How to Get Healthy

Are there many steps to follow on how to get healthy? Being healthy is not about some steps you need to follow. It is not about living on some diet plan and making sure that you follow it religiously every single time of the day. It is about eating the right foods in the right amounts, changing your habits to better fit your lifestyle, doing activities that will keep you physically fit and making sure that all of these have a positive impact on your health.

However, getting and staying healthy is also more than just about the things you do and the food you eat. Sometimes, it is also about making the right decisions, having the right mindset and yearning for the right results. It is more than just wanting to be skinny so you can fit in your jeans. If you want to learn how to get healthy, here are some things that you might want to do first:

1. Stop comparing yourself to anyone else. Weight issues are what pushes many people to start being healthy. Some women want to be skinny as this is what society has made them think is beautiful. Beauty is what you think and see it is. No one can force a standard to you. If you believe in yourself and are not after the aesthetic benefits of being healthy, it would still give you more than enough physical, mental and emotional benefits to keep you going for life.

2. Don't be too serious about it. Things go wrong when people start punishing themselves for eating a bit too much when they are on a diet. They then binge and get worse than where they started. If you ate more than what you're supposed to, let yourself think and reflect, and then promise that you wouldn't do it for as long as you could. You're wrong if you think it does you good when you eat less than what you're supposed to. You're even more wrong if you think you're less of a person because you can't discipline yourself to eat right.

3. Think balance. Balance is always good. If you are planning to make yourself full with a lunch dessert, you need to make sure that it is the only sweet treat you'll have for that day. If you are eating a salty dinner, make sure that none of your other meals or snacks is. Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are essential. Instead of counting every calorie you take in, just make sure that you have enough and not too much energy for your daily activities.

There are many easy ways on how to get healthy. However, none of them would be effective if you do not have the time, effort and determination to make "healthy" happen. It helps if you visit your doctor or nutritionist every once in a while, but being healthy would be always more than just about the foods that you eat and the exercises that you do.

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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.

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3 Life Changing Lessons From My Summer Vacation

This week my family had our first real family vacation. My wife and I have been married for 10 years but this was the first time that we had not been too broke, too pregnant or too busy to actually get out and do something. During the past decade we spent 5 years as students, 5 years starting a business with four babies coming into our family during that time. So here are 3 lessons that will last me a lifetime from my summer vacation.

1. Turn around once in a while and see where you've been. The reason we chose California is because I grew up in the Bay Area until I was about 11. I haven't been back there for about 20 years. For me it was an amazing and emotional experience to return to the first church I ever attended, my old elementary schools, the place where I got my bike stolen and to visit the neighbors across the street. (as a side note this neighbor is the one whole stole my bike to teach me a lesson). Reconnecting with my past was invigorating and gave me a lot of insight into who I am and who I have become. Good, bad or ugly... I think it's good to sometimes revisit the ground we have already traveled and remember how we have gotten to where we are.

2. Stop focusing on all the things that could go wrong. My wife was very reluctant to do a road trip. I grew up in a family that would drive cross country every few years. She didn't really have that experience. It took some explaining and convincing before she decided that she could go along with it. This was a tremendous leap of faith. She had all of these ideas about how our kids would hate it in the car or wouldn't sleep in a strange place and on and on. But none of those things happened. The kids were as close to perfect as you could want on a road trip. I have to admit some mild disappointment that I never got to yell "Don't make me pull this car over!". Not even once!

Then there was the amusement park we visited. When I was about my kids' age my sisters were forced to bring me along with them to this same park. They hated that no matter what they tried, I would not get on any of the rides. One of them would have to sit with me while the other rode a roller coaster. I was convinced something terrible would happen if I got on the ride; the ride would break or I would go flying out or any of a hundred different, horrible things. This time though, I rode with my kids on everything. I did this despite all of the terrors that were bound to happen. Guess what? None of them did! A mere 25 years later I was enjoying rides that would have paralyzed me with fear and produced a large puddle of urine. My wife and I learned that when we focus on only what can go wrong we miss all of the wonderful things that will go right and are frankly a heck of a lot more likely. Fear, doubt and focusing on what could (but probably won't) happen keep us from happiness.

3. There is joy in the journey. We drove to along the Oregon/California coast on the way down there. Many stretches on this road had just a single lane and the speed limits were low. There are lots of little towns to drive through... slowly. It is definitely not the most efficient way to get from here to there. I learned that the most efficient is not automatically the best. I can't imagine a more beautiful route to take. Winding up and down beautiful mountains as you look west into an endless ocean was breathtaking. We had experiences that you can't have when you are driving your car as fast as it will go. Sometimes it's OK to slow down and enjoy the scenery, especially when you are with people you love.

So there it is... What I did for my summer vacation. I think that remembering where and who I come from, focusing on what can go right and enjoying life's scenery will change me and the way I practice. It reminds me of a quote I have on a plaque in the clinic which says: "In all of living have much of fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." (Gordon B. Hinckley, 1996)

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Erasing Joint Pain: Energy Clearing

Wouldn't it be nice if you could take an eraser and rub out your pain?

Like a pencil mark on a paper, pain is very noticeable. But once you erase that mark, you can forget about it completely. It no longer grabs your attention. And when a pain goes away, we easily forget it was ever there.

But how can you erase a pain?

One way, which is probably the most popular one, is to mask the pain with drugs. But that does not really solve the problem.

Another, which is our subject here, is to remove the cause of the pain and then the pain must vanish.

The Cause of Joint Pain

In order to remove the cause of the pain, you must know the cause of the pain. And this is where it gets interesting!

You may think of the cause of your joint pain as an athletic injury or the repeated stress and microtrauma of sitting at a computer or standing for long hours. You may say you cannot undo the injury and you cannot go back and undo all your years of typing or working on your job. And you can't even stop now or you would lose your job. So how can you remove the cause of the pain?

The Hidden Cause

While you may not be able to stop or reverse the mechanical cause of your pain, there is another approach that can help. There is another cause of pain which usually goes undetected and unaddressed. It is a more subtle cause and so it requires a more subtle technique. But the results are often as dramatic as taking a painkiller.

This hidden cause of much of your pain is conflicted energy. Like static on a radio or a virus on a computer, energy conflict within a system causes that system to fail. It simply cannot function properly. But once you tune in that radio station or clean up those computer files, everything can go back to optimal functioning.

A Viable Alternative

There are many energy workers using a variety of techniques that can help you with your joint pain. They can open the way for true healing in your joints. Find someone who inspires confidence. You will probably do best when you work with someone with whom you resonate well. Once the dynamic life force flows through you in an unconflicted way, you may very well notice an instant diminishment of your pain. In time it can completely disappear. For some, this process is very fast. For others it can take an extended period of time.

Erasing the Pain

The joints of the body create the most exquisite movements of human expression. But when they hurt they can cause some of the most excruciating moments in your life.

When you seek out an energy worker to help you with your joints, you are not masking the pain. You are erasing the pain by correcting the cause. And when you're dancing again, you probably won't even remember the pain at all.

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Using Hypnosis And Your Subconscious To Eliminate Stress

Most of us enjoy getting regular massages. Massage does for our body what Hypnosis does for our mind.

When I go, I get a relaxation massage and other times a deep tissue massage.

A few years ago I was getting more deep tissue than relaxation and thought it a bit odd. I was in for a relaxation massage and she kept reverting to beating the shit out of me each time.

There were times when I would swear I was in a boxing ring. From my neck all the way into my legs were lumps and bumps that were squished, squeezed, poked and pushed. Truthfully speaking, at the time the only thing I remember being so freaking painful was childbirth.

To some conservative massage therapists you may think this is unnecessary or quite frankly inhumane. And let me elaborate, I am NOT exaggerating!

I left with more pain than I went in with. In fact on numerous occasions I had bruising the next day!

The woman giving me a massage was a friend of mine, and top in her field. She taught me more about my body than I ever learned in my years so far.

As I lay near dead on her table, it occurred to me all the stressors I have allowed in to create this much havoc on my body. A small portion related to physical activity but the rest was all created in my mind.

I was going through some difficulties and allowed my mind to overtake. I internalized everything, was angry and wouldn't let it go.

And this is what I endured to get rid of what I, alone, had created.

Stress is often overlooked as normal and some stress is. Stress is created based on our thoughts about things. Like anything else we can choose our thoughts about the things in our life or we can allow them to overcome us and create disastrous side effects.

While I was laying on, what felt by now like a slab for a corpse, the table, I got real serious about this. Here I am, working hard, giving my all, all in the name of helping others, and myself and I in fact was causing more damage.

In one hand comes my paycheck in the other it goes to someone to knock the self abuse out. Isn't that was stress is? Self abuse? Think about it. My thoughts created all this misery inside my body. I was becoming low functioning because of all the tension and tightness. Then, I go out and do it all over again.

Why would anyone in their right mind do this? Why, when we can choose to see things in any light we want, make our thoughts so incredibly vile and hateful?

Think about this the next time you have these thoughts about yourself or of anything else. It ties your body up in knots and you WILL pay for it.

With negative thoughts, you bring about what you think about. Not only was I in incredible pain, my life on the outside was showing no signs of calm either.

This is the point I asked myself "Is it worth it"?

If you are finding 'changing' your thinking habits too difficult this is where hypnosis comes in. In a very short time, by accessing your subconscious mind, that mind that drives your behaviours, you will not only be able to change your thinking but all the negative things that your thinking has created.

It's worth it in the long run.

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Pros and Cons of Corporate Wellness Plans

It is important to consider both the pros and cons of corporate wellness plans. While employee health and wellness is certainly a goal worth striving towards, business owners should always consider the costs and consequences of such an endeavor. If poorly executed, workplace health programs may become an unnecessary company expense. Additionally, employees may feel singled out if emphasis is only placed on a certain areas of employee health-such as weight loss or smoking. However, the benefits of corporate wellness plans are also worth considering. An effective wellness plan may result in higher employee performance and production levels. As well, a significant reduction in company health care costs, make corporate wellness plans a valuable financial option. Carefully considering the benefits and limitations of workplace health programs will allow business owners to choose corporate wellness plans that work best for their company.

The advantages of using corporate wellness plans are many. Promoting the overall well being of one's employees sends a message that the company is truly looking out for each worker's best interests. Good employee health not only lowers a company's health care costs, but also endorses individual employee health and wellness. When each worker is able to perform at his or her highest levels, increases in employee performance and production result. This profits the company both corporately and individually. As well, workplace health programs build a sense of community and support structure for long-term health and wellness. For example if a weight-loss program or running group is started, the employees who join the programs will find themselves surrounded by fellow workers who share the same passions. This sense of community and support system often lasts much longer than the program itself, resulting in long-term employee wellness.

It is also critical to evaluate the negatives associated with corporate wellness plans. Many employers do not consider the costs or consequences of implementing certain programs. Financial planning is crucial to implementing successful workplace health programs. While health care costs will be reduced in the long run, initial start-up costs must be considered. Whether hiring wellness experts, nutritionists, or building an on-site gym, start-up expenses must be accounted for. A carefully crafted financial plan that keeps the company's best interests in mind is critical to the success of every corporate wellness plan. Business owners must ask themselves if a gym is truly necessary or consider how his or her employee's would respond to a weight loss program. A keen understanding of how one's company functions will save business owners who are considering implementing corporate wellness plans, from expending unnecessary funds.

Employers should consider not using funds from their employee's paychecks to pay for the implementation of corporate wellness plans. Most workers already allocate a significant amount of their paycheck towards health care and insurance. Employees may resist workplace health programs that cause them to give up more of their finances. In this case, an employer should consider inexpensive means by which the company can implement wellness goals-such as a weight loss program with a gift card to a popular store as the prize. Another con to consider is that some employees may feel that a corporate wellness program has been specifically targeted at them-especially in the cases of weight loss or smoking. The poor health effects of these conditions are well-known, and often cause pain or embarrassment to employees who struggle with overcoming them to live a healthier lifestyle. Knowing one's company again in this instance, is essential. While some offices may find great success with competitive wellness programs, others may benefit more from an educational health approach. Hiring a wellness expert to offer additional solutions may reduce negative outcomes associated with workplace health programs.

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Dream Predictions and The Unconscious Guidance in Dreams

You can understand your spiritual reality the same way you understand your material reality. You only have to learn how to translate the meaning of dreams according to the scientific method discovered by Carl Jung, and simplified by me.

The unconscious mind that produces your dreams gives you many explanations about the reasons why everything happens in your daily life. You can also predict the future, and change the future development of your reality.

The mindset of the materialistic and atheistic modern civilization is very far from the comprehension of the spiritual dimension of our reality. The unconscious mind shows you in your dreams how you can avoid repeating the common mistakes of the human race.

You'll learn how to identify the laws that belong to your spiritual reality and respect them, the same way you respect physical laws already recognized by our scientists.

This new vision of your reality will give you the chance to read people's minds and understand the reasons why various facts happen in your daily life. Since you'll understand what makes these facts happen, this means that you will also understand how to change the route of your life.

You have to learn how you can change your life. You must pay attention to the objective conditions of your reality. By having a superior vision, you'll understand all the possibilities and impossibilities of the way.

You will observe that everything is prepared to happen before actually happening. Nothing happens without being prepared to happen in a certain way because the facts of our daily lives have a purpose.

Our reality is organized based on the fight between good and evil. Our reality also depends on our psychological type and on the necessities of development of our psyche. Numerous factors predetermine how our future will be unfolded.

We live in order to eliminate our wild nature and learn how to be wise. Nothing happens by chance in our world.

We can predict the future the same way we predict the weather. However, dream predictions are not doubtable like the weather predictions based on human calculations. The predictions we have in dreams are based on God's calculations, since the unconscious mind that produces our dreams is God's mind. Therefore, these predictions are not suppositions. They will happen for sure.

When will you see something you had predicted in a dream actually happening?

Sometimes immediately, sometimes only after a long preparation. However, you will surely verify that everything you had predicted in a dream will really happen in your daily reality. The divine predictions are based on wisdom.

Now that we have undoubtable proof of God's existence we must understand that we have a spirit. All the religious lessons we had when we were children were true. Even thought the absurd modern civilization is materialistic and atheistic, the truth is that God exists and we had better pay attention to this fact instead of trying to ignore the truth.

This fact is not being accepted with joy by the world because nobody likes to be obedient.

Nobody wants to recognize God's existence. Nobody wants to obey God's guidance and learn how to be wise. Everybody wants to be free and do whatever they may desire.

However, there is no freedom on Earth, a planet especially created with the intention to transform our satanic anti-conscience into human content. Our anti-conscience is our wild conscience, which didn't evolve like our human conscience and generates mental illnesses within our conscience. We inherit this primitive conscience because we can think.

We also receive a tiny human conscience from God, so that we may transform our anti-conscience into human content.

We have to obey God's guidance because we don't know how to fight absurdity, and our anti-conscience destroys our conscience through craziness. If we don't obey God's guidance, we become slaves of our wild nature.

We must show gratitude because we can be guided by God in our dreams. This way we can understand how to successfully solve our problems without being based on our suppositions.

As an intelligent individual who follows the progress of the human knowledge, you have to conclude that the obedience to the guidance of the unconscious mind is a wise decision. The unconscious mind is the best doctor, teacher, and friend you could find.

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

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Remote Healing And How It Works

Remote healing can be defined as an effective way to work with someone regardless of their location. This type of healing can also be termed as absent or long distant healing. It is not necessarily you know the person or even talk with them; someone can just pray for a person who is in distress. The internet has been a very helpful tool in facilitating remote healing process by making it easy for us healers to communicate with our patients who may otherwise be unable to travel to receive care because of health or financial issues.

There are scientific evidences that have proven that the phenomena of distance healing work. There are many studies that have been done which point to remote healing. In these studies that have been done, the healing technique has proven to provide effective results in animals, humans, DNA, cells and plants. Daniel J came up with a study that was done on cardiac patients; the study showed patients who were sent prayers improved in their health as compared to those that were not sent. Fred Sicher, Elizabeth Targ and other seven scientists saw that patients who experienced energy from senders showed a great improvement compared to a controlled group that they were experimenting on.

Dr. William Braud after twenty years of research had conducted thirty experiments of more than 650 sessions and came to a conclusion that there is a possibility of the mental process of a person to affect another person in any direction or distance. Also as it has been noted before, the remote healing process can be used with animals. A study was done involving mice and the results were, remote healers were in a position to wake up anesthetized mice much faster than the mice kept in control. All this studies and research is just a taste of remote healing.

Quantum physics together with other detailed studies conducted by doctors and physicists brings a clearer picture on distant healing. The study of quantum physics revealed a person's thoughts have an effect on their lives as well as influences the lives of others, whom they think about. Having said all this, everyone should have positive thoughts about themselves, other people, animals and also plants. It will bring you a positive effect and make others think of you in a positive way as well.

Advantages of the remote Healing

Remote healing can be administered to the adults, infants and children. It can be given to a person on a business trip or on his/her vacation. Remote healing can be used for healing and also provide diagnosis for causes of different symptoms, that many conventional medical systems miss out sometimes, on top of this the treatment is given to you at the most convenient place it can be your home or any other location of your preference. When receiving remote healing, it is good be open minded but not necessary as the effects haven either way, something that has been misunderstood. So whether you belie it or not, you can benefit from having distant energy healing.

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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.

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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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Ensuing Challenges to Epilepsy

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One thing most all individuals have total control over (except when moms and dads decided for us) is the time we close our eyes and go to sleep. So everyone more or less takes for granted the control of their consciousness and everyone has likely experienced times when they lost their consciousness, due to accidental falls, drinking too much, staying up too late...

So, one is to normally choose the time and "surroundings" of their sleep; bed, pajamas, covers, blankets, etc, etc, and "schedules" their loss of consciousness, each night.

However, the disabling disorder of epilepsy; tonic-clonic, complex partial, petit mal seizures, abruptly takes away one's control of that highly valued personal treasure.

Witnessing someone having a seizure and losing control of their consciousness terrifies and shocks everyone. This helps explain why nobody ever wants to deal with it - but the fact is, one could easily understand and alter their responses if they simply scan the many websites about epilepsy.

I remember, ironically, parts of what happened after the first one; I awoke, at age 10, lying down on something different. It was dark and I couldn't see anything around me. Then I saw a light shining through a crack in the darkness. I pondered if I was on my way to seeing what heaven was like. A few minutes later, my senses began coming back to me. I soon realized I was lying on a different bed than mine. Before long I was looking up at a ceiling I had never seen. A couple of minutes later I began realizing that the light I was looking at was coming into the room through a doorway. But even so, at that time I hadn't heard anything. About 20 minutes later, during which time I had just kept staring up at the ceiling, I heard a sound, turned my head, and saw a nurse coming into the room. Then, of course, I realized I wasn't in heaven, But in a hospital. As the nurse was taking my temperature and checking my pulse, she didn't even look or speak to me. After she left, a little while later a doctor came in. I don't remember everything he said, but I do remember him giving me a prescription and then firmly telling me that I'd best be sure to take my medicine, and to behave myself according to the rules he had given my father. If I didn't, I could have another seizure, and if so, I would likely swallow my tongue and choke to death! This myth is still present today!

By the time I was in my senior year in high school my seizures were, gratefully, well- controlled. I didn't feel as if I had epilepsy.

But in my late 20s they started flaring up; either severe tonic-clonic, complex-partial, simplex-partial or status epilepticus and by my mid-30s would become intractable.

Over those years, my doctors were trying all possible combinations of medication for me, but were unable to find one that successfully controlled my seizures. My next step was voluntarily taking part in two separate clinical drug trial studies. But neither one worked.

My neurologists then informed me that my options were to either keep suffering those intractable seizures, or choose brain surgery to possibly control the seizures. Brain surgery? Good grief! I immediately had all kinds of panicky thoughts and terrors whirling around: becoming a zombie, turning into an airhead... I remained thunderstruck, even while trying not to think about it. I couldn't accept the fact that there were only two choices left; have surgery or wait to keep trying new medications still in the developmental stage. It was a very difficult decision, believe me. I was frantic with fear and anxiety. I was so unsure, I couldn't really even conceive what to expect during and after the surgery. And, of course, the uncertainty of not knowing how well I would function afterwards continued to race through my head. My wife Angela had watched me agonize for days about the decision to have brain surgery or not, so she called me over and asked me to count up the times seizures had come close to killing me. Well, I had never looked at that aspect before. I reminisced and started counting out loud all the times I had nearly died due to the seizures, and she helped remind me of some - it was 28 times!

I decide right then that it would be a higher risk for me not to have brain surgery.

I was, of course, quite apprehensive when I checked into the hospital's epilepsy-monitoring unit on the evening before the first of my four surgeries. I couldn't relax. My mind was a whirling inferno of all kinds of fears: I may turn into an airhead, my lovely wife will leave me, I will never get to know my little daughter, I will lose my voice, I'll be shunned by everyone,... But as I was being taken into the pre-operative room, I suddenly became resigned and relaxed, having faith in God that things would turn out all right.

After the 84 wire grid was implanted on the left temporal lobe inside my head, I was taken off my medicines in order to induce seizures so that my surgeons could better see and locate the whereabouts of the epilepsy in my brain. It was pretty uncomfortable to lie in that small bed for that many days. This was especially true because I couldn't rest my head on either side. For wire attachment security, those bandages around my head were wound quite heavily. And, as I'm sure everybody knows, the food was not very appetizing.

In the late afternoon of the 13th day I did finally have seizures. A few hours after the last one the doctors came in and suggested the partial removal of the left temporal lobe of my brain suspected of causing the seizures.

The next day surgeons soon took me in for the procedure of the second surgery to remove the electrodes, along with the partial removal of the left temporal lobe of my brain suspected of causing the seizures.

I awoke, sluggish, a few hours after the second 12-hour surgery. I soon realized where I was and why I was in the hospital bed and that I would be leaving there soon and going back home. I was very excited and at the same time relieved, knowing I was "thinking" the same as before.

Over the next year Angie, I, doctors, - everyone - was watching the results of the surgery to see if it better controlled, or slowed down, the seizures. However, the seizures continued to occur.

At first I was dismayed and exasperated. Why haven't they been eliminated? Why do they keep happening? Will I have seizures the rest of my life... ? But I stayed positive and did not let any of it discourage me. I simply accepted the fact that the surgery didn't stop the seizures and reiterated to myself that tomorrow is a new day and things can change for the better.

I had my second set in November of 1994. That was the last thing I'd sought - but I had no other choice - it was imperative that my seizures be controlled.

Talk about tense! No, I was not looking forward to being in the operating room two more times.

The final surgery was quite harsh. It has taken many, many years for my brain to regroup not only its remaining memories, but also to reestablish my basic fathoming of reality. In actuality it took about 8 years, before I stopped coming across to everyone as somewhat of an airhead.

While my brain was regrouping its thought "process", I couldn't interact with anyone. Came across as being laconic or stoic to many people. That behavior of course had everyone labeling me as "flakey" or "off".

One thing I've told others was that after the surgeries I could remember the numbers one to ten but they just weren't in that order. More like five, one, nine, three... It took quite a few years to get those numbers back in order. I re-learned the expected picture of reality during those first few years through all possible avenues: listening to others' discussions, watching and reading national and local news, newspapers, television... while also philosophically reflecting about life. Throughout the 10 years following my surgery, my grasp of reality changed at varying speeds.

I've always kept looking, and still do, for the right words to best explain my surgery experiences. One of the main reasons I have talked often about my surgeries is to help others be more relaxed about the after effects (some of which are startling to others), and to realize that today's drugs and medical care have advanced immensely.

Being free of seizures, has given me the opportunity to lead a treasured normal life!

And that simple statement, to some/many of us, is like participating in a real, larger-than-life miracle!

Tom McGranahan

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Downshifting, Cultivating a Slow Life, a Full Life

The love of speed has become a progressive obsession. When people feel short on time, they look for ways to speed up the things they already do. This constant acceleration comes at cost. The pressure to go faster can reduce the quality of the behavior or activity. Over time, you begin to forget how to go slower, and that is a high price to pay.

A rushed life is superficial by necessity. You only allow enough time to skim the surface and this leaves no time for real connection with people or the activity itself. While you may get more done, less enjoyment is yielded from your efforts. Rushing through life cheats you of its deeper meaning and beauty. The things that bind people together and make life rich, such as family, friendship and community, all thrive on time. When people fail to make time for these connections, they lose touch with them. This creates disconnected isolated lives, in the midst of unending opportunity for connection.

Today you can have thousands of connections all over the world; however, you still only have the same amount of time. How many of those connections can be meaningful if they are not nurtured with ones time? It seems that people who live life fast, unwittingly trade depth for breadth. Is this cult of speed, akin to making a deal with the devil? You can have it all; you just won't really enjoy any of it...

Downshifting to a slower pace allows time for doing nothing, being with friends, daydreaming, and reflection. It is a challenge to shut out distractions and to be alone with ones thoughts. A challenge because distractions are plentiful and because it has been so long since doing so, that it is almost uncomfortable to be without stimulation. Where would your thoughts go if they were not challenged by the latest distraction? If you are not sure, try it and find out. That is downshifting; taking small steps in the direction of slowing the pace at which you tackle life.

Test yourself. When was the last time you read an entire article, book, or even an email? Skim, reduce and summarize is the fast life way. However, what is missed when you do not take time for the full picture? Occasionally this is necessary or timely, but when it becomes the norm, you may be facing life stuck in high gear. This means that even when you do have more time, you do not use it to go deeper; you use it to take on more activity in the same shallow manner. This results in a partial, superficial understanding of many topics.

In the age of the sound bite and twitter, people feel free to share what they think, however it often comes from a shallow knowledge base. No longer are people taking time to evaluate their core beliefs or values and how that affects the opinions they form. There is a lack of fully researching subjects before commenting on them. Today, anyone with a computer or cell phone can be an "expert" on a subject.

People today bounce from one hot button topic to the next, sharing their limited point of view. In turn, others begin to form their opinions based on those summaries. It becomes easy to see how opinions can become skewed away from the true heart of an issue. Like the telephone game played as children, the original message is lost, due to sharing through multiple people, what was only partially heard.

Going back to the days of living slow by necessity, is not the goal of Downshifting. The purpose is to live a better, more fulfilling life in the midst of this fast-paced modern world. It places value on slowing down the pace of life and spending time meaningfully, while not spending money wastefully.

To begin downshifting, is to become aware of ones relationship with time and to seek balance. To be easily adaptable, fast when it makes sense to be fast and slow when life can be better savored through slowness. This right speed or tempo giusto as musicians would call it, is a personal choice. It requires finding what is important to you and ensuring you honor that in the way you use your time.

Carl Petrini, the Italian founder of Slow Food, may have said it best, "Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. What we are fighting for is the right to determine our own tempos." Downshifting allows you to find that tempo giusto, and discover your unique balance of self-nurture, work and home life. It means taking time for what matters and not spreading yourself so thin that you fail to enjoy connections that are at the heart of vibrant living. If your lifestyle is wearing you down, consider downshifting as a way to regain the vital connections that will restore you.

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Preparing For College, Getting Into the Right Mindset

I am on a mission to encourage everyone to be positive, happy and to be proud of themselves.

Often when we feel low, uninspired and anxious or find it hard to get going on any tasks; this could be linked to low Endorphin levels. Perhaps you are not sleeping properly, drinking too much alcohol to unwind and not exercising. Maybe your eating patterns are irregular with too much emphasis on fatty, processed foods or sweet things like chocolate and biscuits that do give you a temporary mood boost but a couple of hours later the same feelings return.

I would like to know how is it that people in the past were on the whole more healthy than they are nowadays? It is clear that they were walking more to get from place to place though of course worked or studied more locally. They ate less processed food with more focus on fresh meat and vegetables as there was more of an emphasis on cooking meals from scratch. They therefore remained healthier and fitter, lived longer and enjoyed a slower, more relaxed pace of life. If you look at farmers as an example they rise early and work all day on the land or with their livestock, stopping only for lunch and dinner using produce from their farms before then retiring early to bed.

Nowadays children spend most of their free time sitting either watching TV, on their PCs or playing their games consoles rather than outside playing or doing some outdoor activities which involves physical exercise. Parents are too busy working ever longer and longer hours so when they do get home they often feed their children quick and easy processed foods, or fast food but this food lacks nutrition and are often high in fats, salt and sugar. Without a regular nutritious evening meal, children often end up eating snacks such as crisps and chocolate to satisfy their hunger so adding to the 'empty' calories and are contributing to the rising obesity levels amongst young people.

Okay so what can we do that does not take too much effort or take too much time from our busy lives? Remember we have the choice to take the healthy happy option rather than continue with the unhealthy and unhappy option.

I choose the healthier and happier option, wouldn't you choose this also? Would you like to join me? All you need to do is to follow these powerful steps to boost your Endorphin levels and overall sense of wellbeing:

Sunshine: when you are outdoors on a sunny day or even when you look out onto a beautiful sunny day, this will help to trigger Endorphins, because you will start feeling positive, happy and uplifted.

What if the weather is dull and raining? Then just imagine a beautiful sunny day, maybe draw a sunny picture or look at a holiday photo; it is that simple and will help give you a rush of Endorphins.

Exercise: have you ever heard of something called a "runner's high"? This is the rush of Endorphins you get from physical exercise. If you do not enjoy running, then go for a brisk walk for at least 30minutes. Why not give it a try one early morning this week or this weekend and start activating your happy drug.

Chocolate: just one or two chunks will help raise your Endorphin levels. Although you will immediately feel a mood boost resist the temptation to eat the whole bar or the whole box! How this works is that Chocolate acts her like a drug when eaten, which leads to the release of Endorphins.

Spicy food: Adding a little chilli or hot spice into your food will not only tantalise your taste buds but will trigger a release of Endorphins in your body. If you enjoy eating curry then that is great though do not overindulge as the sauce-based curry dishes contain a lot of the butter based 'ghee' product which is very fattening.

Meditation: I have always wondered whether it is beneficial and after practising it I can now assure you it is as it refreshes, recharges and gives you a boost of Endorphins.

Positive people: try to surround yourself with positive people who lift your spirits, motivate you and make you laugh. Watch funny movies when you go out with them and enjoy the time you spend with them.

When I feel down the first thing I do is put on some high tempo dance or latin music and boogie on down! Have a good day.

The above tips I have tried it and helped me a lot, then I decided to share it with you so you can all benefit from this incredible results.

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What Is the Rational Basis of Mental Illnesses?

In the article "What is the origin of Wants and Desires?" it has been pointed out that many of our motivations or wants and desires are beyond biological needs and can only be explained on the basis of universal instinct to exist, evolve and diversify.

But even that is not enough. Besides being a part of a universal scheme, we all exist as individuals or discrete entities having unitary organization, in a state of dynamic equilibrium aimed at keeping our identity and integrity and meeting our goals and objectives. Besides this, a desire for self-expression and self-realization lurks deep inside every individual inspired by the individuality. All the above, collectively, constitutes individuality or personality of the individual and is the rational basis of inter-individual differences.

Universal instincts coupled with personality or individuality collectively approximate what Sigmund Freud has referred to as 'Id'. But to be effective, this 'Id' has to be duly supported by appropriate structure and function i.e. brain and mind. Mind is defined as the function of brain. But brain and mind have their origin in genome and all the necessary cellular and biochemical machinery that genome creates through regulated gene expression. Therefore, all our behavior, sentiments and intellect have a material basis as detailed above and any malfunctioning of any of the components directly or indirectly involved in keeping the mental equilibrium can precipitate mental illnesses. Neuro-physiologists are progressively discovering material/biochemical correlations of mental functioning.

Since, in order to satisfy the universal instinct to exist, everything has to exist in a state of dynamic equilibrium having internal as well as external harmony so that all the inherent conflicts and contradictions (Dialectical materialism) are in a state of effective resolution. This need for harmony inspires ethics, morals, laws (even manmade), a sense of justice, a sense of fair and unfair or a sense of right and wrong. Even need for an order and system is at least in part determined by this universal Law of Harmony. Much of the religion is inspired by the need to keep harmony with in individuals as well as with in human society. This is what has corresponds to Super-ego of Sigmund Freud.

To keep harmony and to meet individual satisfaction a large number of conditions with inherent contradictions and conflicts have to be satisfied all the time. Inherent contradictions and conflicts often demand intellectual resolution which may require at times resetting the fulcrum or state of dynamic equilibrium. This may be done consciously in humans but in all others it is done subconsciously. This is what corresponds to 'Ego' of Sigmund Freud.

Sigmund Freud for the first time recognized role of subconscious in determination of human behavior and causation of mental illnesses and even devised Psychoanalysis as the technique to unearth subconscious phenomena. But Sigmund Freud failed to appreciate true significance and scope of subconscious in nature and universe. Further he failed to appreciate that even in the domain of Psychology, most of the needs are satisfied subconsciously only. Nature and universe until the evolution of self-awareness or voluntary consciousness in humans have managed all their affairs subconsciously only. Voluntary Consciousness or self-awareness is only a minute fraction of whole of consciousness that permeates this universe. No doubt that voluntary consciousness is the highest level in the natural hierarchy of consciousness. It not only makes consciousness aware of itself but also allows action at a distance to its bearers.

Universal instincts assisted by consciousness actively and aggressively work to attain their ends and this motivational drive has been variously described by others including Sigmund Freud as libido or energy presumably because this is what gets the things done. However it is a misconception to call it as energy, since it is not the same as energy as understood in Physics. What we may call as libido directs utilization of energy for various ends but is not energy in itself.

So, our motivations, dreams, fantasies, idiosyncrasies, personal preferences, whims and fancies, actions are principally determined, directed and managed by subconscious. We have only a minimal control on our own actions. Prudence and pragmatism is a state of mind and its resultant action where our actions are grounded in comprehensive reality whether internal or external. A prudent and pragmatic mind is amenable to reason. Therefore in a prudent and pragmatic state of mind, role of unrealistic elements in driving our action is adequately regulated leading to a state of harmonious existence and optimum utilization of our resources. But a sick mind may refuse to see reason.

An individual has to cope with conflicts and contradictions all the time since conflicts and contradictions are inbuilt in nature. Inherent conflicts and contradictions often demand intellectual resolution either subconsciously or at the level of self-awareness. Therefore for any individual, existence is the result of a dynamic equilibrium. Nothing exists in a state of static equilibrium. This dynamic equilibrium demands perpetual management to keep existence, to maintain peace and tranquility and to keep body, mind and soul harmony.

Different individuals show differing sensitivity, predisposition and resilience to different disequilibrating factors (mental stresses). Individual's sensitivity to a particular factor may vary from being hypersensitive to insensitive. This sensitivity can be altered by mental training. Sensitivity and response to various disturbing factors is conditioned not only by universal instincts but also by innate personality, cumulative experiences and other material factors influencing behavioral, emotional and intellectual responses.

A particular behavior may be normal in one set of circumstances but not so in another set of circumstances. Therefore, various behavioral responses require context dependent interpretation. Hence, at times line of distinction between mentally healthy and mentally ill is exceedingly thin and its identification is dependent upon subjective experience of the observer.

Normally, in accordance with universal instinct to exist (Sigmund Freud described this as instinct to life) mind tries to keep its dynamic equilibrium or Zero state but if the mental stress far exceeds the ability of mind to cope, a mental breakdown occurs and mental illness is precipitated. Same mental stress can precipitate different mental illnesses in different individuals. Once mental breakdown occurs, it may lead to a vicious cycle leading to progressive deterioration of mental state. In a sick mental state, mind may refuse to see reason.

In coping with mental stress two options are generally available.

In repression the conflict is buried deep inside the psyche without any effective resolution. It acts as a time bomb waiting to explode. Sigmund Freud identified underlying repression as the reason behind most of mental illnesses involving sudden outburst of repressed emotions. He particularly emphasized significance of repressed sexuality as the cause of most of mental illnesses. However this is not completely correct. All types of deprivations and repressed emotions can precipitate mental illnesses.

The other option involves resetting or shifting or modifying the fulcrum or the state of dynamic equilibrium so that the individual is able to keep his dynamic equilibrium despite existence of mental stresses in the environment. This can be further improved by mental training. Often a proper understanding of mental stresses helps and this is precisely the reason for effectiveness of Freud's Psychoanalysis.

Armed with improved understanding of mental stresses, mind in line with universal instinct to exist tries to restore its dynamic equilibrium. Therefore with in any individual, there will always be compensated mental stresses that shape personality of the individual. But uncompensated mental stresses in a state of repression can precipitate mental illnesses any time.

Sigmund Freud has been wrong in laying undue emphasis upon sex as the principal cause of repression. Any unsatisfied, uncompensated demand can be a cause of repression. Hence reasons for mental illnesses may be as wide and varied as human wants and desires.

Summing up, mental illnesses may be viewed as the result of failure of normal compensating mechanisms concerned with maintenance of mind's state of dynamic equilibrium leading to a vicious cycle which can often be broken by various therapeutic interventions.

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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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Using A Past Life Meditation MP3 To Get In Touch With Your Past Lives

A lot of people are fascinated about their past lives and want to find out who they were before and where they lived. Many people believe that their lives today are influenced by what they did, or did not do, in the past.

Finding out about your past lives has been very hit and miss for a lot of people. It's not as if you can go and look it up in a book or find out about your past lives on the Internet. You need a good guided meditation to guide you back to the past to see who you were.

A past life meditation mp3 is a great way for you to get in touch with your past lives and find out more about who you were, and what you did. Combine this with a program aimed at karmic cleansing or releasing the past and you can start to let go of the issues from the past and stop them influencing your present and future.

Typically in one of these meditation programs you will be guided in to a deep state of relaxation where your conscious mind is quietened and your sub-conscious can come to the fore. Once you are in this state of relaxation you will be guided back in to your past life where you can experience and view your past.

Some people have concerns about these types of guided meditations about becoming stuck in the past or being unable to get back to the present. These myths are unfounded and wholely untrue. During a regression session you remain in control and if you get interrupted during it you will return immediately to the present moment. You may feel a little bit disorientated, but that is just from coming out of a deep state of relaxation, like waking up from a deep sleep.

The great thing about this type of regression is that you can go back as many times as you want and, in most cases, you will see a different past life. The meditation program will help you to remember what you see in the past whilst you are meditating. Some people struggle with remembering once they come out of the state of relaxation, a good regression mp3 program will help to ensure you do remember whatever is was you saw.

Travelling back to your past lives through a guided meditation is a great way for you to find out about what happened in the past that is influencing your present. Combine this with karmic cleansing work and you will soon be clear of the karma of the past.

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Pure Water for Amazing Health

Water is a critical part of our survival. Human beings are made up of 76% water, our blood is 84% water and blood plasma contains 96% water. Water helps to maintain the body's major functions such as elimination of waste and toxins, digestion and circulation. Cell repair and body temperature are so regulated by the amount of water present within the body. Without water, human beings will only live for around 10 days. It is the single most important thing for survival, next to air. The quality of water that we choose to drink is just as important.

The use of chemicals in the industry and agriculture has led to pollution of most water sources around the world. Chemicals and toxins have even been found in the polar icecaps and Arctic Ocean. This has significantly increased the amount of illnesses and diseases around the world as a result.

According to the EPA, there are over 700 chemicals in our drinking water. The interesting fact is that some of the most dangerous chemicals are intentionally added. Chlorine and fluoride are two of the most concerning.

Chlorine is added to water to eliminate dangerous organisms, which can make people ill. A by-product of chlorine is trihalomethanes, which accumulates in the body faster than the body can eliminate it. This build up has been linked to serious diseases such as cancer and can cause damage to the heart, lungs, kidneys and nervous system.

Fluoride was originally added to the drinking water to help reduce the incidence of tooth decay. It also has some devastating side effects such as damage to the heart, brain and kidneys. It has been linked to cancer, osteoporosis and behavioral disorders. The truth is that it makes little difference to tooth decay and the side effects far out way the benefits. Looking after our teeth is as easy as eating a good diet, daily brushing and flossing regularly and checkups at the dentist.

Drink the purest water you can find. There are many different water filters and purification methods available today, which will remove dangerous toxins and chemicals. They are affordable and easy to install. So how much water should you drink a day for great health?

Look to drink half your body weight in ounces, per day. For example, if you weighed 200 pounds, you should drink 100 ounces of water per day. Below is a list converted into kilos and liters. This will help to keep your body functioning beautifully and well hydrated.

100kg - 3.2 liters
90kg - 2.9 liters
80kg - 2.5 liters
70kg - 2.2 liters
60kg - 1.9 liters
50kg - 1.6 liters
40kg - 1.2 liters

Nikki Mennel lives in Melbourne, Australia. In September 2011, she experienced a stroke at the age of 39. She began drinking green smoothies and made a fantastic recovery. She believes so strongly, she started a website called Cheeky Chimp Smoothies where she is creating a community of people who inspire one another to achieve great health. She is interested in bringing this information to children to better educate our future generations and avoid unnecessary illnesses. She believes health should be fun and easy. For more information go to www.cheekychimpsmoothies.com. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

The Akashic Records: Understanding the Soul and Your Personal Journey in Life

I guess the first question you might be asking yourself is, what exactly is the Akashic Records and how does it benefit me?

To put it simply, the Akashic Records are a vibrational multidimensional plane of experience whereby a person can access the past, present and potential futures of a person, place or thing in a safe environment. They are a place one goes when searching for understanding and answers to life's journeys.

All of shared experience is being recorded across the universe and these recordings can be found in the Akashic Records when approached with truth, honestly of intention, purpose and permission. The Akashic Records provide a place of understanding for what is taking place in a persons life, what a persons deeper potentials are and for the purpose of healing through knowledge and wisdom.

They exist outside of space and time in the higher realms but are accessible to those that learn how to move their awareness and consciousness upwards to work with them.

Within the records a person can explore their missions, goals and objectives they were seeking to learn via incarnating on Earth at this time, hidden talents and abilities they may not be aware of, answers to problems in their personal life, relationships and business and even very deep level understandings of the nature of relationships, spirituality and God.

The most famous psychic to ever live was Edgar Cayce. He utilized the Akashic Records to provide over 14,000+ health readings to strangers while in a deep trance. It was discovered that when people followed the advice they received from the Records, including addressing the root cause of an issue, healing ensued. He did these readings back in the 1920's to 1940's and much of the information that came through him formed the basis for modern holistic medicine.

The records provide answers and advice but will not violate free will choice and will only answer questions that are asked. They give guidance but never tell you that you have to or must do something. However, it has been my personal experience that when I follow the advice I have received, everything seems to work out much easier for me and all people involved than if I choose to ignore their wisdom. This has been proven to me over and over and over again. When I asked deep meaningful questions to resolve issues about area's of my life that brought me hurt and pain and followed the advice given, I avoided much future hardship that consistently seemed to occur when I did not heed the advice I'd received on a particular subject matter.

The records are not a crystal ball. They will not give you winning lottery numbers. They can speak of future potentials based on where a person is at a particular moment in time but they cannot tell you necessarily what will happen because the future is an ever moving destination moment to moment based on the choices and decisions we make in our lives. It has been my personal experience that time and time again, their remarks on future potentials are highly accurate. However, because they exist outside of space and time, they have a different perspective of time than we do and as such questions such as 'when will this happen?' are poor questions to ask. It is somewhat ignorant to believe that our human perspective of 'time' is even genuine or real in the greater scheme of things. In other words, we still have a very rudimentary understanding of how the universe truly works with regards to time and space.

Also, the Akashic Records are not a place to find out or dig up dirt on other people. The Records will typically not provide information into the lives of others without permission from the other person, however, they will provide deep information and understanding about your relationship to that person and what underlying patterns are taking place and why things are happening and occurring the way they are. Take into account, the Records will not necessarily tell you what you want to hear and the information they provide can sometimes be counter intuitive and will sometimes challenge your ego as underlying problems and causes are often a direct result of what is going on in you, either subconsciously or unconsciously. This information is always conveyed in a loving, non-judgmental manner though devoid of harsh criticisms.

The records can provide deep and valuable insight into your past and why things happened the way they did and what our soul was seeking to learn through those experiences. This information comes from a spiritual perspective rather than a physical perspective which is often times hard for us to understand while we are down here in these dense physical bodies. Frequently, this spiritual perspective can provide us with insight and understanding that allows us to heal our wounds and let go of past traumas.

The records are a loving, caring voice that seek to advance you along your path and journey through understanding and awareness of your self and the world around you and they are there for those who are willing to ask for help and guidance.

It has been a great honor and deep learning experience on my part over the last 5 years of working with the Akashic Records both for myself and others to see how the information and wisdom they have provided has opened my eyes and the eyes of others to a more authentic way of living.

If I can be of any help or assistance to you along your journey of awakening, feel free to visit my website http://www.sunsetsupernatural.com or email me at drew@sunsetsupernatural.com.

A typical Akashic Record reading is 90 minutes long. I find this is enough time to fully and completely answer any and all questions a person may have and answer any additional questions that may come up during the Akashic Record reading.

God Bless,

Andrew

Andrew Guzik is an Energy Healer, Medical Intuitive, Clairvoyant, and Akashic Record Consultant living in South Florida who also does Building and Space Clearing (think Feng Shui without moving anything). His work is a synthesis of working both with the physical body and the higher dimensional realms to achieve remarkable results for people on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. He is a Reiki Master, Body Talk Access Practitioner, Core Light Healer Facilitator and has studied with the work of Grigory Grabovoi but much of his healing work has come from training he received while in deep states of meditation within the higher planes of consciousness where he continues to go to learn new information and skills to bring positive change into the lives of those he comes into contact with.

His Body Work is likewise a bridge between the physical body and the higher dimensions whereby he allows for high levels of energy to flow into the client for whatever they need at that particular point in time. He facilitates this through developed clairvoyance, clairaudience and psychic surgery. As an Akashic Record Reader Andrew taps into the same plane for information as was utilized by Edgar Cayce, the most accurate psychic ever to have lived.

Andrew's website is www.sunsetsupernatural.com. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

Mind/Body Connection in the Control of Anxiety

Your thoughts and emotions can bring about physical manifestations that are either positive or negative. A beaming smile at the thought of a loved one is a healthy outward show of affection. When the thought of a dear friend elicits an uncontrollable smile, this is one example of a mind/body connection. On the flip side, someone who is filled with dread at the thought of participating in a social gathering and who suddenly "freezes up" at the event is displaying a negative physical manifestation of the connection.

The connection is a remarkable and powerful tool, capable of controlling a clinical illness such as anxiety disorder. That being said, although a widely known and freely used term, it comes with an elusive definition. It makes the purpose of healing anxiety disorders more difficult to accomplish. A definitive understanding of mind and body connection and how it works is the only way someone who suffers from its debilitating attacks will be able to control the symptoms.

What is Mind/Body Connection, Really?
One of the reasons why it is difficult to define it, is because it is still not wholly understood, yet it has been known since ancient Greek times. Essentially it is a biochemical connection. Chemicals in the form of neurotransmitters and hormones send messages between the body and brain which produce an emotional response.

In times of stress for example, neurotransmitters such as adrenaline and noradrenaline are activated and the body prepares for "fight or flight." Heartbeat raises, blood pressure increases, and hormones increase their secretions (example: cold sweat). Impulses quicken, and your awareness of a threat intensifies and exaggerates. When fear becomes the lens through which you see the world, it is impossible to think rationally.

Anxiety: How Mind/Body Applications Help
Irrational fear is where panic attacks, anxiety disorders, and phobias enter. An anxiety disorder is another blanket term used to describe mild to severe forms of the illness. Mild forms are considered normal, and everyone at some point will experience anxious moments and episodes of irrational fears, but it is not prolonged.

An anxiety disorder is believed to be a treatable mental illness, affecting 40 million adults in the United States. Women are twice as likely to develop panic disorders, while both men and women are equally affected by social anxiety disorder.

Relaxation techniques: are effective mind and body applications that overtime shift a person's subconscious, emotional thought patterns from negative to positive. You can enrol in classes which follow relaxation methods such as deep breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. Some people find massages, spa treatments, and acupuncture calming ways to transfer a negative flow of energy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: is another successful technique used to change your perception of reality by altering your self-talk. The therapy teaches you how to use your thoughts to impact your world, positively. It involves affirmations, learning not to take life's challenges personally, and opting out of jobs and relationships which have negative energies.

The mind/body connection can be the answer for many people suffering from anxiety disorders. When first learning the therapies for calming the mind, be patient, their effectiveness will come with practice and time.

Nigel Le Monnier has over 20 years-experience as a qualified natural health professional in the UK. He is now writing articles for a website solely devoted to bringing a comprehensive range of natural health advice to everyone. To find out more about the mind/body connection visit his website at Natural Health 4 Life. Providing quality counselling articles, hynotherapy writings and other mind help resources online.

7 Ways to Love Yourself

As human beings, we all have needs, needs such as care, affection, respect and especially love. We all want to be loved and most people spend a great amount of time waiting to be loved. Yet they wonder why it almost never comes their way. If it did, often times it leads to heartbreak. Waiting to receive love from others is not how the world works. To be able to receive love one must become lovable at first. And to become lovable one must know how to love themselves. This article will show you seven ways to love yourself.

1. Don't compare yourself to others. Comparing ourselves to others sometimes cannot be avoided. When we see someone who is more blessed we tend to wish that we could have the same things. This is good but only if you're seeking motivation so you can become better. But for some it leads to self-loathing or self-pity. If it leads to that then it would be really hard to love yourself. Only when you stop comparing yourself to others is the only way you can start loving yourself.

2. Stop seeking approval. We all seek approval from others especially from our family, friends and partner. It helps us decide on important matters and it is a good source of support. The only problem with constantly seeking for approval is that your decisions will always depend on others. That's not going to get you a lot of self-respect and you will end up miserable. When you need to decide on something such as a career change or something else that will change your life it is wise to seek advice from others but let go of the process of seeking approval. Just do it and be happy.

3. Believe that you can do it. It's really hard to love yourself if you don't believe that you can make things possible. Stop doubting yourself and gather the courage and confidence that you need if you want to achieve something. If you believe in yourself then you can do things that you thought was impossible. Life will become easier and well lived. In turn you will respect and love yourself.

4. Connect with yourself. Take some time to connect with your inner self. Find some alone time to reflect, feel what's in your heart and explore the contents of your mind. Meditation is one of the best ways. This will help you identify your weaknesses and the things that are preventing you to love yourself so you can change it. It will also help you find your strengths and realize the things that are admirable and loveable about you. Once you've found these things, keep it and nourish it.

5. Take care of yourself. Loving yourself means taking care of your body and wellbeing. Always make sure that you're in top shape by exercising every day and eating healthy. Get rid of the things that can destroy you such as vices and unhealthy habits. Nourish your mind, body, and spirit. If you feel good about yourself, you will love yourself.

6. Do good unto others. As a person made in the image and likeness of God, we are capable of doing great and good things. And that is what we should be doing. When you do something good to others how does it feel? It feels good right? You feel great. Knowing that you have goodness in you that show through your actions will grant you self-worth. If you have self-worth then you are one step closer to loving yourself.

7. Express your love. When we love someone, we do our best to express it through means of thoughtfulness, gifts, and care. If you want to love yourself then do the same. Express to yourself that you love yourself. Look at the mirror and tell yourself that you are loved. Write down a list of things that you love about yourself. Post positive statements such as "I am beautiful," "I am smart," or "I'm lovable," on some places that you see every day. Pamper yourself or buy yourself gifts. Constantly remind yourself that you are loved.

Love is a wonderful thing and sharing love is even greater. But the truth is it's hard to share something that you do not have. In order to love others, you must love yourself first in abundance. When you are already overflowing with love then that's the time that you can share and exchange love with another.

"You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy."

Do you love yourself? What do you do to love yourself? Share your thoughts by writing it below.

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