesn't mean that your whole life should go to that direction. Remind yourself that this is just a part of life and not your whole life. So let go of the bad moments and know that the best is yet to come. One day those negative thoughts and feelings will be replaced with positive ones and you'll eventually be able to forgive.
Let go of resentment. As Carrie Fisher puts it, "Resentment is the poison you swallow hoping the other person will die. " You should be aware that if you resent someone, you're giving that person the power to control your emotions. It will only build up negative thoughts and feelings which you will eventually succumb to. Don't give that person the power. Let go of resentment.
Love yourself . It's difficult to forgive someone if your heart is filled with hate, bitterness and anger. If this is the case then you will eventually turn into a hateful, bitter and angry person that needs to be forgiven as well. Start loving yourself so that it won't happen to you. Know that you are a loving, happy, and passionate person that knows how to forgive.
Deliver a positive revenge. Yes, there is what you call a positive revenge that doesn't inflict any kind of pain. All you have to do is go on with your life in happiness. That's right, just be happy with what you have, with who you are and where you are. Live your life with a smile on your face because the best revenge is to show those who hurt you that you're still having a good life. Eventually the bad experiences won't matter to you anymore and you'll be able to forgive.

Being resentful and angry are signs of the weak because they let others take away their happiness. Be a bigger and stronger person by knowing how to forgive and forget.

"To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness."
~Robert Muller

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10 Daily "To-Do's" For Your Body's Balance and Good Health

Are you taking care of your body or are you taking it for granted? Do you want to lose some weight or have more energy? Here is how to make it happen.

We have one life to live, one chance on this earth to enjoy so much. We think about our goals and dreams and what we want to do and what we want to accomplish.

However, have you given much thought to your body and how it operates? Did you know that your body functions on a delicate balance of chemicals, systems, teamwork and response to external factors and the environment?

Does this sound familiar? We tend to put whole lot of focus on this kind of stuff at work, yet are we paying enough attention to it when it comes to our own health and well-being?

Unfortunately we often take our bodies for granted while we get busy doing other things. Yet in order for us to do all of what we enjoy, it's crucial that we nurture the health and well-being of our body and make sure that it gets attention and regular maintenance.

At work we develop a weekly and daily "to do" list. I would like to suggest that we do the same for our bodies.

Here is a list of 10 daily "To Do's" for the well-being and balance of your body:

• Start your day with a good breakfast that includes a portion of protein, carbohydrate and dairy.
• Floss your teeth after every meal. Long term benefits may prevent a heart attack!
• Have a sense of humour and laugh at every opportunity. It will release your stress.
• Realize that each day may be interrupted by something unexpected. Go with the flow!
• Enjoy the people around you and appreciate the uniqueness in everyone.
• Take 15 minutes to meditate or think about nothing. Focus on your breathing and visualize your favourite scene. Recognize the beauty that surrounds you!
• Cook from scratch and avoid prepared foods. Home-made meals have less fat, sodium and other additives that could be harmful to your body.
• Have a glass of wine or a bottle of beer at dinner. It's good for your heart and wine is filled with anti-oxidants.
• Be aware of your meal portions and try not to go for a second helping.
• Exercise, exercise, exercise! I can't stress this enough. It only takes 20 - 30 minutes each day and is so important for your body's optimal function.

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Is It Anxiety, Is It Stress, Or Just a World Where You Don't Fit In?

I've just finished a fascinating new book all about Introversion and how difficult it is for introverts to succeed in a world where extroversion is King. It got me thinking - and then writing.

Extroverts outnumber introverts in the world by a significant percentage - possibly as many as 3 out of 4 people are extroverts.

I'm one of the minority, an introvert, so I'm pretty clued up on how difficult that makes it to navigate through life in a world where the extroverts seem to be making all the rules, calling all the shots, and deciding what's in the best interests of all of us.

This morning I was reading a report about a young boy with severe emotional problems - he would rather go hungry than talk to someone. Anyone who has suffered from panic attacks, or agoraphobia, will know just how difficult the simple task of supermarket shopping can be and be able to relate to that young man.

There's another aspect to introversion - High Sensitivity, as defined by American psychologist Elaine N. Aron. Now this sensitivity that Elaine Aron writes about isn't emotional sensitivity. It isn't about being sad or happy, or angry or blissful. It's about physiological sensitivity. The highly sensitive are people who suffer physically and mentally when there is too much going on for their bodies to handle.

For example a highly sensitive person (HSP) can get overwhelmed when there is too much noise or just too many people.

About 1 in 5 people fall into the HSP category.

Now because we extroverts & HSPs tend to be quiet, thoughtful individuals, we, and our ideas, are frequently overlooked in a world where loudness is thought to be the same as wisdom.

It's tough being in that quiet minority. It's even tougher when you think it's a medical problem - as I did. It gets even worse when your doctor agrees it's a medical problem and then introduces you to the dark, emotion-suppressing world of tranquilizers and anti-depressants. This is a world you can get trapped in because these drugs sap your will and your will is what you need to get yourself out of the hole you are in.

You get medication when you have a medical problem - not when you are just the way you were meant to be. And so the medical solution teaches you that you are ill. This is the lie that is still perpetuated even 20 years after I found my way out of that minefield.

But the medical view is generally that you need fixing.

My view is that you are OK just the way you are. And the minute you accept that the anxiety starts to drop away.

Yes it's difficult, and if you are very lost you need someone who knows the way to guide you out of the terrifying jungle that is life as you know it. A jungle where to survive each day is a miracle and evening brings the blessed relief that another day is over.

Acceptance of you just as you are is the starting point. Once you recognise that even though you don't seem to fit in with everyone else; once you realise that it's okay to prefer reading to mindless social chitchat; once you realise that it's okay to stay home and watch a good film with a friend rather than go to a party; once you realise that it's okay to want every conversation to be meaningful rather than inane; then you can start to make the changes you want to make to have the life you want.

A life free from anxiety about not fitting in - a life free from worry about not being normal.

Just remember that it's the extroverts who have created the mess the world is in today.

You are perfectly normal, embrace your differences and be proud to be just exactly who you are.

Michael J. Hadfield MBSCH is a registered clinical hypnotherapist, with many years' experience in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and other psychological problems. If this article interested you then visit www.hypnosisiseasy.com. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Do Smart Sugars Provide LIFE to the Blood? What Exactly Are Glycoproteins?

Conflicts in life and health, human and cellular, are resolved only with good communication. When the internal human communication system is faulty, it sustains, compounds, and may even cause the very problem it was designed to inhibit. Human cells in conflict cause toxic infection which is the ultimate cause of most deaths.

Glycoproteins and glycolipids read, transcribe, and process your DNA and RNA, giving instructions for your very life. Smart Sugars joined together with certain proteins are the building blocks for constructing glycoproteins that coat healthy cells like fuzz on a peach.

Glycoproteins are much more than just the Operating System (OS) of the human body. With only a few decades of glycoprotein research and scientific study behind us, the interest is accelerating because we now know glycoproteins hold important keys to life itself.

It is the design, the composition and folding, of glycoprotein structures that dictate their various functions. The sugar to protein ratio in the total mass of the structures range from less than one percent (1%) to more than eighty percent (80%).

Ongoing research has recently been expanded to determine glycoprotein cluster composition to learn more about their structural function as well as communicational function.

Besides communication, glycoproteins provide cell to cell adhesion. They are protective agents and lubricants and are also found abundantly in the blood plasma where they serve many more functions.

The superfamily of Smart Sugars are saccharides of different chain lengths. There are some 200 known Smart Sugar compounds constructed with the building blocks of monosaccarides to polysaccarides. These specific Smart Sugars form more complex sugar molecules that can then be linked to polypeptides (chains of one or more amino acids). A long chain of 50 amino acids makes a protein. Glycoproteins are formed when the proteins are linked to the complex sugar molecules.

Scientists knew the Genome Project would be complex. Then they learned that the Glycome Project may be a thousand times more complex and even more exciting because it is getting closer to what determines LIFE and DEATH. The genes hold the secret to reproduction of LIFE while Smart Sugars determine blood type, provide the Operating System for the DNA, and bring LIFE or DEATH to the cell.

The function of the glycoproteins is determined by how these complex Smart Sugars are arranged and bonded together to form the longer chain polysaccarides and how these chains are bonded to the protein.

The sugars have two possible linkage formations to their protein partners, either a N-glycosidic bond or an O-glycosidic bond. These N/O sugar bonds allow alkaline and acid to be handled differently.

The vast functional diversity of the glycoprotein's roles is determined by the two basic glycosidic structures. Understanding the N/O bond is a quantum leap in glycoprotein research. Smart Sugars provide not only your blood type but they provide LIFE to your blood.

JC Spencer has invested two decades in the research and study of glycomics, the science of sugars. He is CEO of The Endowment for Medical Research, Inc endowmentmed.org.

References from the textbook Expand Your Mind - Improve Your Brain and the ebook and Change Your Sugar, Change Your Life. The book, Change Your Sugar, Change Your Life is downloadable without charge at www.DiabeticHope.com. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Health Habits: I'll Drink To That

Get The NEWSS, And Stay Hydrated (But Not Inebriated)

You need to get The NEWSS - that's what I call the five key daily health habits that everyone should adopt (though to different degrees, since everyone's different). NEWSS stands for Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sleep, and Supplements... and whether your leadership mission is in the service of an organization, or you own your own business, you need to make sure your vitality and energy are kept strong. Your business depends on you! And The NEWSS is a good place to start.

Nutritionally, find the plan that works best for you - but have a plan. I've tried several things over the years, from "balanced" calorie-counting to vegetarian, and I've found the nutritional approach that works best for me is a low-carbohydrate approach. Mostly, though, everyone would benefit from adding more fresh, real food to their diet and cutting out the processed "convenience" foods (the consumption of some of which amounts to dumping garbage into your body).

A disciplined exercise approach is also essential for nearly everyone. For some people, based on their age and medical condition, simply walking on a regular basis is a fine exercise regimen. And some recent studies suggest you can overdo it - most people shouldn't exercise more than an hour a day, and won't benefit from more (and could damage the heart). But you should assume you need regular exercise of some kind. I like Bill Phillips' "Body For Life" approach. It's a disciplined exercise program that varies what you put your body through, from aerobic/cardio work one day to strength training (weight lifting) the next. If you're just starting out, do this: work out three times a week - every other day - and do whatever exercise gets your heart rate up to your personal target rate, and keeps it there for 20 minutes (your target rate is 80% of the difference between your age and 220).

You also need to get your eight hours of sleep every night, to give your body a chance to reload (this means you, Busy Entrepreneur); and you should take at least one good multi-nutrient supplement every day (my favorite is a liquid nutraceutical that's formulated to make it easy for your body's cells to use).

That leaves water... and your other fluids.

The journal "Cancer Prevention Research" recently reported on the benefits of drinking plenty of fluids (I try never to drink less than two liters of water in a day). Staying hydrated, according to the report, may help protect men against bladder cancer since the fluids might flush out potential carcinogens before they have a chance to attack and damage tissue. Men who drank at least approximately two-and-a-half liters a day showed about a 24% reduction in their risk for bladder cancer.

Water is the key - but should you be drinking other stuff? The big ones, of course, are caffeine and alcohol. I think people vary in their tolerance to both of these - one good rule of thumb is to have an extra half-liter of water for every alcoholic beverage or cup of coffee you drink... it helps you keep from overloading on things that might not be great for you.

Harvard Medical School also released some recent research, including a report on drinking red wine. There seems to be little doubt that the resveratrol in red wine is good for you, and that's why people think red wine is "healthy." Harvard notes that many studies have shown red wine to be of benefit to the immune and cardiovascular systems. But you have to drink a LOT of wine to get the maximum benefit from the resveratrol, and that would cause you alcohol problems (instead, look at supplementing with a high-quality non-alcoholic resveratrol extract). The Harvard study showed some concern that women who drink even moderately (as few as three drinks a week) show an increase in their risk for breast cancer. Bummer! But the report also stated that women who abstain from all alcohol might find that the potential benefit of lower breast cancer risk is more than offset by the increased risk of cardiovascular disease. What's a girl to do? I think if your family has a history of heart trouble, drink some red wine. If you have more of a history of breast cancer risk, don't. And in both cases, add a good reseveratrol supplement to boost your body's protection from all sorts of maladies.

People, especially business leaders, are increasingly realizing that the specter of socialized medicine and shortages of doctors and drugs are threats to a person's vitality - and that, without your health, your mission is in serious jeopardy. They're getting in shape. They're getting The NEWSS.

I'll drink to that!

Michael Hume is a speaker, writer, and consultant specializing in helping people maximize their potential and enjoy inspiring lives. As part of his inspirational leadership mission, he coaches executives and leaders in growing their personal sense of well-being through wealth creation and management, along with personal vitality.

Michael and his wife, Kathryn, divide their time between homes in California and Colorado. They are very proud of their offspring, who grew up to include a homemaker, a rock star, a service talent, and a television expert. Two grandchildren also warm their hearts! Visit Michael's web site at michaelhume.net. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Dream-Building, 5 Simple Healthy Living Tips To Help You Achieve Your Goals

Everyone daydreams of being fitter, healthier, slimmer, richer, or happier. Do you fall asleep at night your mind bursting with ideas and when you wake do you smile, glad to be alive, eager and keen to get stuck into your day? Or are you stuck in a rut; tied to a job you hate or relationship which drags you down and you long to break free from?

In today's post, I will share with you five simple healthier living tips which you can use to encourage you to see how easy it is to find a way to make your dreams reality.

Five Healthier Living Tips To Help You Bring Your Dreams To Life

1. Look after your health

This is the key ingredient in dream building. A healthy body is vital to your well being. Take a rain check for a moment, be honest and take a look at your physical, emotional, spiritual and even financial health. How do you feel about what you see? Are there areas you would like to change and be different?

Action Tip: If there is something you would like to improve, whether it's a matter of losing a couple of pounds, saving £5 a week or taking the bus and walking to work rather than driving, making a conscious effort to do this as you will feel virtuous and better inside.

2. Nurture and Nourish Your Core

Take time to rest and look after yourself. From a yogic perspective you foster your inner beauty through the natural care of your body. The yogi sees their physical body as a temple that houses your soul. True beauty is the reflection of your inner self radiating and touching others.

Action Tip: Practice simple self care techniques such as dry skin brushing, steaming your face, or even giving yourself a hand massage to help bring your mind and body into alignment.

3. Be Excited

Chances are you are so bogged down with the mundane matters of your everyday life, you have forgotten the joy of natural spontaneous laughter and fun.

Have you seen a child run, jump and SPLASH! feet first into a puddle only to be dragged away by his mother and told off for getting his feet wet?

Action Tip: Well, just for today, be like the child splashing in the puddle, get your feet wet, make that phone call, write that letter, order that book, just take one small step and do something that will make your heart sing and eyes sparkle.

4. Record Your Dream

There is power in the written or spoken word. Take your time and find someone you trust and share your story and inner heart song. If there isn't anyone in your life who you can do that with, email me your thoughts and I will hold your space and pray for you till you can hold your own space.

Action Tip: Write your dreams down, write a poem or if you prefer audio record or draw it. Whatever your favourite medium is, just do it. And remember you can send your creations to me.

5. Release Attachment To The Outcome

Yoga philosophy encourages to say your piece and then to keep your peace. To learn how to be still and release all expectation and desires to how you think your dream world should be. Yes, it is good to be clear how you want life to be, yet the essence of life is to be open to all possibilities. You never know what is around the corner and the more you focus on a particular thought and, if it's in alignment with your soul purpose, the more you attract opportunities, to make your dream come true-one step at a time.

Action Tip: Learn to meditate or practice a mind-body activity, such as yoga, as a way to deepen your spiritual connection and understanding.

As you can see, there are many ways to reach your goals; everything starts from you taking the time and energy to look after your most precious asset, your health, and as you go along, rather than bemoan the fact you aren't where you want to be, acknowledge where you are, record where you wish to be, release attachment to the outcome and always have fun as you take care of yourself.

If you are reading this and feeling energised and keen to find out more about how yoga and meditation can help you to feel calmer, less stressed and more in control of your life, then I would like to invite you to visit my blog at www.yogainspires.co.uk and subscribe to my FREE 7-Day Marvellous You! eCourse. Marvellous You! is full of practical and inspirational tips and ideas to weave yoga and relaxation into your hectic life. Simply click yogainspires.co.uk/marvellousyou/ and sign up now.

Thank You. From Ntathu Allen - Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.